As I discussed last time, I did a crazy thing and joined two teams.... Chiengora and SE2SE.
Since I was on the road for most of this tour, I decided to do a weekly summary.... hopefully you haven't missed my daily progress log. ;-)
Week 1: July 6 - July 12
7 days of spinning.
I had more time than I expected for spinning before the TdF started, so I had finished the Black Welsh Mountain singles prior to the Tour and I plied all but 1/4 oz this week for SE2SE.
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| Plied Black Welsh Mountain |
I also spent at least 15 minutes each day spindling Tibetan Mastiff.
Friday, July 12th was the first Challenge Day. I didn't have any specific challenges planned for this year, so I spent a little time doing free-spindling. I'm primarily a park-and-draft spindler, so I would like to practice this more... of course my yarn is nicer when I park-and-draft. ;-)
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| 1/8 oz of Tibetan Mastiff |
Progress as of Friday: July 12:
Tibetan Mastiff (TM): 1/8 oz
Black Welsh Mountain (BWM): 5 oz plied
Time Spent: 7 days of spinning at least 15 minutes each
Challenge: 1 completed
Week 2: July 13 - July 19
6 days of spinning.
Tuesday, July 16th was the first Rest Day, which I did not observe. I had two very long work days planned, and there was a high risk I wasn't going to be able to spin on these days. But I was able to spin every day this week, and had a couple of days that were closer to 30 minutes.
As a result, I added 3/8 oz to my Tibetan Mastiff spindle.
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| 1/2 oz of Tibetan Mastiff |
After completing the Black Welsh Mountain from last week, I started spinning my Jacob-American sample on Saturday and was able to complete 7/8 oz.
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| 7/8 oz of Jacob-American |
Progress as of Friday, July 19:
Tibetan Mastiff (TM): +3/8 = 1/2 oz
Black Welsh Mountain (BWM): 4 7/8 oz plied, washed and dried
Jacob-American: 7/8 oz
Challenges: 1 completed
Rest Days: not observed
Days Missed: 0 (net +1)
Week 3: July 20 - July 26
6 days of spinning.
Monday, July 22nd was the second Rest Day. - which I did observe
Thursday, July 25th was the second Challenge Day - I did not intend to observe, but Ruby the cat was so excited to have me home that she rubbed her face all over my face and arms while I was spindling, so I think that counts. ;-)
I also worked a little on the Jacob I started the week before.
Week 4: July 27 - July 28
2 days of spinning.
I was out of town for a family event over the last 2 days of the tour. I thought I might be able to get some quiet spinning time in before everyone else work up, but there are a lot of earlier risers in my extended family. :-)
So I completed my 15 minutes each day... and one of the littlest cousins knew what I was doing. He told me where he learned about it, but did not want to try it. :-)
Final Tally:
The Tour Guidelines were::
- Spin every day the Tour rides: Saturday, July 6 through Sunday, July 28
- Days of Rest: Tuesday, July 16 and Monday, July 22
- Challenge Days: Wednesday, July 12 and Wednesday, July 25
My Goals were:
- Spin every day the Tour rides for at least 15 minutes - complete +1
- Make progress on both projects - complete
- No challenges were planned - one completed
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| 3/4 oz Tibet Mastiff |
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| Black Welsh Mountain: plied 4 7/8 oz |
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| Jacob American 2 7/8 oz |
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