Hello and welcome to all things Daedalus! Our company is growing and we are listening to our customers. Here are some of the changes we’ve gone through and some of the fun stuff we have coming! New Sales Platform The new sales system, where we post updates with inventory to our shop at regular intervals, has so far proven to be a success. And so has our new streamlined production methods that were developed to work in tandem with the new sales platform. We’ve been tracking the number of units we can complete in a given timeframe, and our changes have resulted in an increase of over 50%! I know that there have been some justified frustrations in the quick sell outs, but the sales hiatus has created a small bump in demand that will soon be filled. The new system is just amazing for us… in such a small amount of time, I’ve been able to design and implement aluminum brake drums across the board (a huge technological jump from plastic drums, a feature I now hold as important as the motor itself). I’ve developed the most high-tech flyer and bobbin assembly I’ve ever dreamed of, with Sparrowhawk. And it’s not just a big motor pushing a thing through space at 4krpm as the goal - it has to be carefully engineered and tuned so that it can actually be used at that speed and perform delicately. I’ve made some progress on the Raven dual-motor project, major changes with goals of absolute final performance, without unneeded features that would drive the price up unnecessarily. All of this, just because I’m enjoying a new freedom to be able to design and test new things, and make my existing things even better. Daedalus is not just growing now, but maturing again. Thank you all for being the reason. New brake whorls Aluminum 6061 for the win! What happens when the job of a brake drum gets more and more demanding at the higher speeds that Daedalus wheels are capable of? Its singular purpose is to change rotational energy (angular momentum) into heat. And what material distributes heat better than just about anything? 6061 aluminum. And I’ve got to get aeronautical at some point with everything but what could be better than an actively cooled aluminum brake drum? The same way a heat sink loves a fan, I’ve designed an impeller to constantly supply air across the drum to pull that heat away. It’s literally the best single feature I’ve ever designed that truly separates the machine into a “Production” level category. It’s designed to last forever and not ever be able to be “abused.” Available as standard equipment on all new wheels (except Magpie Art, expected within 2 weeks), and also standard on extra bobbin orders. Even little Sparrow is sporting the flashy new rims! And our older Starling V1/V2 owners will be happy to know that a new pattern will be for sale soon with aluminum drums, in both the Mini and XL sizes! Website has been updated to be an actual website And not a middle school homework attempt by myself. I cannot thank Evanita Montalvo enough for taking the reins here and bringing a level of professionalism to our business. Not only is she skilled, but truly a pleasure to work with. And her photography is one of those self-evident truths that needs no embellishment. Thank you, Evanita, for giving so much of your heart and soul this whole time (since the very beginning). New support email Customer service is a huge deal here, and having an issue get dropped into a crack is inevitable but we want to do our absolute best to avoid it. Rather than tracking several personal emails, messengers, etc, we have decided to centralize all work-related correspondence concerning customer service to a singular point that both Becca and I can keep track of. Please email us with existing or new issues at Support@DaedalusSpinningWheels.com or fill out the contact form that links to this email. New manuals Once again, Evanita for the win. Seriously, it’s like a magical pamphlet now. God, I love that word. But this time, Debbie Held (resident guru in about all things fiber, with an emphasis on copy editing), thank you for your work in fine-tuning and making the manuals both easy to understand and fully comprehensive. Becca and I are both smiling still when we add one into each box. You can smile too when you read the new manuals on the FAQ page. Live Facebook group Q&A Sat August 14, 2021 @ 5 pm EDT USA Yes, it’s time. A significant number of new group members that I’d like to introduce myself to, as well as talk about some of the irons I have in the fire. So many cool new things coming down the pipe, I can’t think of them all at once without exploding in speech. Sparrowhawk …. Yes, I can talk forever on this one. Because of Sparrow’s lovely ability to spin fine thread, which needs higher speeds and yet still light takeup, Sparrowhawk was born. I’ve used aerodynamic coupling in past designs to help accelerate the bobbin to keep take up lighter at high speeds, but they were designed as an afterthought into an aesthetically driven base design. With Sparrowhawk, I started from scratch and made every millimeter into the strongest aerodynamic coupling I could devise. This is needed when design speeds of over 4krpm are reached. Small capacity, maybe 2oz bobbins with a 30mm core diameter (which effectively acts as a bit of padding on a normal core, to lessen take up). Yup, I could go on and on but my computer will need a new ribbon soon (is that how these work still?) Retreat I am happy to announce the first ever Daedalus Fly-In Spinning Retreat. The retreat will be in Lexington Kentucky at the Griffin Gate Marriott, March 1-5, 2023. Arrive on the 1st and enjoy a welcoming dinner from 630-1030pm. Classes Thursday the 2nd - Saturday the 4th 9-4. Vendor market Friday (12-6) and Saturday (9-5)the 3rd & 4th. Depart Sunday the 5th. Teachers, classes, and prices to follow. We will have our personal “Dream Team” of top-level teachers from our industry, and cannot wait to meet everyone! Migration Tweety and Sojourner are getting the miles in! Two little Sparrows making their way around the globe. Well, so far Tweety has been meeting new humans in Alaska USA, and Sojourner has been doing the same in Great Britain. So far feedback has been really positive, and I cannot thank the participants enough for sharing their time via pics and posts. They are fun little birds that travel well and can take care of the most common gauges spun with ease. And how about the fine spinning ability and the pics of human hair for comparison? Gotta shout out to TurtlePie Vampy McPurry for that one! My wife I’ve said it in passing a thousand times, but I’d like to acknowledge it here. I design and build spinning wheels, and talk to customers whenever I can. Rebecca does literally everything else. From the print farm (production schedules, daily resetting, maintaining plastic inventory), to the customer service, and maintaining the flow of parts (motors, carbon fiber, every nut, and bolt)... and now she’s building wheels! The first batches of Sparrows we did side by side, as we talked about each detail. Then she just RAN with it. The last batch of Sparrows I did less than her by a mile. They all still get the same QC checkout procedures etc so the level of quality and reliability is as good as ever. And now she’s single-handedly organized and scheduled a Retreat with some of the biggest names in the industry coming to teach? Becca, thank you for all the work you do, and all the heart you put into everything. -Dave

Vampy has been spinning a lot of extremely superfine spinning to push Sojourner to her limits to see what she's capable of. It's wonderful to see how far Sparrow can be pushed to spin such fine yarns. Absolutely incredible spinning! Wishing you all Happy Spinning and Bird Watching! -Evanita "I decided to try and put Sojourner through her paces and spin as fine as I could on her. 'As fine as I can' is pretty fine, I enjoy entering longest thread contests even though I don't have any use for yarn that fine, I just love the challenge of trying to get finer than I did before. Recently I realised that if I spin silk rather than wool, I actually do have a use for it after all, I can use it as embroidery thread. Silk is also much stronger than wool of the same thickness, so it's a good fibre to start out superfine spinning with, it lets you play around and adjust your tension without it breaking so often. I generally work with home made fat core bobbins with a very small brake band surface to further reduce the takeup, so trying this on an unmodified wheel was an extra challenge. You can see my findings in the video below, in summary I found that even once the brake band was off, starting at about 60% speed, the bobbin had enough air resistance that it began to provide takeup itself, which increased greatly as the speed increased. By the time it was at full speed, the only way to mitigate this takeup was to crosslace several times (a fat core bobbin also would have helped). I was able to spin several metres, but the tension was still higher than I would have liked, and re-threading after a break was rather time consuming. However, this was ridiculously fine yarn, far finer than most people want to spin. After pushing her to her limits, I decided to go for something a little more fun, and a little more useable. Sojourner kept me up past my bedtime making this embroidery thread. Eri silk, 2 ply, 245m 9.8g. I decided to see how fine I could enjoyably spin on her with no modification; no cross lacing, and not having so much takeup it wasn't fun, and this is the result. I spun at 100% speed with no brake band on for the singles, and a very low brake tension for the plying, almost at my regular drafting speed for the singles, and a more leisurely speed for the plying. For a finer yarn, as well as needing some way to mitigate the takeup, I'd need to remember to slow down my drafting/wait for twist to build which I am notoriously bad at, so would love an espinner of this size or even smaller that went even faster. This is about as fine as I'd be likely to want to knit with, but for embroidery it would be nice to have a finer thread sometimes. I just can't stop! Sojourner looooves spinning embroidery thread. I used a little of the last skein I spun, and it was perfect for cross stitch, but a little thicker than I wanted for embroidery, and I wanted a little more twist, so I made this. Eri silk, 274m, 6g. -Vampy Migration Schedule The following is an estimated schedule. We have built in time for shipping however as with any adventure there's always a bit of uncertainty. Updates about Tweety and Sojourner's travels will be shared on our Instagram and Facebook page/group. Tweety's Itinerary Lorrie G - Alaska - July 22-Aug 8 Krystal P - Washington - Aug 13-29 Jessica C - Washington - Sept 2-19 Nancy T - Washington - Sept 23-Oct 10 Esther E - Idaho - Oct 15-31 Susan L - Idaho - Nov 4-21 Leigh W - Oregon - Nov 26-Dec 12 Desiree G - Oregon - Dec 16-Jan 2 Valerie S - Washington - Jan 6-23 Sojourner's Itinerary Vampy - UK - July 22-Aug 8 Kathryn F - UK - Aug 12-29 Jan H - UK - Sept 2-19 Liz T - UK - Sept 23-Oct 10 Eve W - UK - Oct 15-31 Teresa P - UK - Nov 4-21 Jessica D - UK - Nov 26-Dec 12 Su J - UK - Dec 16-Jan 2 Sophie L - UK - Jan 6-23 Follow the Migration! To keep tabs on the adventures of these two Sparrows follow us on DaedalusSpinningWheels on Instagram, Daedalus Spinning Wheels on Facebook, as well as this blog. All spinners participating on this program are encouraged to use the following hashtags on social media. #DaedalusSparrowMigrationProgram #SpinningWithTweetyTheSparrow #WhereIsTweetyTheSparrow #SpinningWithSojournerTheSparrow #WhereIsSojournerTheSparrow

Hiya everyone! We are pleased to share with you all the first of Sojourner's Migration Blog posts! The following was written by Sojourner's current caretaker Vampy and was published originally on her blog found here on July 21st, 2021. Wishing you all Happy Spinning and Bird Watching! - Evanita "I have a new friend visiting for two weeks! She is a Daedalus Sparrow e-spinner, and part of their ‘Sparrow Migration Program‘ where she is sent round the country to spend a fortnight each with various different spinners, and we get to take her on an adventure and write up our experiences. I initially tried her for just 10 minutes to make sure everything was there and working properly, before getting on with my Tour de Fleece spinning on my wheels. Now the tour is over I have much more time to get to know her, but I decided that I would write up my initial impressions based on that first short spin, then do the same after a fortnight and see what has changed, whether I’ve got used to things I initially didn’t like, and whether I notice anything else. My initial thoughts: So cute! although small, the bobbin is actually of a reasonable size and I’d have no concerns about spinning for a sweater on this. The size makes it really nice and portable. The very small (looks to be 5 or 6mm) orifice means that most art yarns won’t be possible, but that’s fine, I’d generally prefer a larger bobbin for those sorts of yarns anyway. It’ll easily handle thicknesses of up to worsted weight, and given I generally spin in the fingering weight range, the size is more than adequate. The spinner itself feels really sturdy and well-made with rubber feet that mean it’s not going to slide around. Initially I was surprised that the controller felt a bit flimsy, but on actually looking at it I think it’s just that the front panel moves as part of the switch mechanism, which I wasn’t expecting. I am ambivalent about the separate control panel. On the one hand, I love that it’s on a cable that means I can position it closer to me than the spinner so I can reach the controls easily but have a nice long distance between my hands and the orifice. On the other hand, it means that a small spinner ends up having a fairly large footprint, and I can’t just grab it with one hand (also, the orifice hook is stuck with magnets to where I’d instinctively go to pick it up) The control panel options are AWESOME. I love the programmable soft start and stop and can see myself using a very slow start for super fine yarn, and a slower stop for full bobbins of dense yarn. The option to be able to change the speed adjustment increment is interesting too, while it’s not easy to change on the fly, it does at least mean you don’t have to press the speed buttons hundreds of times if you’re spinning small samples of very different yarns. I love that the speed display lets you set a repeatable speed for consistent spins. I am used to espinners with speed dials though, so not being able to quickly set the speed after starting up will take a bit of getting used to; having to press the button lots of times is a bit annoying, but once happily spinning I doubt I’ll need to mess with it at all. Using the controller itself is a little fiddly, with the direction/off switch needing setting, and then the menu options, and it needing to be switched off or running while you adjust the speed, and generally the order of pressing buttons to get it to do what you want it to. I imagine this is just a learning curve thing and once I’ve played for longer I won’t need to think about it (and indeed won’t need to adjust most of the stuff very often), I just didn’t find it intuitive The spinner itself feels sturdy and solid, and everything turns smoothly. The bearings mean that no oiling of moving parts is needed, and you get a really smooth spin. The motor is really nice and quiet. Changing bobbins is fairly easy as the front maiden has a swivel that lets you move the flyer shaft without needing to pop the driveband off. The motor itself has very little clearance underneath, so I think you’d always need to use it on a flat surface, no putting it straight on the sofa/bed. I love that you can change the motor and brake band around to switch between scotch and Irish tension modes, although I’d not had a chance to try this yet. I really love the tension setup with a large and fine adjustment option. Initially I was unsure of the fine adjustment screw as I’m used to a tension knob that turns in a horizontal plane, but I began to get used to the vertically mounted knob very fast, so I’m sure after playing more I’ll love it. I did not like threading it, the orifice is small, and the back side of the orifice is too, so it’s really fiddly to catch the yarn with the hook. Even the yarn guides are fairly small and hard to thread. I really like how the yarn guides both move nicely, and stay put. It also has the back of the orifice and the path to the hooks positioned differently to every other wheel I’ve used, so it’ll take some getting used to. The curved shape of the front of the flyer, and the fact that one hook faces up while the other is down (so the flyer is really nicely balanced) means that I can’t cross lace easily between the front 2 hooks, which I sometimes do on my flyer wheels to reduce takeup with very fine yarns without having to lace from one flyer arm to another and have abrasion of my singles on the ready-spun yarn. This is unlikely to be a huge issue with this spinner as you can get the takeup really low, but when I quickly tried superfine spinning, I did find I couldn’t get it quite as low as I would like. If it were my own wheel I think changing out the brake band for something finer would help with this, but it’s not something I’d want to do with this one as I’d worry that a finer band might wear away the plastic of the bobbin end. The bobbin end has two different sized whorls which I imagine would be good for those who like to spin with higher tension, for me I will only ever use the smaller one as I like a very light touch. The top speed of 2000rpm is enough for most spinning, though I would like it to be faster; I spun most of my last longest thread competition entry at 3000rpm, and would have liked a little more speed than that if I could have got the tension low enough to cope with that. I did have it up to full speed for a little while and it was nice and quiet given the speed, at lower speeds it’s even quieter; certainly quiet enough to watch TV while using it. My first impressions are overwhelmingly positive, despite having several e-spinners and wheels already, I’d really love one of these guys too. Really the only thing that I don’t like is that it’s not easy to thread, I can imagine this getting very frustrating for a beginner who has lots of breaks, or indeed for me when I’m trying to spin longest thread competition level fineness. Yesterday we went to the very first in-person meeting of the Norwich City Guild of Weavers Spinners and Dyers and lots of people got to try her out, most of whom had never used an e-spinner before, and one of whom had never spun at all before. Everyone enjoyed using her, some were surprised by how much they liked it. - Vampy Migration Schedule The following is an estimated schedule. We have built in time for shipping however as with any adventure there's always a bit of uncertainty. Updates about Tweety and Sojourner's travels will be shared on our Instagram and Facebook page/group. Tweety's Itinerary Lorrie G - Alaska - July 22-Aug 8 Krystal P - Washington - Aug 13-29 Jessica C - Washington - Sept 2-19 Nancy T - Washington - Sept 23-Oct 10 Esther E - Idaho - Oct 15-31 Susan L - Idaho - Nov 4-21 Leigh W - Oregon - Nov 26-Dec 12 Desiree G - Oregon - Dec 16-Jan 2 Valerie S - Washington - Jan 6-23 Sojourner's Itinerary Vampy - UK - July 22-Aug 8 Kathryn F - UK - Aug 12-29 Jan H - UK - Sept 2-19 Liz T - UK - Sept 23-Oct 10 Eve W - UK - Oct 15-31 Teresa P - UK - Nov 4-21 Jessica D - UK - Nov 26-Dec 12 Su J - UK - Dec 16-Jan 2 Sophie L - UK - Jan 6-23 Follow the Migration! To keep tabs on the adventures of these two Sparrows follow us on DaedalusSpinningWheels on Instagram, Daedalus Spinning Wheels on Facebook, as well as this blog. All spinners participating on this program are encouraged to use the following hashtags on social media. #DaedalusSparrowMigrationProgram #SpinningWithTweetyTheSparrow #WhereIsTweetyTheSparrow #SpinningWithSojournerTheSparrow #WhereIsSojournerTheSparrow

Hiya everyone! Tweety the Sparrow's migration is going wonderfully! She spent two weeks with Christy R. in Fairbanks Alaska. They went on a ton of adventures so we'll share a peek at what all Christy and Tweety were up to during their two weeks together! The following is a glimpse into Tweety's adventures. For more photos be sure to check out Christy's Instagram account. Wishing you all Happy Spinning and Bird Watching! -Evanita Their fist stop together at Chena River at Pike’s landing. During most winters, the river freezes enough for cars to drive over an ice bridge to the other side. Tweety had to get a photo in front of the famous “Love ALASKA” sign. While finding the perfect spot to get a photo with the sign a beautiful dragonfly decided to stop by. The next stop on Tweety’s tour of Fairbanks was the ALASKA Pipeline. Built in the 70’s, this pipeline runs from Prudhoe Bay in the North of ALASKA, to Valdez. After the Pipeline Tweety made a beeline over to North Pole Alaska where she visited none other than Santa Claus himself! Christy took Tweety to sit on Santa's lap and told him all about how there might be quite a few spinners who would like to add a Sparrow or other Daedalus spinner to their Christmas list. Christy also asked that if Santa had spun some yarn on Tweety, if it would it be magical and never drop a stitch. He said "just maybe!" The next stop after visiting North Pole was to the end of the Alaska Highway in Delta Junction Alaska. All migrating birds need to take a stop and visit the local nature preserves! Here's Tweety at the Denali National Park and Preserve. It was overcast but the views were still incredibly gorgeous! To see Tweety taking in the gorgeous sights be sure to check out this video that Christy recorded and shared on Instagram. After visiting Denali, the last stop at this migration point was a fiber festival, Matsu Valley Fiber Festival! What a great way to wrap up this visit right!? Tweety got to see sheep and angora bunnies. She even got to visit two booths that specialize in Qiviut, the soft under down of a Musk Ox. I love how this booth featured an adorable little Musk Ox plushie that is similar in size to Tweety. Christy spent her last evening with Tweety spinning her part of the community bobbin. She picked out some lovely wool dyed by Fiber N' Ice Alaska. Tweety had quite the cozy nest while with Christy. It looks like Christy and Tweety had a blast and we are so thankful to Christy for showing Tweety and all of us a wonderful time! We are looking forward to sharing with you Tweety's next adventures and stay tuned for an update on Sojourner. Migration Schedule The following is an estimated schedule. We have built in time for shipping however as with any adventure there's always a bit of uncertainty. Updates about Tweety and Sojourner's travels will be shared on our Instagram and Facebook page/group. Tweety's Itinerary Lorrie G - Alaska - July 22-Aug 8 Krystal P - Washington - Aug 13-29 Jessica C - Washington - Sept 2-19 Nancy T - Washington - Sept 23-Oct 10 Esther E - Idaho - Oct 15-31 Susan L - Idaho - Nov 4-21 Leigh W - Oregon - Nov 26-Dec 12 Desiree G - Oregon - Dec 16-Jan 2 Valerie S - Washington - Jan 6-23 Sojourner's Itinerary Vampy - UK - July 22-Aug 8 Kathryn F - UK - Aug 12-29 Jan H - UK - Sept 2-19 Liz T - UK - Sept 23-Oct 10 Eve W - UK - Oct 15-31 Teresa P - UK - Nov 4-21 Jessica D - UK - Nov 26-Dec 12 Su J - UK - Dec 16-Jan 2 Sophie L - UK - Jan 6-23 Follow the Migration! To keep tabs on the adventures of these two Sparrows follow us on DaedalusSpinningWheels on Instagram, Daedalus Spinning Wheels on Facebook, as well as this blog. All spinners participating on this program are encouraged to use the following hashtags on social media. #DaedalusSparrowMigrationProgram #SpinningWithTweetyTheSparrow #WhereIsTweetyTheSparrow #SpinningWithSojournerTheSparrow #WhereIsSojournerTheSparrow

Sojourner spent the weekend with James as her Migration entry point to the UK. The following is from James's journal pages. Next stop for Sojourner will be with Rachel S - Suffolk, UK. We are expecting her to arrive later this week. Wishing you all Happy Spinning and Bird Watching! - Evanita "Hi! This is James, also known as "Longdrawjames". I am the UK stop off for Sojourner before she embarks on her trip around the UK! This is me modeling a sweater I spun on my Daedalus Magpie! I live in Surrey near Sevenoaks on my best friend's sheep farm, so naturally I had to see what the sheep thought of Sojourner! The Romney lamb was impressed and approving... As usual, Maxwell the Suri Alpaca was not as approving! For my addition to the community bobbin I chose to add 5g Silver Wensleydale combed top. This is top we have combed from our own sheep fleeces, so it is quintessential to me! I can't wait to see everyone else's additions! Note the gray at this end of the community bobbin. I have loved getting to know Sojourner (even just for a few days), and I hope you all will too!! Happy Spinning! James Migration Schedule The following is an estimated schedule. We have built in time for shipping however as with any adventure there's always a bit of uncertainty. Updates about Tweety and Sojourner's travels will be shared on our Instagram and Facebook page/group. Tweety's Itinerary Christy R - Alaska - July 1-18 Lorrie G - Alaska - July 22-Aug 8 Krystal P - Washington - Aug 13-29 Jessica C - Washington - Sept 2-19 Nancy T - Washington - Sept 23-Oct 10 Esther E - Idaho - Oct 15-31 Susan L - Idaho - Nov 4-21 Leigh W - Oregon - Nov 26-Dec 12 Desiree G - Oregon - Dec 16-Jan 2 Valerie S - Washington - Jan 6-23 Sojourner's Itinerary Rachel S - UK - July 1-18 Vampy - UK - July 22-Aug 8 Kathryn F - UK - Aug 12-29 Jan H - UK - Sept 2-19 Liz T - UK - Sept 23-Oct 10 Eve W - UK - Oct 15-31 Teresa P - UK - Nov 4-21 Jessica D - UK - Nov 26-Dec 12 Su J - UK - Dec 16-Jan 2 Sophie L - UK - Jan 6-23 Follow the Migration! To keep tabs on the adventures of these two Sparrows follow us on DaedalusSpinningWheels on Instagram, Daedalus Spinning Wheels on Facebook, as well as this blog. All spinners participating on this program are encouraged to use the following hashtags on social media. #DaedalusSparrowMigrationProgram #SpinningWithTweetyTheSparrow #WhereIsTweetyTheSparrow #SpinningWithSojournerTheSparrow #WhereIsSojournerTheSparrow

Hiya everyone, Evanita here! For those that know me I'm all about green! I live in Western Washington, east of Seattle and it's all about green here. The Pacific Northwest is home to the world's largest Temperate Rainforest, yes you read that right, Rainforest! The Seattle area is known for its rains and those rains bring beautiful green growth with loads of ferns and moss. For my Community Bobbin fiber, I found a little BFL pigtail from Greenwood Fiberworks in the colorway Puget Sound which is the name of the large body of water that connects this area with the Pacific Ocean. The region surrounding the sound is also referred to as the Puget Sound area. This colorway embodies all of the natural beauty of where I live. The dyer grew up here which made it very easy for her to capture the beautiful nature of Puget Sound. During Tweety's stay with me, we experienced a freak heatwave of temperatures of above 100F so in order to make our adventure possible we ventured out super early in the morning to one of my favorite local woodlands Farrel McWhirter Park. My favorite part about this park is its home to several large old Cedar stumps which have become Nurse logs to new growth. Usually, the trees that grow from these stumps are Hemlocks but other things like Huckleberries grow from these stumps as well. As the stump deteriorates it provides nutrition for the new tree and can sometimes leave the new tree looking as if it's floating in the air as if it's walking like Treebeard the Ent. On the first day of Tour de Fleece, we spent quite a bit of time spinning cotton which is one of my favorite fibers to spin on Sparrows. I spun this cotton long draw at 85% with an extremely light take-up. If you want to give cotton a go start out at a speed slightly faster than you are used to and as you ease yourself into it increase the speed. We had such a blast together and I cannot wait to see all the adventures everyone takes with Tweety and Sojourner as well as getting to see the wide variety of spinning on the Community Bobbins when I get to chain ply them. Next stop for Tweety will be up in Alaska with Christy R. We are expecting Tweety to arrive later this week. Wishing you all Happy Spinning and Bird Watching! Evanita Migration Schedule The following is an estimated schedule. We have built in time for shipping however as with any adventure there's always a bit of uncertainty. Updates about Tweety and Sojourner's travels will be shared on our Instagram and Facebook page/group. Tweety's Itinerary Christy R - Alaska - July 1-18 Lorrie G - Alaska - July 22-Aug 8 Krystal P - Washington - Aug 13-29 Jessica C - Washington - Sept 2-19 Nancy T - Washington - Sept 23-Oct 10 Esther E - Idaho - Oct 15-31 Susan L - Idaho - Nov 4-21 Leigh W - Oregon - Nov 26-Dec 12 Desiree G - Oregon - Dec 16-Jan 2 Valerie S - Washington - Jan 6-23 Sojourner's Itinerary Rachel S - UK - July 1-18 Vampy - UK - July 22-Aug 8 Kathryn F - UK - Aug 12-29 Jan H - UK - Sept 2-19 Liz T - UK - Sept 23-Oct 10 Eve W - UK - Oct 15-31 Teresa P - UK - Nov 4-21 Jessica D - UK - Nov 26-Dec 12 Su J - UK - Dec 16-Jan 2 Sophie L - UK - Jan 6-23 Follow the Migration! To keep tabs on the adventures of these two Sparrows follow us on DaedalusSpinningWheels on Instagram, Daedalus Spinning Wheels on Facebook, as well as this blog. All spinners participating on this program are encouraged to use the following hashtags on social media. #DaedalusSparrowMigrationProgram #SpinningWithTweetyTheSparrow #WhereIsTweetyTheSparrow #SpinningWithSojournerTheSparrow #WhereIsSojournerTheSparrow

Tweety arrived safely over in Washington State at my doorstep. I immediately hauled the box down to my studio and set it up on my photography area. My three Sparrows were very curious to see the new comer! I was very impressed with how well the box held up for it's long journey. The next several stops on the Migration path will be shorter distances. The inside of the box has an abundance of bubble wrap to keep the Pelican Case from sliding around. The Pelican Case, WOW! Tweety really is flying first class! I opened up the box Live on Instagram. I took a peek through the journal and love Becca's entry! I cannot wait to see all of the future entries. Dave did such an awesome job with the laser engraving on the journal's cover! I introduced Tweety to my flock of Sparrows. I also introduced Tweety to Bumbles the Starling XL and Dandillion the Starling V3. I love seeing these three together as it really shows just how much Dave has grown over the last few years as a maker. Tomorrow we'll be spinning! I've got my Community Braid spin picked out and after I finish that I'm planning on spinning some cotton. I do plan on doing some live spinning on Instagram so if you are on Instagram keep an eye out! Migration Schedule The following is an estimated schedule. We have built in time for shipping however as with any adventure there's always a bit of uncertainty. Updates about Tweety and Sojourner's travels will be shared on our Instagram and Facebook page/group. Tweety's Itinerary Christy R - Alaska - July 1-18 Lorrie G - Alaska - July 22-Aug 8 Krystal P - Washington - Aug 13-29 Jessica C - Washington - Sept 2-19 Nancy T - Washington - Sept 23-Oct 10 Esther E - Idaho - Oct 15-31 Susan L - Idaho - Nov 4-21 Leigh W - Oregon - Nov 26-Dec 12 Desiree G - Oregon - Dec 16-Jan 2 Valerie S - Washington - Jan 6-23 Sojourner's Itinerary Rachel S - UK - July 1-18 Vampy - UK - July 22-Aug 8 Kathryn F - UK - Aug 12-29 Jan H - UK - Sept 2-19 Liz T - UK - Sept 23-Oct 10 Eve W - UK - Oct 15-31 Teresa P - UK - Nov 4-21 Jessica D - UK - Nov 26-Dec 12 Su J - UK - Dec 16-Jan 2 Sophie L - UK - Jan 6-23 Follow the Migration! To keep tabs on the adventures of these two Sparrows follow us on DaedalusSpinningWheels on Instagram, Daedalus Spinning Wheels on Facebook, as well as this blog. All spinners participating on this program are encouraged to use the following hashtags on social media. #DaedalusSparrowMigrationProgram #SpinningWithTweetyTheSparrow #WhereIsTweetyTheSparrow #SpinningWithSojournerTheSparrow #WhereIsSojournerTheSparrow Happy Spinning and Bird Watching! Evanita

Tweety and Sojourner are nearing their first stop on their Migration! They were scheduled to arrive on Friday but the Migration Tracking is looking like they might arrive ahead of schedule on Thursday! Tweety will be touching down near Seattle, Washington and will probably be thankful her stay in Washington will be brief as it's likely going to hit 103F over the weekend! Evanita is planning on doing a live-stream unboxing on her Instagram account as soon as Tweety arrives. If you'd like to watch this be sure to keep an eye on her account. The Live will be recorded for those who miss it. After Tweety's weekend with Evanita, she'll be heading up to Alaska for the month. Sojourner will touch down at the Ashen Wensleydale Farm to visit with Longdraw James our UK Homebase for the Sparrow Migration. Once she’s done visiting with James she’ll be touring around the UK for the next 6 months. Migration Schedule The following is an estimated schedule. We have built in time for shipping however as with any adventure there's always a bit of uncertainty. Updates about Tweety and Sojourner's travels will be shared on our Instagram and Facebook page/group. Tweety's Itinerary Christy R - Alaska - July 1-18 Lorrie G - Alaska - July 22-Aug 8 Krystal P - Washington - Aug 13-29 Jessica C - Washington - Sept 2-19 Nancy T - Washington - Sept 23-Oct 10 Esther E - Idaho - Oct 15-31 Susan L - Idaho - Nov 4-21 Leigh W - Oregon - Nov 26-Dec 12 Desiree G - Oregon - Dec 16-Jan 2 Valerie S - Washington - Jan 6-23 Sojourner's Itinerary Rachel S - UK - July 1-18 Vampy - UK - July 22-Aug 8 Kathryn F - UK - Aug 12-29 Jan H - UK - Sept 2-19 Liz T - UK - Sept 23-Oct 10 Eve W - UK - Oct 15-31 Teresa P - UK - Nov 4-21 Jessica D - UK - Nov 26-Dec 12 Su J - UK - Dec 16-Jan 2 Sophie L - UK - Jan 6-23 Follow the Migration! To keep tabs on the adventures of these two Sparrows follow us on DaedalusSpinningWheels on Instagram, Daedalus Spinning Wheels on Facebook, as well as this blog. All spinners participating on this program are encouraged to use the following hashtags on social media. #DaedalusSparrowMigrationProgram #SpinningWithTweetyTheSparrow #WhereIsTweetyTheSparrow #SpinningWithSojournerTheSparrow #WhereIsSojournerTheSparrow Happy Spinning and Bird Watching! Evanita

We have two Sparrows eager to go on an adventure of epic proportions! Tweety (yellow) and Sojourner (light blue) are currently in flight to their first destination on their first migration! The Sparrow Migration Program was designed to help connect the community together across the globe so that we can all share our spinning experience and see the world through the eyes of a spinner. Each participants gets to spend two weeks with a wheel, to take her on an adventure, and send her onto her next destination. We hope that our spinners will take advantage of this opportunity and take the Sparrow on a special outing. Each spinner is responsible for recording their adventures and experiences through writing and photos in the provided journal along with spinning 5 grams on a Community Bobbin which will be chain plied into a grand skein show casing what everyone spun on these traveling wheels. Here is Tweety and Sojourner hatching on the bench with several other Sparrows. They were part of a very large clutch of Sparrows. There were 30 Sparrows for a Shop Update, 20 Sparrows for a Lottery Shop Update, and 1 additional one that is destined for our upcoming Tour de Fleece as one of the grand prizes! After the shop update was over Becca took Tweety and Sojourner on a tour of Horse Country in the heartland of Kentucky. They got to enjoy a beautiful sunset! Tweety and Sojourner have upgraded their flying arrangements to the max! To keep them as safe as possible flying all over the place they will be nestled in these sweet pelican cases. It’s overkill but they wanted to make it easy for folks to ready them for their next flight and didn’t want to take any chances to have to make an unscheduled flight back to home base for a check up. Over 140 spinners have applied to take part in the Migration so these two birds have a very busy Migration ahead of them! So far the itinerary has been mapped out all the way to January of 2022! It was very tough trying to plot the migration path out. Our Sparrows are eager to see where their journey takes them. This is only a small portion of their Migration so as we get further into the adventure we will be contacting more spinners. On Saturday June 19th, Tweety and Sojourner nestled up in their Pelican cases each packed in a custom box and were taken to UPS. These two won't see each other until January of next year! They'll be taking a quick stop with two of our Daedalus experts before they set off for the first stop on their itinerary. Tweety will touch down at Evanita's for a spin, photo shoot, and adventure before she’s off to Alaska for a month! Sojourner will touch down at the Ashen Wensleydale Farm to visit with Longdraw James our UK Homebase for the Sparrow Migration. Once she’s done visiting with James she’ll be touring around the UK for the next 6 months. Migration Schedule The following is an estimated schedule. We have built in time for shipping however as with any adventure there's always a bit of uncertainty. Updates about Tweety and Sojourner's travels will be shared on our Instagram and Facebook page/group. Tweety's Itinerary Christy R - Alaska - July 1-18 Lorrie G - Alaska - July 22-Aug 8 Krystal P - Washington - Aug 13-29 Jessica C - Washington - Sept 2-19 Nancy T - Washington - Sept 23-Oct 10 Esther E - Idaho - Oct 15-31 Susan L - Idaho - Nov 4-21 Leigh W - Oregon - Nov 26-Dec 12 Desiree G - Oregon - Dec 16-Jan 2 Valerie S - Washington - Jan 6-23 Sojourner's Itinerary Rachel S - UK - July 1-18 Vampy - UK - July 22-Aug 8 Kathryn F - UK - Aug 12-29 Jan H - UK - Sept 2-19 Liz T - UK - Sept 23-Oct 10 Eve W - UK - Oct 15-31 Teresa P - UK - Nov 4-21 Jessica D - UK - Nov 26-Dec 12 Su J - UK - Dec 16-Jan 2 Sophie L - UK - Jan 6-23 Follow the Migration! To keep tabs on the adventures of these two Sparrows follow us on DaedalusSpinningWheels on Instagram, Daedalus Spinning Wheels on Facebook, as well as this blog. All spinners participating on this program are encouraged to use the following hashtags on social media. #DaedalusSparrowMigrationProgram #SpinningWithTweetyTheSparrow #WhereIsTweetyTheSparrow #SpinningWithSojournerTheSparrow #WhereIsSojournerTheSparrow Happy Spinning and Bird Watching! Evanita

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