Football Knitting 2025

As I begin this draft, it is August 1st.... Rabbit! Rabbit!

I was surprised earlier this week to hear them talking about football on the local news.  What?  Already?  Yes.  sigh.  Although, the slightly cooler weather is welcome.  :-)

So over the weekend, I put together my list of sportsing games and started to think about whether I want to focus on a particular project this year.

I think this answer is no.

I have my Cozy Stripes Sweater snoozing until the weather cools a bit more, which is very close to being complete and my Rainbow Vanilla Socks that have been getting some attention over the summer, but still moving slowly... especially during the Tour de Fleece - Hommes and Femme... and my short list of next projects is growing.

So I'm thinking that I will use this time for knitting, but not for a specific project.

Here's to cooler weather on the horizon.

Happy Fiber Arts Friday!

Fiber Arts Friday: Tour de Fleece, 2025 - part 6

For Part 5 - - I did a bit better last week of focusing on the fun and less on the task.  This week I will continue to try to focus on the fun.  Changing neuropathways takes time and effort.  ;-)

TdFF Stage 7 - Friday, August 1

Tibetan Mastiff:

• Time Spent: 33minutes
• How I felt:  Nice relaxing day with respect to spinning.  I completed the half-hour over 3 stints.

TdFF Stage 8 - Saturday, August 2

No spinning today

 

TdFF Stage 9 - Sunday, August 3

Tibetan Mastiff:

• Time Spent: 68 minutes
• How I felt:  I did not realize today was the last day.  Instead of 9 Stages, I was thinking it ended on August 9th.  Oy... so at about 30 minutes into spinning, I stopped to ply.

Overall Wrap-up:

• Days Spent: 23of25 +2of3 = 25of28
• Time Spent: 630 minutes (10 1/2 hours) + 101 minutes (1 hr 41 minutes) = 731 minutes (12 hrs 11 minutes)
• Overall Feeling:  I'm feeling pretty good that I only missed 3 days in just over 4 weeks of daily spinning.  The days toward the end were more about fun, but certainly this is a headspace I need to work on some more.  Overall a good Tour for me. :-)

Happy Fiber Arts Friday!

Fiber Arts Friday: Tour de Fleece, 2025 - part 5

For Part 4 - - I lost a bit of focusing on the fun over the task last week.  So now that I've reached my weight goal for the one skein I've started, I want to continue to practice on just having fun.

TdF Stage 20 - Friday, July 25

Tibetan Mastiff:

• Time Spent:  39 minutes
• How I felt:  I was able to spend a little more time last night and a few different times today.  I'm about half-complete with the plying.  So I'm feeling confident that I will have enough time to let it dry before it needs to be dropped off.  This makes me happy.

TdF Stage 21, TdFF Stage 1 - Saturday, July 26 - TdFF begins

Tibetan Mastiff:

• Time Spent:  48 minutes
• How I felt:  I got a little more done after yesterday's post and was able to complete plying today over 3 different stints.  Yay!

• 156 total yards of 2-ply.  It's taking a bath now.

TdF Stage 22, TdFF Stage 2 - Sunday, July 27 - TdF ends

Tibetan Mastiff:

• Time Spent:  32 minutes
• How I felt:  It's always fun starting a new skein.

TdFF Stage 3 - Monday, July 28

No spinning today

TdFF Stage 4 - Tuesday, July 29

Tibetan Mastiff:

• Time Spent:  22 minutes
• How I felt: After not spinning yesterday, it felt nice to spin today.

I did get my County Fair Entries delivered today, include my finished skein from earlier this week.  I'm happy with how it turned out.

TdFF Stage 5 - Wednesday, July 30

Tibetan Mastiff:

• Time Spent: 24 minutes
• How I felt:  I was able to spend much of today watching the County Fair Judging.  This has been on my ToDo List for quite some time and today was the first time I was able to make it happen.  I learned a lot.

TdFF Stage 6 - Thursday, July 31

Tibetan Mastiff:

• Time Spent: 14 minutes
• How I felt: It was fun to just spin this afternoon.

Weekly Wrap-up:

• Days Spent: 17of18 +6of7 = 23of25 days thus far
• Time Spent: 420 minutes (7hrs) + 210 minutes (3 1/2 hours) = 630 minutes (10 1/2 hours) thus far
• Overall Feeling:  I wasn't sure how to divide my work for the two days overlap between the Men's and Women's Races, so I am treating each day as one day, in and of itself.

Happy Fiber Arts Friday!