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The first day of the Tour de Fleece, I didn't actually do any spinning. But I spent about three hours preparing fibre to be spun, which counts. The time was spent dividing the merino/cashmere/silk into packets, which will be individually carded and spun for the weft. I did it this way in order to design long colour gradations. There are seven ( Read more... )

Partly because djjo was a good sport and joined the 2013 Blogathon this year, I've decided to join the Tour de Fleece, a spin-along challenge that accompanies the Tour de France. I also recogniz how valuable handspinning has become to me as a habitual counterbalance to the intensely cognitive process of writing creatively. I like to take an afternoon ( Read more... )