Spinning

I'm calling this a win even though I deviated from my goals.  My original Tour de Fleece goals were: * Spin every day * Finish the blue fibre * Sample some new fibre * Prep and spin 3oz grey Polwarth locks Spin every day Almost achieved.  I skipped a Tuesday, but I

The final days of the 2011 Tour de Fleece!  Pictures when the skeins are all dry. Thursday 21st July Working from home, so I spun for a half hour at lunchtime.  Finished the second bobbin after work! Reset the wheel for plying, put the bobbins in the Majacraft bobbin box,

This Tour de Fleece is the most spinning I've done in months, and I want to keep up the momentum.  One thing I learned from National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is that a deadline has magical motivating power.  I will aim to spin three more skeins in 2011,

Knitting goes by the wayside during the Tour de Fleece, restricted to lunchtimes at work and some time at the karate studio between and before classes.  The knitted projects currently being neglected are an Aria Delicato lace scarf, and a hemp wash cloth using doubled laceweight yarn. I'm

My spinning is done on the futon sofa in the craft room, with my laptop on the nightstand playing a familiar movie or TV episode.  I have natural light from a big bay window until the sun goes down and plenty of space for Quantum the cat to curl up

I think this will be a wheel-only spinning tour, my Majacraft Rose is finally getting some love.  I'm going to have a plying day soon but for now it's all singles all the time.  I'm working on roving that's a blend of

The 2011 Tour de France is coming up, which means the Tour de Fleece is also soon!  I didn't do this in 2010, but I think it will be good to attempt this year.  I have some gorgeous blue fibre on the wheel, and it would be nice

Saturday we went to the Monroe County Sheep & Craft Festival in Waterloo IL.  Google maps failed us and sent us out of town on the wrong side of town, but a nice person at the gas station put us on the right route.  We met friends and had the

My cat tried to eat this wool as I was spinning it, which proves it's a merino cross-breed.  She's never tried to eat any other fibre but merino.  She didn't get any but I'll be watching when I spin up the rest