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The Mannings

November 22, 2005 By Carole

As I may have mentioned, our first stop on the way to Gettysburg was The Mannings. We had gone their last year and I was completely overwhelmed at the amount of yarn. The place just seemed to go on and on and on. Books and yarn and notions and needles and more yarn. Needless to say, I was anxious to go back. And, while recalling the place, I was wracking my brain to remember if they had spinning supplies. I remembered that there was a room that I didn’t bother even entering last year, but I couldn’t remember why not. I just recall that I wasn’t interested at all. Things certainly have changed in a year, because, as it turns out, that was The Spinning Room.

The Spinning Room is full of spinning wheels. Full. There are Ashfords and Louets and Schacht and Schacht-Reeves and Kromskis and Lendrums. There are drum carders and hand carders and looms. And next to each wheel is a little basket of roving just waiting to be spun. Of course I just had to try out a couple but I liked this one the best.
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That’s the Schacht-Reeves Saxony 24″ in Cherry Finish. It is amazing. Sigh. It is also $1,100.00. Sigh.

So, while I didn’t buy a spinning wheel, I did buy some other stuff. There was roving, naturally.
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And, since I’m dyeing to try dyeing, I bought 4 bags of plain white coopworth. I’ll be playing mad scientist with this stuff very soon.

Of course I had to buy something that would have that lovely sheep-y smell. You all know the smell I’m talking about. Here’s a beautiful bag of raw fleece.
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I just love it and the color is awesome and the smell makes me swoon. I can say that to you guys because you won’t think I’m crazy. Right? I’m not crazy for loving the smell of a sheep, am I?

They also have loads of sock yarn and I just couldn’t pass up these.
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Koigu and Mountain Colors Bearfoot and Opal Handpaint. Good stuff, that. And I needed more sock yarn, I really did.

Here’s the kicker, though. We were in and out of The Mannings in 20 minutes. Yup, twenty minutes. I tried 3 spinning wheels, bought 5 bags of roving and 5 skeins of yarn in twenty minutes. This is what you do when you have a husband chomping at the bit to get to Gettysburg. I figured I was lucky that he agreed to stop there at all and I wasn’t about to push my luck by dawdling. But, really? He could have left me there for the weekend in the room full of wheels and I’d have been a happy girl.

I know you all know what I’m talking about.

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  1. Cara says

    November 22, 2005 at 11:28 am

    Very productive shopping! I’m impressed.

  2. Pumpkinmama says

    November 22, 2005 at 11:55 am

    Wow – that is truly an efficient shopping spree. I am so envious of your raw fleece – it looks beautiful.

  3. Lucia says

    November 22, 2005 at 12:01 pm

    You and me both on the Schacht-Reeves, except that I want the 30-inch double-treadle one, which is $1500, I think. At least I am getting over my obsession with Norm Hall. On second thought, a Hall would be incontrovertibly, definitively, what-are-you-nuts out of my reach. Could I rationalize a Schacht-Reeves? How about a trip to Mannings? Working on it…

  4. Betty says

    November 22, 2005 at 1:32 pm

    Twenty minutes?!? I am stunned and amazed.

    I can’t wait to see what the raw fleece turns into.

  5. Laurie says

    November 22, 2005 at 2:43 pm

    Wow. All of it. Dyeing plans…dyeing your own handspun…falling in love with THAT beautiful wheel…the sock yarn in those luscious colors…the fleece…oh golly the fleece…down Laurie…all in TWENTY minutes? Whew.

  6. Annie says

    November 22, 2005 at 3:12 pm

    I think I may be the only spinner who doesn’t particularly like the raw fleece!

    Nice shopping technique, Carole. 🙂

  7. --Deb says

    November 22, 2005 at 3:12 pm

    All that in 20 minutes? I am in awe of your shopping efficiency!

  8. Chris says

    November 22, 2005 at 3:25 pm

    Oh, good heavens – 20 minutes??? I couldn’t even look through the whole place in just 20 minutes, let alone shop effectively!

  9. Helen says

    November 22, 2005 at 3:58 pm

    There are those of us who are devoted to the smell of raw fleece. I even started a group on Yahoogroups which is ALL ABOUT raw fleece.

    No, not silly at all. YOu’ve been baptized! 😉

  10. Laurie says

    November 22, 2005 at 4:07 pm

    Power shopping – it’s a gift!

    You did a great job.

    Is that Mountain Colors “Crazy Lady” or “Ruby River”? Or neither? Loving the red!

  11. Manise says

    November 22, 2005 at 10:00 pm

    In awe here…..yes, do identify the Mountain Colors yarn color…………please? 🙂 Very pretty red.

  12. Manise says

    November 22, 2005 at 10:12 pm

    In awe here…..yes, do identify the color of the Bearfoot……please? 🙂 Is it Flat Head Cherry? Very pretty red.

  13. Norma says

    November 22, 2005 at 11:29 pm

    Yeah-wow. You meant business, didn’t ya?! And no. Definitely NOT CRAZY for loving the smell of sheep. Not in this crowd.

  14. debi says

    November 23, 2005 at 5:04 am

    Lovely yarn haul, lovely wheel dreams and all that in 20 minutes…extreme shopping!! 🙂

  15. Lolly says

    November 23, 2005 at 7:46 am

    What goodies! I love the sock yarns… that is my weakness 😉

    I have not been to The Mannings yet, and it is only about an hour away from me. Looks like I need to do a road trip!

  16. JessaLu says

    November 23, 2005 at 10:46 am

    wow. 20 minutes.

  17. margene says

    November 23, 2005 at 11:52 am

    You do a good job of buying! It will be fun to watch that roving become something colorful and fun. You’ll keep us posted, right?

  18. MJ says

    November 23, 2005 at 4:40 pm

    You’re so lucky to be relatively close to The Mannings. And the spinning room! It must have been amazing, getting to spin as many wheels as possible. The Schacht-Reeves wheel is so very nice.

  19. Cassie says

    November 28, 2005 at 8:19 am

    I’m mightily impressed by your shopping prowess. All that in just 20 minutes? 😉

  20. Kim says

    November 29, 2005 at 7:28 am

    My inlaws live not too far from Mannings, but I have yet to get there. One of these days, I will definitely make a trip. Wow……you did great for 20 minutes of shopping!

  21. Kellee says

    November 29, 2005 at 5:59 pm

    Um….dearie…I’d suggest you might need an intervention if I thought you’d take me even the slightest bit seriously. Of course, you’d know it was a big, fat lie born of envy. 20 minutes. Impressive.

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