In Which the Pirate Spins and Plies.

The Tour de FranceFleece begins in just under seven weeks, so I thought it would be prudent to finish a project I began with the momentum of last year’s Tour. Eight ounces of BFL from Three Waters Farm in the “Stone House” colourway is now 580 (!) yards of two-ply fingering weight yarn.

Next up, I’m going to spin that rainbow of Corriedale on the Schacht-Reeves so that I can practice longdraw and spinning from the fold, which is my plan for the big Tour sweater-quantity spin. (Hopefully I can get to a good level of consistency in the next few weeks.) I’m going to split each bit of colour in half, then spin them on separate bobbins to be plied back together. If my spinning isn’t exactly even, that will lead to some good blending from one shade to the next.

(Then I’ll have to figure out what to do with ten ounces of rainbow yarn…)