Tour de Fleece Day 8

Yeah! I'm finally finished spinning my 8 oz of Jacob. I found it much harder to spin a consistent yarn with the backward draw.  I will have to practice it much more in the future. For now I am going back to my aaw alpaca with a nice simple forward draw and give my brain a break :)

I had a pesky kidney stone this week so everything slowed down, I still made sure to spin every day but a couple of days I could only do it for 5 min :(

Tour de Fleece Day 3

Day 3 I was able to ply the three bobbins I made on days 1 and 2. 

I've been working on getting my school curriculum together for the kids next year so not much else is going to happen today:(

Tour de Fleece Day 2

It's day 2 of the tour de fleece!

I've spun 4oz of Jacob using a long backward draw and WOW is it hard to keep it consistent.

I will start plying these tomorrow. Then I will start on the next 4 oz. I sooo hope it gets easier:)

Tour de Fleece

I'm so excited tomorrow I get to start the Tour de Fleece!

My father was a cyclist and I remember having the Tour de France on TV every July.  I also remember grabbing my blanket and pillow to sleep in the back of the car while my mom was driving the support vehicle during various local races.  I may have complained at the time about getting up so early, but they are fond memories now! I try to remember that when my kids complain about an activity we're doing.

Well this is my year to wear the yellow jersey, doing exactly what I love.

My goal is to spin 8oz of Jacob with a long backward draw.

I have never spun Jacob before. When I pulled it out of the bag it had nice sheepy smell to it.

I normally spin with a short forward draw so this will move me out of my comfort zone a bit.

We'll see what happens!

 I will be spinning for team Kromski on my Sonata.

Who are you spinning for this year?