AtomicKnits: Tour de Fleece

Tour de Fleece Day 17

Ounces Spun: 8
Yards of Finished Yarn: ~850

The second yarn I decided to work on for Tour de Fleece is a merino/silk blend in a golden color. I've never spun anything besides a few different kinds of wool, so I wanted to branch out a little bit. This stuff was really easy to spin!

Since the color of the roving is pretty much solid, I decided to do a traditional 3-ply. I love how just adding that 3rd ply really makes a more consistent yarn. I didn't get much yardage out of this, but I think it will make a really cool scarf or hat and mitts.

Fiber: Louet 80/20 Merino/Silk Spinning Fiber, colorway Golden Hibiscus
Yardage: ~350
WPI: 14

Jul 20, 2009 9:26:45 AM | spinning, Tour de Fleece, Yarn

Tour de Fleece Day 13

Ounces Spun: ~7
Yards of Finished Yarn: ~500

I had a few really good spinning days where I got a lot done. I completely finished spinning my Ashland Bay Amethyst Merino that I started a long time ago. I decided to do a 2-play so it would match the batch I did before. I don't know, because that first batch is in storage, but I think I spun this batch a bit finer. I have gotten a lot better at using my wheel in that period of time.

I'm excited, because this yarn is pretty much sock weight (give or take the inconsistencies). But, if this yarn looks similar to the batch I spun before, I'm probably going to make a larger project out of all of it like a short sleeved DK weight sweater or cardigan or something.

Fiber: Ashland Bay Multicolor Merino, colorway Amethyst
Yardage: About 500 yards in this batch, about 800 altogether
WPI: 18

Jul 16, 2009 2:57:48 PM | spinning, Tour de Fleece, Yarn

Tour de Fleece Day 2

Ounces Spun: 0

Well, I'm off to a slow start for the Tour de Fleece this year. Above is a picture of my wheel and all of the fiber I am planning to spin during the next three weeks. It's about 20 ounces. I know it's an ambitious goal, but I haven't spun in so long, and I really want to get back in the habit of spinning at least a little bit each day. Most of it is new fiber I bought at MDSW in May, so I'm excited to get going!

This year, I joined Team Battlestar Galactica on Ravelry, and I made this sweet Ravatar of Starbuck in a maillot jaune.

I had an almost finished project left on the wheel from before I moved into Justin's apartment, so as "training" I finished this up the day before the tour started. This project actually has kind of a horror story attached to it. After I skeined the finished yarn, I put it in the sink to soak, and when I took it out of the sink, I tangled it up SO MUCH, that I had to sit there and untangle this wet mess of yarn. Because of that, this skein has a little bit of a fuzzy halo from being untangled and messed around with so much already. I'm glad I salvanged it. The color reminds me of Andes mints.