Woolthing

Today is the last day of the Tour de Fleece.   I met my goal of spinning every day, spinning only from stash and spinning a mile in a day.

Yesterday I went to a spin in and spun with several other people.  This was my point of view.  We got a nice shady spot.  There were people selling things but I was very good.  I didn’t buy any new fibre although I was sorely tempted.  The book totally doesn’t count.

Some of the fibre did give me some ideas for my next dyeing session.

I started working on my last yarn for the tour, a superwash merino that I’d carded up earlier.

I finished it today.  It’s a three ply, spun with long draw.  I love spinning long draw but my left shoulder was complaining by the end.  Here’s what the yarn looks like.

It’s a lovely soft blue with a hint of green.  Three ply, 6oz., 460yds.

Now, I had a lot of time to spin and spin I did.  I got a lot of yarn made.

So here’s the rundown.

Mostly green 2 ply Romney:  1.16 kg, 485 m.

Brown 3 ply Corriedale: 740 g, 1190 m.

Berry colour 3 ply Blueface Leicester: 765 g, 1280 m.

Prada colour 2 ply Alpaca: 370 g, 1315 m.

Light blue 3 ply Superwash Merino: 170 g, 420 m.

Total of 3.2 kg (7+ pounds)  and 4690 meters finished yarn.

So I busted through a lot of fibre which is great but now I have added all this yarn to my yarn stash.  My only consolation is that yarn takes up a lot less room.

Now I need to get back to doing a bit of weaving.  My looms are naked and they are calling to me.

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