Sunday, 24 July 2016

Tour de fleece... the end

My wheel is empty so I'm declaring this as the end of my tour de fleece for 2016

Random facts.......5 1/2 fleeces washed
                              360gm (at least prepped) and spun
                              950 yards in total

Working full time certainly cuts back the amount I can spin but I think this is the first time I have spun everyday but two and certainly the first time I have spun it all from fleece I have prepped myself.

I'm going to carry on spinning as much as possible to build up my stock for knitting :-)

The Ryeland is super springy/bouncy and shrunk quite a lot on being washed although if I stretched it out fully the yardage would be better :-)
My wheel will probably never see herdwick again!!
Texel, outer wear only !
The charolais was a surprise, assumimg that that is what it is! mittens, hats no problem good job I have a pillow case full.
I still prefer combed fibre to spin even if the waste percentage is higher.

I wonder if there is a challenge for the Olympics ?

at

3 comments:

  1. Araignee25 July 2016 at 06:27

    Well done! It's a beautiful collection.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Lace-lovin' Librarian ~ Diane25 July 2016 at 11:26

    You certainly have a lovely array of yarns! I enjoy reading about your spinning, even though I don't always comment. You keep me inspired to learn!

    ReplyDelete
  3. peahen3 August 2016 at 22:35

    That's quite a result, well done!

    See you at the opening ceremony of the Ravelympics (I refuse to call it Ravellenics!)

    ReplyDelete

Hi, I try to respond to comments however many now come up no-reply so please forgive me if I don't get back to you. All comments are appreciated and I thank you for taking the time to read my blog.