Fiber Arts Friday: Tour de Fleece 2020, part 11

Day 21 - Friday, September 18

Chiengora - Tibetan Mastiff: 35 Minutes

With finishing the 3rd Single on Thursday, I began plying my yarn today.  There are 222g in the three singles.

SE2SE - Hog Island: 15 Minutes

Day 22 - Saturday, September 19

Chiengora - Tibetan Mastiff: 76 Minutes

My bobbin is full, Full, FULL... with 81g of singles still to ply.

Day 23 - Sunday, September 20

Chiengora - Tibetan Mastiff: 65 Minutes

I skeined the full bobbin from yesterday and finished plying the remaining Tibetan Mastiff.  All but 7 grams made it into the final yarn... this makes me happy with my batt division prior to the start of this Tour.

SE2SE - Hog Island: 17 Minutes

I did not expect to finish the Hog Island during this Tour, but I did make some progress, bringing the remaining roving from 44 to 25 grams.

Weekly Time: 208 mins

Total Time:  4:42 + 7:03 + 5:26 + 3:28 = 20hrs 39mins

Epiloge

Carrying on a bit from Part One, my Podcast backlog has improved as follows:

• Wise Traditions by the Westin A Price Foundation - I finished Part One of this Tour with a 1 year and 6.5 month backlog.  I began Part Two with a 7.5 month backlog and finished with a 4 month backlog.... equating to an improvement of another 3.5 months.
• Professional Weaver -  I finished Part One with a 3 episode backlog.  I began Part Two with a 2 episode backlog, listened to a few episodes, and finished with a 2 episode backlog... so I'm holding steady on this one.

I took two rest days.

I spun 19 Batts in 18 days of spinning (20 days minus 2 Rest Days) which means that I met my goal of averaging 1 Batt per day.

I finished the Tibetan Mastiff 3-ply yarn.  It is not a sock yarn, but I think I have a new plan for it.

2 skeins

229 yards of finished 3-ply yarn

7 7/8 oz (223g) spun

I'll give it a bath later and get a final wpi measurement, but I believe this is close to a Sport or DK weight.

It's clear that if I don't plan to spend a certain amount of time, it's harder to work spinning in every day.

Happy Fiber Arts Friday!

Fiber Arts Friday: Tour de Fleece 2020, part 10

Day 14 - Friday, September 11

Chiengora - Tibetan Mastiff: 18 Minutes

Having finished Single #2 on Thursday, I wound off the cake and began Single #3 this morning with Batt # 14.

Day 15 - Saturday, September 12

Chiengora - Tibetan Mastiff: 51 Minutes

Begining Batt #15.

SE2SE - Hog Island: 15 Minutes

Day 16 - Sunday, September 13

Chiengora - Tibetan Mastiff: 16 Minutes

Continuing with Batt #15.

Day 17 - Monday, September 14 - Rest

Day 18 - Tuesday, September 15

Chiengora - Tibetan Mastiff: 87 Minutes

Started on Batt #17.

Day 19 - Wednesday, September 16

Chiengora - Tibetan Mastiff: 85 Minutes

Finished Batt #18.

Day 20 - Thursday, September 17 - Challenge

Chiengora - Tibetan Mastiff: 54 Minutes

Today is supposed to be a day for challenging my spinning.  But since this whole Tour is about starting and completing an entire 3-ply, sock-weight yarn, I chose to focus on keeping on.

I completed the last batt (#19) for Single #3 today!

I have 3 days left for plying.  I hope that's enough to finish this yarn.

Total minutes for the week:  326

Tour Time Total:  4:42 + 7:03 + 5:26 = 17hrs 11mins

Completed Singles:  3 of 3

Happy Fiber Arts Friday!

Fiber Arts Friday: Tour de Fleece 2020, part 9

Day 7 - Friday, September 4

Chiengora - Tibetan Mastiff: 38 Minutes

Continuing with Batt #5 from last week... and after 4 days, Batt #5 is finished.  WooHoo!

Day 8 - Saturday, September 5 - Kentucky Derby Day

Chiengora - Tibetan Mastiff: 149  Minutes

I finished the first single today with Batt #6.

Then I began the second single with Batts #7 and #8 which brings me back to my goal of averaging 1 batt per day.

SE2SE - Hog Island: 15 Minutes

Day 9 - Sunday, September 6 - Challenge

Chiengora - Tibetan Mastiff: 51 Minutes

Since each of these batts are taking longer than I had hoped, I opted to forego the challenge today and continue working on my TM 3-ply yarn.  I completed Batt #9 and started on #10 today.

SE2SE - Hog Island: 17 Minutes

Day 10 - Monday, September 7 - Rest, US Labor Day

Chiengora - Tibetan Mastiff: 33 Minutes

Today was supposed to be a rest day, but I made some progress on Batt #10 prior to the farm chores this morning.

Day 11 - Tuesday, September 8

Chiengora - Tibetan Mastiff: 25 Minutes

Completed Batt#10

Day 12 - Wednesday, September 9

No spinning was accomplished today, so I'll take credit for the rest day from earlier this week.

Day 13 - Thursday, September 10

Chiengora - Tibetan Mastiff: 79 Minutes

Batt #13 completes Single #2!

SE2SE - Hog Island: 16 Minutes

Weekly Time Total:  7 hrs 3 mins

Tour Time Total:  4:42 + 7:03 = 11 hrs 45 minutes

Completed Singles:  2 of 3

Happy Fiber Arts Friday!

Fiber Arts Friday: Tour de Fleece 2020, part 8

Tour de Fleece 2020 v2.0

As I mentioned last week, I have been working on this Hog Island since early August.  So here's a before photo.... more than half of the single is complete, with 44g remaining.

Day 1 - Saturday, August 29
Chiengora - Tibetan Mastiff: 88 Minutes

Beginning the first single today...

My goal is to average one batt per day.  Today I completed two batts and started on a third.

SE2SE - Hog Island: 16 Minutes

My intent with the Shave 'Em to Save 'Em (SE2SE) breeds for this Tour is to spend about 15 minutes after I complete the first batt of TM each day, if time allows.

Day 2 - Sunday, August 30
Chiengora - Tibetan Mastiff: 61 Minutes

Batt #3 finished and #4 started.

SE2SE - Hog Island: 15 Minutes

Day 3 - Monday, August 31
Chiengora - Tibetan Mastiff: 51 Minutes

Batt #4 finished.

SE2SE - Hog Island: 15 Minutes

Day 4 - Tuesday, September 1
Chiengora - Tibetan Mastiff: 10 Minutes

I didn't have much time for spinning this morning.  I have started Batt #5.

Day 5 - Wednesday, September 2
Chiengora - Tibetan Mastiff: TBD Minutes

Still in the midst of Batt #5.

Day 6 - Thursday, September 3
Chiengora - Tibetan Mastiff: 12 Minutes

Somehow it's already Thursday.  This week flew by.

I did not have time for spinning this morning, but got a few minutes in this afternoon.  I'm still working on Batt #5.

Total minutes:  282 (4 hrs 42 mins)

Completed Singles:  None Yet.  I was hoping to finish the three singles in less than a week each.  The first one will be complete once I finish Batt #6.

Happy Fiber Arts Friday!

Things That Work: Super Glue

I suspect that most of us like Super Glue for it's fast-gluing properties, but hate Super Glue because it's nearly impossible to get more than one application from a tube.

I'm here to tell you there's another option.

Loctite makes a bottle that locks tight.

I have used this bottle a few times over the last several weeks to repair shoes.

I mentioned to Hubba that I was able to use this previously used bottle and that we should remember the brand... and he replied that he knows and it's the only brand he buys.

So if you're like me, "Hooray!"  If you're like my Hubba, "Yes Kathryn, I know.  We've been using it for years."

The Loctite brand of Super Glue really does work.