spinning a yarn

Sheep 2 Shoe in Valenscummy. I started this right before we left Port Ludlow and am spinning merrily along. My goal is sock yarn.  I’m pretty happy with what I’ve spun so far

I’ve got this lovely BFL Boobie 1 that feels very oceany to me.

I spun it uneven and maybe even a little slubby and plied it kind of loose. So I think it would make a really lovely something to have around ones neck.
I also have these 3 smallish skein of silk blends that I’m pretty much in love with and am contemplating a weaving project for these three.

This afternoon after my to do list is ta done, I plan on sitting on the back deck with a whole lot of quiet, some iced tea, my lovely red nasturtiums ( aren’t they pretty?) and spin to my hearts content.

Have a great weekend!

Tour de Fleece on the Silk Road

Steph and I are here in Port Ludlow prepping and set up for the retreat that starts tomorrow. The weather could not be better. Something us native PNWesterners have been longing for with every watery cell of our being. It’s shimmery blue skies, bright with the shiny day star shining it’s goodness upon us, all warmth and light with an ever so slight breeze. Since we are both on the tour de fleece we both took time yesterday from prep to spin. We sat on the deck in the sun and spun to our hearts content. It was bliss, just the most blissful time.

I am almost done spinning the BFL that I started the tour with, I hope to finish it up tonight.
I’ve been freeing up bobbins so I can lend my wheel to one of the lovely knitters coming to learn to spin silk form the the fiber goddess herself Judith MacKenzie.  I have three of the loveliest little skeins. I’m pretty smitten with them. They are certainly not the best spinning I’ve ever done. Nonetheless they are mine. They are sweet and I had so much fun and made yarn. I don’t know how I have forgotten how much I like making yarn. Pretty funny huh? Actually kind of hysterical.
So far I have merino/ silk in Valkyrie spun as singles and then plied with it self, dark shiny and sultry.  I have a little bit more of the of the aforementioned silk/wool crack combo in Rooster Rock plied with a single of yak merino in Muckity Muck which I do believe gives me a, muckity rooster who rocks, skein of yarn.
What’s not to love? 
And lastly the yak single ran out before the silk so I chain plied the Rooster Rock silk/merino.

See.

Aren’t they sweet little skeins of yarny goodness.

Tour de Fleece

Goal: Spin a little everyday. No limits.
I can spin on a wheel or spindle. I can spin sitting down with my girls watching Buffy. I can spin standing in line at the bank or sitting on the back deck with a brew and friends.
I can spin a little bit or a whole lot.  I can spin anything my little fiber heart desires. Well, anything that I have here in my stash. And believe me spinning from my stash is no hardship whatsoever. Sounds good doesn’t it?
I know what you’re thinking well that is not really a challenge.  It is. For me it is.
I have been so wound up with the organizing and running of things and adjusting to the whole single parent thing and well its been a really long time since I spun. And I LOVE to spin. Spinning led me here. 
So I guess basically my goal is reconnection to my fiber soul.
So far I have a bobbin and a half of the singles as you can see from photo above. Its the BFL mix I sell in the Boobie 1 colourway. I love spinning BFL, add in the mixture of ecru and black an how it takes the dye and what’s not to love really. 
I’m hoping to have the second bobbin full tomorrow so I can ply it.
Off to finish packing so I can spin a little before turning in. Even setting the timer so I make sure this happens.