Just to continue a little bit from my previous blog about collecting postcards or deltiology – a hard word to remember.
this is the Dutch postcard of the big wheel, as mentioned in my previous entry.
and another postcard of a big wheel – this is a painting by Jean Francois Millet.
I have seen photographs but no postcards of the big wheel which was used in the West of Ireland. I’ll be on the look-out for that postcard (if it exists) to add to my collection.
Now for knitting. My ongoing stash reduction attack continues. I have been knitting squares relentlessly/obsessively and now Hodge Podge 5 
is nearly finished. I also have a good start on Hodge Podge 6. I have separated out the weaving yarn that had found a temporary home in my knitting stash – usually because it was a colour I liked. And I have set up a separate stash for sock knitting. All in the interest of re-organizing, and a very satisfying exercise it has proved to be.
this is the “before” picture of my knitting stash
and the “after” picture
And as to reading – a rediscovered treasure from the 1970’s. One Woman’s Arctic by Sheila Burnford. A fascinating account of 2 summers spent in the far far North, very near the North Pole. 
One Woman’s Arctic by Sheila Burnford.
I’ll keep a lookout for one – do you have all the “textile” postcards from the museum in castlebar? I think I saw a photo of one of those big wheels – but it might not have been on the postcards… I have to take a closer look again at the next visit!
or maybe it was a picture in the book by Judith Hoad: This is donegal weaving… do you know this book? I found it quite interesting, but you’d have to look for it 2nd hand!
Yes, I think I have all the postcards from the museum in Castlebar. I plan to write a blog about some of them. I have a copy of the Judith Hoad book – that is a mine of information. The Lillias Mitchell books are good also with photographs of the different types of Irish spinning wheels.
I would be delighted if you happen to find any old postcards for me – thanks!
i just found your blog entry while searching for pics of old spinning wheels (big “hand”-wheels). i already have a little collection of postcards with spinning motives as well, but i don’t know the books you are talking about. could one of these books help me to find out, what kind of wheels were used at what times and in which countries?