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August 24, 2022
Tour de Fleece Results and More from Thread Head

Tour de Fleece was last month and these are my results -

I spun everyday for 24 days. 
I spun 784g of fibre and ended up with 2,506m of yarn

I am currently knitting a Nightshift with some of the yarn.

I recently finished #9 of 12 handspun socks for the year.

I also finished knitting another Easy (my 4th - love these).

Photos from Around - 

The garden is doing well - canning and freezing season is well under way.
Honey is also flowing- we are up to 27 litres of honey so far and expecting one more harvest before settling the ...

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added by Joanne 1 year, 8 months ago. under pets , spinning , tour de fleece
August 3, 2021
Day 2 - Tour de Fleece 2021 from Thread Head

Last month was Tour de Fleece (an online spinning event that takes place at the same time as the Tour de France).
My goal was to spin everyday.


I didn't get as much spun as in previous years, but at least I met my goal.
314g of fibre spun, 2135m of singles spun, resulting in 793m of yarn.


The first is a 3 ply sock yarn (a BFL and nylon blend).


This one is just the start of a large spin, with some local fibre that I blended some sari silk and silver angelina into one of the plies ...

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added by Joanne 2 years, 8 months ago. under august challenge , tour de fleece
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