Day 8 Tour de Fleece

Day 8 slow spindling again, did about 4 hrs by the pool where my granddaughter was having her meet, she is an awesome swimmer! Can't wait till I can ply the silk, and can't wait to knit some lace!

Day 7 Tour de Fleece

Well it's day 7 would you believe a week of spinning, and I definitely can tell I am in low gear with drop spindling lol. Still spinning the yummy mulberry silk ; )

Day 6 Tour de Fleece

Today I will be traveling so I will be using my drop spindle, spinning mulberry silk from Zebisis : ) yummy fiber. Where I am going has no internet so I will be looking out for some Barnes & Noble, Panera anywhere that has free internet. I love spinning in the car and seeing the motion of the drop spindle : )

Day 5 Tour de Fleece

Day 5 of Tour de Fleece, the fiber of the day is a Coopworth fleece I purchased once again at the Big E fiber festival last year : )

I am really enjoying spinning on my Canadian Production Wheel! Spun up the Coopworth and plied it with the Shetland I spun the other day, also I am posting the Coopworth/Shetland skein along with the Shetland/Moorit skein .

Day 4 Tour de Fleece

Day 4 of spinning Moorit fiber and plying it with the Shetland fiber.

Tuesday nite was knitting nite at Barnes & Noble so I took my drop spindle and did some spinning Alpaca.

Day 3 Tour de Fleece

Happy 4th of July! Hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful day and welcome to day 3 of Tour de Fleece! Here is the picture of the skein that I spun on day 1 and 2 Romney and Lincoln 219 yds. The Romney fleece was purchased from the Barnstable Fair, and the Lincoln fleece was purchased from the first year that the Big E hosted a fiber festival! Looking forward to this year's Big E fiber festival : ) And I will be at the Barnstable Fair demonstrating spinning, hope to see you down there as it is a wonderful Fair for all !

Day 3: I spun from a Shetland fleece that I purchased last year when I went to NH Sheep & Wool festival.

Oh Yeah here is what can happen to a footman when you are not watching lol!

Tour de Fleece day 2

Day 2 of Tour de Fleece, team Russian underpants, day 1 spent time spinning on my CPW (Canadian Production Wheel) spinning a Romney fiber, sorry no pics on that day ; ( Today I spun Lincoln fiber and plied it with the Romney, will post the yarn picture tomorrow when it is dry, but I do have this picture of me spinning the Lincoln fiber. Twisted the footman on my CPW, just like a bike, have to stop and fix the coat hanger that served as a footman : p