Tour De Fleece 2017

Well, I only managed 1 skein of yarn and finish another after the Tour De Fleece was over.  My goal this year was to spin at least an hour each day.  I've been busy with sample knits so spinning has kind of gotten left behind on some days.  My usual goal is to spin every day.

My first skein was fiber I got from my birthday.  It was 4 oz of Superwash Merino Roving from Pigeon Roof Studios called Tropical Flower.  I got 275 yards of fingering weight yarn.

Next was 5 oz of SqueeZins from Treadle Handspun yarn along with almost 2 oz of sample fiber.  I got 478 yards of sport weight yarn.

I hope to spin more next year!

Getting Stuff Done!

My latest simple sock pattern with striping yarn.  It's my go to pattern from Wendy Knits and the yarn is On Beach Time Tumbleweed Yarn Aurora Fingering Weight.

 My test knit wrap is all done.  It took 65 hours and I still have to wash & block it.  I love Ambah's patterns!  http://www.ravelry.com/stores/ambah

My last Tour De Fleece yarn.  It's about half way through plying.  Good thing since today is the last day of Tour De Fleece.

My last sort of test knit.  I got the pattern free as long as I finish the knit by Aug 30th.  I think I will make the deadline.  http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/anemone-hat-2  I'm getting much better at color work!  It's done with my handspun so that is why you got the differences in color.

Tour De Fleece 2016!

I'm on Team Into The Whirled.  I'm a captain for BME team but I managed to finish all my BME fiber so I'm just commenting and encouraging.  Here is my progress for Day 1!

50/30/20 Alpaca/Merino/Silk Blended Top in colorway Sentinel  

Great Mail Day!

This came in the mail today.  I moderated the Bee Mice Elf Tour De Fleece team during the Tour De Fleece.  Laurs sent me this 100% BLF Nile as a thank you gift.  I can't wait to spin it up.  Check out Laurs fiber here:  https://www.etsy.com/shop/beemiceelf

That's It for Tour De Fleece 2015!

From left to right:

Into The Whirled Odds & Ends 204 yards Sports weight
Woolgathering July 2013 Adventure Club 269 yards Sport weight
Loop! Magic Trick bump 257 yards fingering weight
JulieSpins Great Barrier Reef 328 yards fingering weight

I did the Odds & Ends and Loop! on the spindle but transfer the yarn onto a bobbin to ply on the Mini Spinner (so much easier).  My goal was 5 braids but I only finished 4 into yarns.  I'll try for 5 next year.  I need to work on getting pictures back up on this blog too.

Oooppsss!!

Sorry for the lack of pictures here.  I deleted the albums on my google account and that is where all my blog pictures are kept.  I will try to put some back up.  Meanwhile, I'm still spinning but I did finish one shawl.

Needles:  Size 5 circular
Yarn:  Fulcrum Wool Company Limited Staywise Wool Cashmere in Red
Pattern:  http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/sabrina-8

This is JulieSpins 80% Merino 20% Silk in the color Great Barrier Reef.  There was lots of blue and now its got some yellow and green.

 

 

On the spindle is Loop! bump called Magic Trick.

 

 



More of the Same

I've been quiet due to spending most of my free time spinning.  I have 2 yarns done and starting another 2.

 

This is my Woolgathering July 2013 Adventure Club fiber.  I got 269 yards of 16 WPI (about sport weight).

 



 

This was a Into The Whirled bag of Odds and Ends bag.  I got 204 yards of 18 WPI (sport weight).

I started my Magic Trick Loop! bump on the spindle.  I'm into the pink now.

On the Minispinner is my JulieSpins 80% Merino & 20% Silk Great Barrier Reef fiber.  I hope to spin one more JulieSpins fiber before the end of Tour De Fleece on Jul 26th.  Wish me luck!

Sorry For the Lack of Posts









 

 

Tour De Fleece has kept me busy.  I even brought my spindle with me to a trip so I could start spinning!

 

On my spindle which is customized with my name on top.  You can get one from here:  https://www.etsy.com/shop/HeavenlyHandspinning  I have Odds and Ends from Into the Whirled on the spindle.  I try to get two bundles done.  I'll be plying it on the mini spinner though.  It's hard to ply on a spindle.

On the mini spinner is Woolgathering.  It's 40/40/20 Merino/SW Merino/Silk and the color is the Adventure Club Jul 2013.

I also got some yarn today.  This is to re knit the too small felted slippers.  They were suppose to be for my Father-in-law's birthday (which is coming up soon).  Now I have to re knit and re felt them.

 



 

 

I couldn't stop myself from getting this special self striping yarn.  I have some but its an orange and pink.  They will become socks for me.

Tour De Fleece 2015!

Here is a picture of 3 of the braids I hope to spin.  It's a Loop Batt and then 2 JulieSpins braids.  The other two were already to go on the Mini Spinner and on the spindle.  Tour De Fleece will run Jul 4 to Jul 26.  I hope to spin at least 2 hours a day between the spindle and the spinner.

 

 



 

This was Day 1, Jul 4th.  I took my spindle with me when we went out of town to watch fireworks.  I got a couple of the little bundles of odds and ends done.  I plan to ply it with the Mini Spinner when its all spun up.  It's harder to ply on the spindle.  This is Into The Whirled bag of Odds and Ends.



 





 





 

This is my Day 2 Jul 5 so far.  I started my Woolgather July 2013 Adventure Club fiber.  I got a good start.  Back to spinning!