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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 [...]

The Bond

Bond is a fine wool.  For those of you who don’t really know what that means, we don’t mean “fine” in the sense that it’s nice, as in “it’s a fine day,” “that’s fine, dear,” or “lawdy, lawdy, ain’t he fine?”   Rather, we mean that it’s a fine grade; it is a softer wool [...]

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 [...]