Chiengora - TM+Huacaya: 32 Minutes
SE2SE - Cotswold: 57 Minutes
Starting a new yarn for the SE2SE project this morning, I decided to continue with the longwool sheep so I can keep working on adaptability.... going back and forth between 5 inches of the long wool and 2.5 inches of the TM+Alpaca blend on two different wheels is good practice...
... and boy, I don't know if there's anything more opposite than Cotswold and Tibetan Mastiff... This Cotswold is very toothy, where the TM+Alpaca is very slippery. So much that the outside of the Cotswold roving bump is felted. I'm hoping that this improves as I move to the inner layers of the bump, but I have tossed out several sections so far. :-(
Podcasts/Timekeeping:
Wise Traditions by the Westin A Price Foundation - 1/2 + 3/4 episodes
Total Time: 1 hr 29 minutes
Chiengora - TM+Huacaya: 43 Minutes
SE2SE - Cotswold: 111+27 Minutes
I was trying to get the Cotswold single completed today, so I could start plying after the challenge tomorrow, but it's just not quite going to happen.
Then I got a second wind after dinner and finished this single and wound it off.
Podcasts/Timekeeping:
Wise Traditions by the Westin A Price Foundation - 2 episodes
Total Time: 3 hr 1 minute
Chiengora - Gold Tibetan Mastiff: 69 Minutes
Normally I try drop spindling on the fly, or ignore the Challenge Days all together. But this year, I have time during the day and space in my mind. So I decided to do it.
We had a team member pull together some suggestions:
- First Challenge = The One Mountain Challenge. Try a Single-step Textured Yarn, such as wolf yarn, thick-n-think, core spun, spiral, pigtails, or coils.
- The second Challenge Day = The Mountain Range Challenge. This time is to try a Multi-step Textured Yarn, such as silk glazing, crep, bullion, boucle, coils, and pigtails.
I decided to do a core spun yarn for the first day and coils for the second day. The Silk Glazing video shows how to do both.
I have wanted to do a core spun yarn for quite some time and I have always thought that coils were interesting, but have never tried making either.
I'm using some left-over carded Gold Tibetan Mastiff from my Twined Mittens project and a cotton twine as the core.
Typically I am spinning for a specific project. So it's been a long time since I was just spinning to learn a technique.
It's quite freeing to be spinning and not caring too much about the final yarn. This feeling reminds of painting with oils. I have very few things in my life where the end result is less important than the process. Painting pictures was one of those things.
This yarn certainly looks like a mess. lol
But looks much better after being wound off.
and even better once skeined.
I am struck by how soft this yarn is.
I've been making a lot of 2-ply recently, which is my least favorite. I generally prefer 3-plies and singles because they are smoother yarns. But this core spun is quite interesting. I'll have to play around with this technique more.
I started with 111g (including the bag) and finished with 73 g.... so this yarn took 38 g of TM to make a 61 grams and 71 yards of varying gauge core-spun yarn.
Podcasts/Timekeeping:
Wise Traditions by the Westin A Price Foundation - 1 episode
Total Time: 1 hr 19 minutes
Day 10 - Monday, July 6 - Rest
I am so enjoying this Tour de Fleece. It's wonderful being able to spend more time than usual working on this skill.
I am especially enjoying my TM+Huacaya roving, so I spent some time with it today, even though it is supposed to be a rest day.
Podcasts/Timekeeping: None
Total Time: 32 minutes
Chiengora - TM+Huacaya: 30 Minutes
SE2SE - Cotswold: 35 Minutes
I began plying the Cotswold singles finished on Day 8.
Podcasts/Timekeeping:
Wise Traditions by the Westin A Price Foundation - 1/2 episode
Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes
Chiengora - TM+Huacaya: 34 Minutes
I think I have a couple more days until this single is completed.
I've been containing my rovings in a lovely yarn bowl.
It helps to keep them from picking up any extra dog hair or lint and looks beautiful waiting for the next day.
This bowl was a gift from a friend and made by a local potter. Isn't it pretty?
SE2SE - Cotswold: 35 Minutes
I finished plying the Cotswold this afternoon, which went quite smoothly.
Podcasts/Timekeeping:
Wise Traditions by the Westin A Price Foundation - 1 episode
Total Time: 1 hour 9 minutes
Chiengora - TM+Huacaya: 34 Minutes
SE2SE - Shropshire: 30 Minutes
I began the Shropshire today. Very fun and spongy.
Podcasts/Timekeeping: none
Total Time: 1 hour 4 minutes
Totals for the Week:
2 yarns completed and 9 hrs 39 minutes of spinning for the week.
For a total of 4 yarns completed and 18 hrs and 32 minutes of spinning in this tour thus far.2 yarns completed and 9 hrs 39 minutes of spinning for the week.
Happy Fiber Arts Friday!
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