Tour de Fleece
Posted on July 20th, 2008 at 10:01 am by sherie
I’ve been spinning everyday for the Tour de Fleece. I don’t have a lot to show for it though because both of my projects are laceweight singles. They are taking FOREVER! I did finally finish up the 3 oz of singles on the wheel and have started plying them. I think the finished yarn will be about 28 WPI.
Here is my spindle project - the 4 oz batt of Merino which I have made into mini rolags. It’s spinning along nicely on my new Golding Spindle. This spindle is 0.65 oz, lignum vitae. It’s a wonderful spindle, spins fast and forever. I’m winding off into outer pull balls for this project and will then ply them on the wheel. I haven’t tried this method of winding off before, but so far I really like it. I learned about this method from Abby’s Yarns, CLICK HERE to read her excellent article.
And here is some eye candy, new batts from Spunky Eclectic
Monkey Farts - Merino/Silk Noils
Smoke on the Water - SW Merino/Alpaca/Bamboo
New Leaf - Corriedale/Alpaca/Tussah Silk
Beautiful batts from Amy. Thanks for the great link to the spindle windoff idea. Are you going to ply on the spindle or on the wheel?
Yummy fiber! My lace weight is taking forever, too!!