Spinning

Made my goal of two well-plied skeins on Tuesday 14th, one of mohair, one of suri/icelandic.  Both are small skeins, 102yds and 117yds, and both are two ply.  The skeins are balanced and the plying is even, I'm very happy with these.  My other goal is spinning

Getting close to my "two well-plied skeins" goal now, still spinning every weekday.  I'm spinning on Tour de France rest days because my goal is not to follow them exactly. Friday 10th July Working on the second bobbin of suri/icelandic, probably about halfway through.  Pleasantly

There are two separate Tour de Fleece's going on, the one I'm doing, and another one on Ravelry with prizes and hoopla. They both apparently started in 2006.  A highlight of the Tour de Fleece I'm signed up with is the list of participant

My goal for this year's Tour de Fleece is to spin every weekday of the Tour de France, and to have two decently plied skeins by the end.  I tend to rush the plying and so it can be more twisty than it should be.  Decided to leave

The Tour de Fleece is coming up, from July 4th to July 26th.  It is the spinning analogue to the Tour De France bicycle race. Last year I made valiant efforts to spin every day, but circumstances thought otherwise and I skipped several days. One Tour De Fleece goal for

Finished a Navajo-plied skein of Polwarth yarn, 126yds of thin sport-weight yard, 2.5 ounces in total.  I really like this skein: The fibre is undyed Polwarth I got while visiting The Fold last year.  We went out of town for a weekend to see the Chicago aquarium and test-drive

My goal for spinning is to follow the Yarn Harlot and use Tuesdays for spinning.  I have a chunk of time between work and karate group class that can be spent in the front room with wheel, spindle, and NCIS re-runs on my laptop. Right now I have some tawny