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Lanterne Rouge

The Tour de Fleece ends on July 27th, and right now I'm definitely feeling in last place, which makes me the Lanterne Rouge. Here's the latest progress, or lack thereof... Sunday 20th July Another rest day, friends don't let friends spin while on industrial

Spin, spin, spin, and rest

Still spinning for La Tour De Fleece 2008. What do you make with a micro-skein of yarn? I have two 30 yard skeins of spindle-spun yarn and little idea of what to make beyond a glasses cleaning cloth. One is beige baby camel down, the other is cream Wensleydale. I

Consecutive spinning

Progress reports on my Tour de Fleece. I'm still in the running for that yellow badge because I've spun every day so far. Wednesday 9th July Spun up some of the flick carded Polwarth on the wheel and got a new appreciation for combed top! It&

Four days of La Tour de Fleece

My goal for La Tour De Fleece is to spin a little every day, and I'm counting fibre preparation as spinning time. It's been fun cruising the participant list to see who's doing what. I'm going to save up my rest days

Le Tour De Fleece 2008

I signed up for Le Tour De Fleece! This year is a "spin from your stash" event, and purely by chance, I just enhanced my stash with some Wensleydale and Gotland from Copper Moose and some Lincoln locks from sheepsandpeeps on Etsy, both of which are still en

Snapshot - State of the Onion

Apologies to Bloglines and Google Reader people, I cut the RSS feed to a summary to make it harder for thieving spammer weasels to steal my posts. Hope you like the rotating image at the top of the page (hit refresh to see the others). It's been a

Spinning lessons

Last Friday was Anna's first spinning lesson. She used my Cascade Little Si spindle and some Romney locks I flicked and drafted into roving. It felt good teaching her how to do something I enjoy, watching her work out how to get around the obstacles on their own,

Polwarth

I'm trying something I haven't done before: spinning fleece locks. A Verb For Keeping Warm had some grey Polwarth locks and I'd ordered two sets, but there was a stocking glitch and Kristine only had one. After a little discussion, she sent a grey

Spinning FO: Undyed Jacob

Jacobs have been my favourite sheep since I was a kid. Dad used to get free tickets for the Suffolk Show every year. The best place to visit was the Raptor Society who always had several owls tethered and sleeping outside their tent, plus some vicious looking hawks. They did

Best friends

Thanks for the commiserations on not making it to MD Sheep and Wool. My best friend Rox, who I was really hoping to spend time with, sent me a festival care package: 4oz of long staple Pima Cotton from Little Barn, and 2oz of Icelandic roving from Dott-E. Thank you

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