To start off the blog again since it is supposed to be about my knitting, spinning and grand kids, we shall begin with the start of Tour De Fleece. What is Tour De Fleece or TDF you might ask? While the Tour De France is running people of the knitting community are following the cyclists and encouraging them by spinning along with them, we, however, are spinning yarn.
Here you will see what I accomplished on the first day of the tour. The small skein is Shetland wool and really it is a golden yellow in good light. The lavender on the spool is a breed called Wensleydale a new breed for me to spin. That is a breed I have not spun before not a new breed to the world. I have 8 oz of the lavender and intend to make a shawl or cowl with it. The golden skein will become the handles on a felted bag I am knitting.
My second day of the tour left me with this much yarn on my Jenkins Turkish spindle.
I have been working with the spindle again today, the third day of the tour. I wonder how the bicyclists are doing?
My grand kids are still living out of state, fortunately less than 2 hours away by car. I only get to see them once a month, most months when they come to our monthly family gatherings. Some months I get to drive up to their house to visit. They will be moving in a few weeks, I had hoped they would be very near me again. But their father was lucky enough to get a fine job in the Beaverton area, so they will be perhaps half an hour closer to me. But in the spirit of combining knitting, spinning and grand kids they will be surrounded by interesting yarn stores and my daughter is planning to entice me into visiting often with the promise of finding Portlands hidden yarn treasures.
Life has many challenges, I have come to find. Getting through them can be quite time consuming. Knitting, Spinning and family have wonderful healing properties and I am using them to my best abilities. Till next week then, take care.
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