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Tour de Fleece 2016– Final Week

This year I’ve chosen not to spin with a team, but to spin solo and with my own rules. If you’d like to know more ‘official’ information about the Tour, there’s some here. Monday: Started spinning a BFL braid I … Continue reading

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Tour de Fleece 2016– Week Three

This year I’ve chosen not to spin with a team, but to spin solo and with my own rules. If you’d like to know more ‘official’ information about the Tour, there’s some here. Monday: Finished plying the mohair art yarn … Continue reading

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TdF 2015 Summary

Finished yarns in order of when they were completed + any prizes they may or may not have won. 1.) “Mister Wolf” Completed July 9th. Brown Shetland + Black Alpaca 114 Yards Was awarded fiber + a crochet pattern 2.) … Continue reading

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TdF2015 Day Twenty-One

6 hours of spinning today.  

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TdF2015 Day Twenty

  Three hours of spinning early in the day– first I finished up the plying of the eight-ply, then I spun all the banana silk singles. Two hours of plying later on– first the banana silk, then finished up the … Continue reading

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TdF2015 Day Nineteen

Morning + Afternoon: Six hours of work, including plying up one project and getting a fairly good start on a thin-weight for a plying experiment. Thin plies take sooooo long…   After dinner: Spun another three hours to finish the … Continue reading

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TdF2015 Day Eighteen

Should I have gone to bed a while ago? Probably, but I’m too tense to sleep. I decided to spin instead. I finally chose the final batt for this project– a merino/silk blend I carded a while back. Spun for … Continue reading

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TdF2015 Day Seventeen

Only managed 45 minutes of spinning today. One more batt will finish off the singles for this project.

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TdF 2015 Day Twelve

Had a really hard time with this today; I woke up with crazy pain in my shoulders, and had a rough time getting myself to spin. But here’s the progress today: One hour and fifteen minutes of work today.

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TdF2015 Day Ten

Despite my best efforts I could not get myself to spin before work today– just too worn out. So I did my best after work instead (turning on Netflix and powering through several episodes of whatever mystery show is my … Continue reading

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