I'm a terrible blogger, ok? Tour de Fleece has been over for weeks. Also I've been knitting. As you've probably noticed, no blog posts...whoops. So let's catch up on the spinning, and we can catch up on the knitting some other day...ok? OK! First up, I told you that I had knit the spindle spun/wheel plyed into a cowl. That is true. I have photographic evidence: Yes there is a stripe. I was not paying attention to the fact that there was a little black mixed in with my grey. Mea culpa. The pattern is the Bridger Cowl (free on Ravelry), which worked up quickly and easily. I'm happy with it, but I think if i were to do it...
Or: The Spinning Continues Well hello, lovelies! You may or may not remember that a little over a month ago, I rekindled my love of spinning. Since it turning fluff into yarn was the obsession du jour, it only made sense for me to join a Tour de Fleece team. What is Tour de Fleece you ask? It's an event that takes place every year concurrent with the Tour de France. The bicyclists spin their wheels, we fiber artists spin ours. I didn't set a specific goal for myself beyond spinning more during the Tour than usual. Since "usual" was only slightly more than none, this is not a particularly lofty goal, but I believe in setting yourself up for...
The Spinning Odyssey Continues Singles are the proto-yarn that first hits the bobbin. You take your prepped fiber and spin it into singles. Why singles? Because they're a single strand. You can work with them as is, but they'll be stronger and more pleasant if you ply multiple singles together. After I spun up the tuft of pink from the last post, I grabbed some practice fiber and spun up a full bobbin of singles. The fiber is mill ends that I got very inexpensively. The good thing is that I have many, many pounds, so I can use a lot of fiber experimenting without running short. The bad thing is that it's inconsistently prepped. That means that either I...
Spinning Wheel Got to Go 'Round Like many knitters, I have dabbled in spinning. It is not something I do well or quickly, but it is something that I greatly enjoy. For me, spinning is 99% about the process, as opposed to knitting where it's more 80% process, 20% product. I had not used my wheels in over a year because of various life things and other shiny opportunities. However, when a tiny sample of roving made its way into my mailbox, I knew that I just HAD to spin it up Right. This. Second. I busted out my trusty Ashford Traveller for the job. This wheel came to me courtesy of my mother-in-law. She was at work one day...
