Tour de Fleece Day 1

Here is my accomplishment for Day 1 of the Tour de Fleece. 

 I spun up 4 oz of superwash Merino wool from Wild Hare Fiber Studio.  

Colorway: Grateful Dyed

This is about 2 1/2 hours of spinning. 

PHEW! spinning fine takes a long time!

I am hoping that once this is plied, it will be a light sock weight yarn. 

This is 1/2 of my goal for Team Kromski.

Also this was in my "stash" so I will include this in my "Stashbusters" team

AND

I tried a new technique, spinning fine, for the Climbers team.

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Tour de Fleece 2012

I am participating in the "Tour de Fleece 2012" this year on Ravelry!  It lasts from June 30- July 22 which follows along with the Tour de France. (Get it?  Spinning bicycle wheels . . . spinning wheels?)  The idea is to encourage people to spin more fiber.

I have joined 5 teams so far:
 "Peloton" which is for everyone
"Team Kromski" for those with Kromski spinning wheels
 "Stashbusters" for those who have lots of fiber to spin
 "Climbers" for those who want to accomplish a skill that has been eluding them . . . for me, it is spinning cotton
 "Rookies" for those first time participants in the Tour

Here is what I hope to get spun during this event

A closer look:

If I get through all of that, I always have this to start on:

Plus, you will just have to trust me when I say that I have more . . . MUCH more fiber stashed away than what you see in these photos!!!


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Latest Fiber Projects

Spinning Project
Fiber from "Sheepish Creations"
Colorway: Blue Diamonds
Blend of:  Merino, Alpaca, silk and firestar.
Two ply

Latest Completed Knitting Project
Pattern: Kwoosh Shawlette
Yarn from Wild Hare
Colorway:  Hope
A shawl for my friend, Anita who lives in Seattle.
I am a slow knitter and I found out that she
was going to be in town about three days beforehand.
I became a knitting machine to get this done in time!

Latest Spinning Project
Fiber from Wild Hare
Colorway:  Emerald
Blend of: merino, silk, other wool, angelina, firestar, mohair
I still have to spin this into a two ply yarn

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Gorgeous View

This photo was taken from one of my favorite overlooks.  

Just looking at this scene makes me feel calm and refreshed!

It would be a much cooler place to be during all of the hot weather we have been having.

Do you know where it was taken?

Hints: 
1.It is southwest of Roanoke
 2. Still in Virginia
3. Within 75 miles of Roanoke

Copyright 2012--All Rights Reserved--The Wheel & Distaff by Kimberly Burnette-Dean. 

ANSWER: This was taken at Lover's Leap on Rt. 58 between Stuart & Meadows of Dan, Virginia. 

Do you have Prince Albert in a Can?

<BRRRING-BRRRING-BRRRRING>

"Hello?"

"Yes,  Do you have Prince Albert in a can?"  
<muffled laughter> . . .
"If you do, you had better let him out so he can breathe!" 
<raucous laughter>

<click>

Remember making prank phone calls when you were growing up?  We only had one telephone and it was in the living room, so we had to plan out when we could sneak around and make our prank calls.  A favorite time was when mom and dad were outside in the garden or doing yard work. I remember that sometimes we would dial the number of someone that we knew, a favorite being our grandparents and other relatives, but many times we would just dial the first three numbers of our exchange (952) followed by four random numbers. What was so great was that the party that we called had no way of knowing who we were since this was before the age of caller ID.  Back then, if you wanted to know who was calling, you answered the phone! We would also prank call the homes of boys that we liked, but we would usually chicken out when we heard his voice on the phone and quickly hang up.  Phew!  I'm very glad that caller ID was still years into the future!

In addition to the Prince Albert joke, we would also call and ask the unsuspecting person if their refrigerator was running.  When they replied "yes" we would choke out "then you had better try to catch it!" through our laughter.

Did you ever make prank calls? Did you have any standard pranks?

Copyright 2012--All Rights Reserved--The Wheel & Distaff by Kimberly Burnette-Dean.