This is the 2nd year I have participated in the Tour De Fleece, this year I have my first wheel, so it was especially exciting! For a warm up I started with some pink roving and finished it up, details here . Then on to the main spinning my purple Tennessee roving . Lovely, and lonely, it sat for about a year before I started on it. I was able to spin it very fine (for me) and ply it. I’m so excited. This is the first skein. Now I come to the question of how to figure out how much yardage I have spun? Can anyone point me in the right direction to figure this out? Here are my finished skeins, I hope to have enough to make a shawl. This is my Baktus scarf , made with my first TDF handspun, I didn’t expect to be able to wear it in July! It was 69 degrees this morning. This gives you an idea of the total size. I think it will be very flexible to wear, as a scarf, I don’t think it is too long or bulky to tuck into your coat, yet warm. As ...
I have yarn and a spinning wheel. Ready to handle anything as long as I have my fiber along for the ride. Contact me at: knittingdragonflies at gmail dot com A blog about knitting and spinning. I also have a link list to tutorials for knitting spinning and a free knitting patterns link list.