I really haven't been spinning much lately. Although I enjoy it, I have so much handspun yarn sitting in a bin, unused, that I'm not terribly motivated to spin more at this point, considering I'm making yarn faster than I can use it!
But the Tour de Fleece is an event I've always enjoyed participating in. Usually I choose a low-stress team without tons of rules and just try to spin a little bit each day, even if that only amounts to ten minutes. The last couple of years, I've spun with Team CKT and they are totally my speed. There are always a few prizes and it's a nice, laid-back group of folks.
I spent last weekend digging through my fiber stash and deciding on what I wanted to spin this year:
A few weeks ago, I carded a bunch of alpaca fleece into batts; I'd bought it on Etsy several years ago and ended up getting two orders when the post office lost the first one....then delivered it something like six months later (I ended up messaging the seller to let her know it finally turned up and sent her some funds on Paypal, since she'd reshipped the order at her own expense due, it only seemed fair!).
I've also been been collecting a lot of random rolags and batts that I've made on my Strauch Petite since I got it, so I think it's finally time to spin them up!
Lastly, I pulled out a few fiber braids from the deep stash - if I can get through all of the rolags and batts, they will be on deck!
Everything fits in a modest-sized bin and is ready to go for this weekend when the tour kicks off! I'll be posting my daily progress on Instagram if you want to follow along.
But the Tour de Fleece is an event I've always enjoyed participating in. Usually I choose a low-stress team without tons of rules and just try to spin a little bit each day, even if that only amounts to ten minutes. The last couple of years, I've spun with Team CKT and they are totally my speed. There are always a few prizes and it's a nice, laid-back group of folks.
I spent last weekend digging through my fiber stash and deciding on what I wanted to spin this year:
A few weeks ago, I carded a bunch of alpaca fleece into batts; I'd bought it on Etsy several years ago and ended up getting two orders when the post office lost the first one....then delivered it something like six months later (I ended up messaging the seller to let her know it finally turned up and sent her some funds on Paypal, since she'd reshipped the order at her own expense due, it only seemed fair!).
I've also been been collecting a lot of random rolags and batts that I've made on my Strauch Petite since I got it, so I think it's finally time to spin them up!
Lastly, I pulled out a few fiber braids from the deep stash - if I can get through all of the rolags and batts, they will be on deck!
Everything fits in a modest-sized bin and is ready to go for this weekend when the tour kicks off! I'll be posting my daily progress on Instagram if you want to follow along.
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