Tour de Fleece-ing
The Tour de Fleece started this week and I am in! My goal: spin up all these bags of Hello Yarn Fiber Club installments.
That’s a lot of 4 oz bags!
My first day of spinning was Sunday rather than Saturday but I’ve been going great guns ever since, managing to spin a bag a day, even on my working days.
Sunday/Day 1: “Thrive” Corriedale Wool Top Feb 09
Monday/Day 2: “Peat” Superwash Merino Wool Top March 09
Tuesday/Day 3: “Five Plum Pie” Hand-Dyed Falklands Wool Top May 09
Wednesday/Day 4: “Alpine” Romney Wool Top July ’09
Just keep spinning. Just keep spinning.
I feel like Dory in “Finding Nemo”.
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Nice! I have a few of those bags hanging around my house too! 🙂
When I first looked at the number of bags I thought “Yeh, good luck with that.” Then I remembered watching you spin – you’ll have it all done with time to spare. Go Carole!!!!
You’ve been busy! Lovely spinning.
Wow, that IS going to be a lot of spinning. How do you join this Tour de Fleece? I’ve seen people posting that they’re in, but…
So fantastic! I love all those colorways, and you’re doing them great justice. Are you planning to navajo/chain ply them?
Five Plum Pie — yum!
Lookin’ good!!
Wow! I truly impressed with your spinning. After I come back from Knitting Retreat, I desperately want to dive into my spinning fiber stash. It’s been sadly neglected these past few months in favor of knitting.
Whoa. That’s a lot of fleece. Have you visited the Hello Yarn group on Ravelry? She has a finished yarn thread that’s gorgeous… lots of examples of these colorways.
Spin on!
Wow. Gorgeous, gorgeous stuff!!
Whew! Wow – a LOT of spinning. Way to go!
Nice progress! Alas mine has been emptying bobbins. Hoping today will be more productive. I have many of the same bags to be spun up too as well as some Zarzuela’s fiber.
Beautiful colors! I see some nice kniting over the winter with that pretty yarn.
I didn’t have time to Tour this year. Too much going on this summer. I am having fun watching all of you guys though!
Keep going Dory!
You must have air conditioning!
Wow, you’re making great progress and it’s all lovely! I’m really impressed!
Beautiful yarn, especially Day 1. I’m taking my first spinning class next week – getting excited!
Simply beautiful. Spin on!
That is one impressive lot of fiber, being turned into lovely yarn. Good luck!
A bog a day!!!!!!!!! I may not even have one bag spun during the full tour!
Very impressive! I can’t imagine spinning at a pace like that. It’s all really pretty too. I can’t wait to see the end result. I envision quite a pile of gorgeous skeins.
I like that Peat color A LOT.
Wow. Impressive goal and great spinning. Way to go.
In seeing you and JessaLu’s posts on Tour de Fleece I’m thinking fiber clubs are a great way to go. You get brand new colors and fun with each bag! Lovely!
Are you plying or just going for singles?
Woo Hoo!
You’re on fire! I’m so proud of you and impressed with the spinning. Wanna spin for me while I try to finish my Niebling?
My grandmother would have given you a gold star sticker. Spinning binges are wonderful for solidifying technique and improving consistency of twist and grist. You inspire!
Wow your spinning is gorgeous! I also have quite the backlog of helloyarn fiber to be spun. Unfortunately I have deadline knitting that has to be addressed first. Some day soon though I will start to make a dent in my stash. 🙂 Oh and then I will try to locate some of her Hive colorway that one was gorgeous! (and I have a huge weakness for yellow right now)
Such beautiful colors! I’ll think of you spinning every time we watch the bicycle wheels spin. Big TDF fans here!
That looks like a highly ambitious goal. I’ll be lucky if I get through 4 oz.
All I can say is gorgeous!!! Just gorgeous!
your de fleece…that makes me smile!
W.O.W! I wish I could spin that much in a day….you go grrl!
Wow, your handspun looks great! So many wonderful colors… I just started spinning two weeks ago and am a rookie!
Julia from Germany
I thought it was an ambitious goal, but you are doing it!
must get my wheel out – must spin again – but first must finish blanket
Holy cow, that’s a lot of spinning!!! I *NEED* to get back into her club! Not just want, mind you, but NEED! I’m on the waiting list, kicking myself for letting my sub lapse.