Friday, July 9, 2010

Fiber Arts Friday: Tour de Fleece 2010, part 1

As I mentioned last week, the Tour de Fleece started on Saturday.

I've been spinning the roving for my BFF hat.  I realized as I started that this was the first time I ever spun a dyed roving let alone one that was multiple colors.  I found it interesting how the colors changed.  For the most part the changes are subtle, but when I pre-drafted the roving I got larger sections of each color.


As promised, here is the progression of my progress over the week.

Saturday, July 3rd:

Sunday, July 4th:

Monday, July 5th:

Tuesday, July 6th:

Wednesday, July 7th:

Thursday, July 8th:


Head over to the Wonder Why Blog and see what else is going on for Fiber Arts Friday.
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7 comments:

  1. WonderWhyGalJuly 9, 2010 at 9:17 AM

    I love how that roving is transforming into yarn too. Keep up the amazing work. Your friend is going to have a beautiful hat when this is done.

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  2. Dutch Hollow AcresJuly 9, 2010 at 12:58 PM

    I love the shine of that roving and I'm amazed how it keeps in the yarn too. I agree, your friend will have a lovely hat when done.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 9, 2010 at 7:03 PM

    Wowza, that's some gorgeous yarn you're making!

    Jess

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  4. Alpaca FarmgirlJuly 10, 2010 at 5:12 PM

    I love you, your yarn, you are a spinning diva, and I'm only a bit envious of your mastery. Mostly proud to know you, your rock star girl!

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  5. AllyBJuly 11, 2010 at 12:18 PM

    Beau-ti-ful colors! Can't wait to see the hat progress.

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  6. JbJuly 12, 2010 at 5:37 AM

    That yarn is stunning!

    I have an old spinning wheel that I bought last fall, but I've never spun roving on it...I've only been plying. I can feel myself slowly getting sucked into the idea of some real spinning, though.

    Thanks for stopping by my blog!

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  7. Kristi aka Fiber FoolJuly 13, 2010 at 6:00 PM

    Oh, you are doing so great! You'll love the gentle undulations of color in the final yarn. It gives it nice life without fighting any stitch patterns.

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