It works beautiful now, due to the combined efforts of both my Father in Law and David, and betwixt the two I now can spin pretty much anywhere... infact as I type this, the wheel is in the trunk of my car and is going to be brought into the office with me tomorrow so when I get stressed out I can spin on lunch and relax again.
We have a wedding to go to over the weekend, and this little wheel will be coming with. Right now I have some Alpaca on the bobbin from Hunter Hill Alpaca's in part because a very dear friend finally lit a fire under me and said she realllllllllllly wanted some that I'd hand spun. ;-)
In my fiber chest I also happen to have some Cormo/Angora, Cormo, Romney, Bison, Bombyx Silk, Ramboullet, Mohair, Navajo Churro, Merino, Tussah Silk, and Tencil. I'm sure I've forgotten some - but in good time it will all end up either given as gifts to my knitter friends, or sold in my Etsy shop.
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:D SO glad he tuned up the HHm, and YES, I'm waiting for some of your Handspun Alpaca - :D!!! :)
Wow. I have had SO many problems with my HitchHiker in the year that I've owned it, and am heading to Maryland Sheep and Wool this weekend to have Dave take a look. Many folks tell me that I should know that it's a noisy wheel; I try to explain that I know that... my friend has a HH... but mine is way beyond normal loudness and wobble!
I know I was missing the clip that goes on top of the whorl, which I replaced last week from a hardware store. It helped a great deal, but there's still something not quite right with the wheel.
I've posted a thread on the HitchHiker board of Ravelry describing my problems. Someone messaged me and mentioned your blog post.
I'm so thrilled to hear that you found a solution. I so want to love my HitchHiker, I really do! Hopefully I will, after this weekend. Thanks for posting!
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