Tour de Fleece is when hand-spinners spin along with bicyclists! It’s fun. Today is the last day, so here’s some of my spinning.
This is a Blue Faced Leicester (BFL)/Silk blend dyed by Flying Goat fibers. A friend gave it to me as a gift some time ago. TdF is a great time for getting into stash to spin something a little different. This spin is from day 6. I spun this on a Hansen Mini-spinner Pro. I like spinning on my treadle wheels better, but I am learning to appreciate this tool. This spinning is a little dicey because I usually spin laceweight and I am trying to spin a heavier weight yarn.
This is a crappy shot of the original fiber. It’s gorgeous purple & blue-green. I took the first bag of fiber and spun it straight, maintaining the color changes. That’s what’s on the bobbin above. For the second bobbin, I split the fiber in half, then I split it in half again, and split one of the halves in half, then I spun that from smallest sections to largest.
Now I am plying – twisting the two separate bobbins together to make my final yarn. It’s more uneven than my usual spinning, but I think it’s still beautiful. This was snapped sometime yesterday afternoon.
I have been spinning quite a bit today, so here is where I am now. You can see both singles (a single ply) bobbins and the (much fuller) bobbin with the finished yarn. I expect to finish this in a few more hours.
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