Spinning.....

So, I joined the "Tour De Fleece" and am spinning every day. What a great inspiration!

Although I have a "real" goal in mind, I'm starting out by spinning up this beautiful multi-red, merino/silk combed top (I'm SORRY fellow Shetland enthusiasts! I bought it years ago!). I started a shawl out of yarn I'd spun from this stuff and am almost out of yarn so now's as good a time as any to get it spun!


The shawl is an excellent project for me to knit when I'm at work and things are slow. Most of it is garter stitch with an ocassional row of yarn overs ~ basically, mindless knitting.

As soon as I get enough of this spun up to keep me knitting for awhile, I'm going to get at my REAL project for the Tour...

"THE MODERN QUILT WRAP"
I'm going to substitute natural Shetland colors for the colors used in this wrap! It'll take me forever, but I think it will be well worth the effort. So far, I've started rolling balls of roving of some of the natural colors that I have on hand.

I have several more fleeces that are being processed and am waiting for them to be done ~ plus I've got a bunch of bags of washed fleece that I need to take to the processor. It will be fun sorting through the various shades of fawn/moorit & mioget as well as the black/greys & isets of my flock.

I'm thinking of doing a spin/knit/along with other Shetland enthusiasts, if anyone would like to join me, as I'm sure I won't get anywhere close to done during the "Tour"....