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 [...]
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 [...]
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; [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]