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Tour De Fleece, delayed start

I got a delayed start on my Tour De Fleece spinning! I’m going to try and make up for lost time! I returned to work after recovering from an injury, and I am behind on everything and exhausted. (and forgot how much work drama sucks the energy out of me!)

So no spinning on the beginning date of the Tour.

I did decide I would spin up:

4.6 oz of BFL from Parrot Fish and a pound of BLF/BL from Breezy Manor from “Orion” it is nearly black, and so pretty!

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Well it is the middle of July now, and me with very little spinning, I’ll have to make up for it next year! 

Progress so far….

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4 oz spun and plied, I have just started on the dark brown BFL.

Hope your spinning is going better than mine!!

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  1. Walden7/19/2010

    Very pretty! Can't wait to see Orion spun up.

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  2. Anonymous7/20/2010

    No alpaca? What happened to the alpaca that you were going to spin during the Tour?
    Good luck with the BFL. I love the colors you chose!

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  3. Loree Jackson7/20/2010

    Return to work...sorry to hear that, lol! Working full time really does suck the life out of you. It's the reason it takes me forever to finish one piece.

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  4. Sherry7/20/2010

    Just wanted you to know that I've been watching with awe as you have knitted up a storm these last few weeks. I need a very specific pattern for everything! I could no more do it on a lark as you can. Nice fun stuff. It's too hot to knit here! Best to ya, Vicki.

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  5. Teresa7/27/2010

    They say that getting started is half way there... so you're doing all right!

    RE: the work place dramas.... I remember those. So negative and energy draining. Good thing you can come home to lovely yarn!

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