I've spent the past couple of weeks spinning four ounces of a fine single on my Magpie to be plied into several 4-ply yarns for my next Knittyspin column (coming in October).

It was great to have the power box set to the speed I wanted and for it it to stay there. I moved my wheel around a bit and spun on some other wheels and when I sat down at the Magpie I set the speed, checked my control card and was off.

Another thing that made my spinning comfortable is the foot pedal switch. The wheel comes with an extra long cord for the power box, and a nifty long piece that fits on top of the existing switch and turns the box into a foot pedal.

I finally took my Magpie apart. I was worried that it would be hard, or that I would break something. I can't believe how easy and fast it was. Take the flyer off, take off the motor - which is pressure fitted, and loosen 4 screws with the hex key provided. It took about 5 minutes. Now I have many more bag options to travel or store my wheel.

Next I'm going to set her up in Irish tension (bobbin-led), and see how she spins.

I've had a request to add a search function to my blog, thanks Laura, it's a great idea! Until I figure out how to put it in my header, I will have a search box at the bottonm of each post, and it will search my blog.