Chris O's Fiber "Toys"

Chris O. of MA has a lot of fiber related tools; here are some pictures and descriptions that she shared with us:

Chris O's Majacraft Suzie Pro; she owns a lot of accessories for this wheel.

Chris O's Louet s10 (the "olde hippie") spinning wheel; her hubby Lloyd specially built a spinning chair, shown in the background, for Chris.

Chris O's Hansen miniSpinner in cherry with WooLee Winder; this is a fairly new electric spinner, very compact and very nice.

The fiber in the bump is a Cormo fleece from This'n'That Farm (Donna Herrick) in Vermont. Sheep's name is Pia. Chris O bought her fleeces four or five years running, starting with baby fleece. Very, very soft.

The bobbins show (a) two Majacraft bobbins filled with Pia, spun longdraw, (b) one Hansen WW bobbin filled with Pia and (c) one Louet WW bobbin filled with a dyed Corriedale batt from DyakCraft in Vermont.

If you are a knitter and like to collect knitting patterns, this is a great toy: The Sony Pocket e-reader has a pdf file of a knitting pattern that can be downloaded via a free program called Calibre, available online. No paper copies needed. You can have hundreds of patterns on this thing and carry it everywhere.