Everybody, meet Chuckie.  (Or at least a reasonable facsimile thereof...)  I got him, barely used, from another local spinner/knitter/fiber fanatic who was cleaning her basement.  She doesn't have a blog, but I'll still say, thank you Meghan!



With the addition of Chuckie, my initial preparations for my mini-empire are now complete!  Bwahahahahahaha! 

Actually, with the addition of Chuckie, AND last night's fortuitous purchase of this. 



The new Ashford Book of Carding.  Available only god-knows-where-but-not-on-Amazon, and at my Local Yarn Store.  I've pretty much read it all the way through since last night and I must say that it is a must have for those of us who are new to manipulating fiber like this, and also who are basically idiots.

So now I get to play.

Once I'm done knitting.