Tour de Fleece
It’s that time of the year again: the Tour de Fleece has started last week! This annual event takes place…
Tag: spindle
Spin Fest at Cross & Woods
Last summer my LYS, Cross & Woods, threw a spinning party in honour of the person who created their beautiful…
It really is purple!
… even though my camera can’t capture it properly! I’ve been spinning on and off on my AdrianArt merino project…
Colourful December
My multiscarf is finished! I used up almost all the ReSkein yarn (I had a bit more of the silver)…
Spin Cycle October: Malcolm Fielding
Every month the Yarn Therapy Zone on Ravelry organizes a spin along that celebrates a spindle maker. In October it…
Tour de Fleece – it’s over!
Today is the last day of the Tour de Fleece. Over the past three weeks I have been spinning quite…
Tour de Fleece week 1
It has been a busy spinning week! And of course I had to work to (so inconvenient…). In the first…
Review: Mingo & Asho Glasscapes
Last year a new pair of spindle makers entered the market for supported spindles: Mingo and Asho, two artists living in California.…
Fête de Fleece
Yesterday I went to the Tour de Fleece kickoff party at my LYS Cross & Woods (formally known as Woool).…
Subtle spinning
At the moment I’m spinning a very nice bit of Nunoco roving. It’s in their Cobweb colourway. I actually spun…
Spun, plied, and skeined
My Deep Blue Sea spinning project is done! Well, almost done. I still have to give the skeins a bath.…
Keep on spinning…
My current spinning project is quite a large one: I’m spinning about 415 grams of grey-blue rolags. The project has…
Sinterklaas in spring
Huh? Sinterklaas in spring? That’s right, today I’m celebrating Sinterklaas with a couple of knitting friends! Officially Sinterklaas should be…
Moonbird
It arrived! It arrived! My moonbird spindle is here! This gorgous Midi Pu Yok from Malcolm Fielding came to live with…
Spin, spin, spin
I’ve finished spinning my purpink rolags (88 grams). In the last couple of days, my husband and I have been watching…
Meeting a new friend
Yesterday I had an appointment in Haarlem, and when I mentioned that on Ravelry, one of the members of the…
Finch is here!
Remember the Finch I won in the Just Batty challenge? It arrived last week! Just in time to still spin…
Tour de Fleece – Finish!
For three weeks, I’ve been spinning a lot in the Tour de Fleece, in several teams at once. Of course…
Tour de Fleece
Today is the day: the start of the Tour de Fleece! Spinners all over the world spin yarns during the…