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Before the quiet

I’ve been playing catch-up again, and I just realized I haven’t updated the blog.  Since I’m about to go offline for the coming month, I also realized I’d better do that sooner rather than later. On a work front, I’m trying to meet deadlines and get things settled for 10 course sites which will go [...]

Tour de Fleece: a summary

The Tour de France finished yesterday, and so did the Tour de Fleece. I am absolutely and totally amazed at what we can accomplish when we have a support group, and how much it can turn out to be when we aren’t checking our progress every five minutes.  It’s rather fun to look back after [...]

Days 11-13, and a Crossbred fleece

It’s amazing how spinning and fiber in work pauses can add up, and I’m a bit pleased with how things are going, although I’d have liked to have managed more. Day 11 I finished the second bobbin of Bond. Day 12 . . . saw another bobbin and a single batt. Forgive the bad picture; [...]

A better shot

The Day 8 Spunky yarn is finally dry. There are a bit less than 8 ounces in 328 yards. Because it went from spindle to wheel during a period of time when I was spinning other weights, I rather lost track of what I was spinning—which means that the WPI varies a bit. It’s a [...]

A clarification before I confuse anyone else :-)

Sorry, folks; I’m afraid I was a bit brain dead when I posted last night. The new Valkyrie larger sized combs hold more than the minis, but not a full ounce. I managed 8-10 grams of Bond bird’s nest per combing, but in the last 4 ounces of the fleece, transferred the comb’s contents to [...]