Friday, August 30, 2013

Tour De Fleece 2013 Finish Line!

Tour De Fleece is a way for fiber arts fanatics to feel like they're part of something big, like the Tour De France. Only for us, it's less about sweating and cycling great distances and more about spinning lots of awesome yarn.

This year I didn't spin as often as I had hoped, the tour always seems to fall when I'm on vacation or have visitors, but I did manage to spin up a few yarns and some fibers I've had in my stash for way to long.

My final tally: 4552 yards and 2.37 pounds spun. Not to shabby.

I spun whenever I could, even out in the chicken yard. 


Left to Right, Top to Bottom: boucle made of superfine merino, bamboo, and Fleece Artist kid mohair, fingering weight superwash BFL (2 skeins), aran weight 2-ply made of superfine merino, bamboo, and angelina, a super bulky extreme thick and thin polwarth single, and a super duper huge and bulky 2-ply alpaca.



And just so you understand just how big that alpaca yarn is, here is my moderately cooperative model, Bomber. 


2 comments:

Mel said...

That alpaca yarn is awesome! I love seeing your farm-life & spinning!

Are you vending at OFFF this year?

KimmyZ said...

Wish I had such a cute and cooperative model! You have a gift with photography (or please give my compliments to your photographer).