Here’s my #tourdefleece25 collection of spins! I challenged myself w some #Turkishspindle plied yarn & improving intentional thick & thin singles in order to ply fishnets, coils/beehives, & rosebuds. I’m designing some lovely necklaces w them for Lambtown in Oct!
#handspunyarn #spinning #artyarn
Final spin of the tour de fleece on my drop spindle
Plied yarn on my nitty noddy
Mini skein of yarn that's ready to soak
Spud, cheese, and beans taking a cat nap while I craft today.
Final day!
Finished spinning the last of my prepared hand dyed Gulf Coast native wool.
Plied it, and now it's soaking to set the twist.
This was a great event!
#tourdefleece25 #tourdefleece #art #fiberart #cats #handspun #handdyed
A skein of handspun yarn resting on grey fabric. The yarn is tightly plied and showcases a vibrant gradient of pinks with subtle flecks of other colours.
A cake of handspun yarn wound into a neat spiral, sitting on a white surface. The yarn displays a gradient blend of dusty pink, plum, and hints of coral with visible tweedy flecks throughout, giving it a heathered, dimensional appearance.
A partially knitted tabi sock in pink handspun yarn, alongside the same yarn wound into a cake, shown on a black surface near a keyboard. The fabric is smooth and even, with colourful nepps providing visual texture.
Two pink knitted tabi socks, one in progress, worked in the round on circular needles. One is finished, both are knitted in pink handspun yarn with multicoloured tweedy specks, laid on a black desk next to a ruler and a keyboard.
The final day of #tourDeFleece25 is here, and I've managed to #spinEveryDay and get through a lot of the older batts I wanted spun up.
I also spun up a very old gradient from my pink phase, and knit a 3ply sock yarn that's being turned into another pair of #tabiSocks.
#knittingWithHandspun
Colorful roving spun onto a drop spindle. Then balanced on Beans' back.
Day 22!
Still spinning the hand dyed Gulf Coast native wool. 🧶
I'm saving the last little bit for tomorrow to finish with!
Beans is again lending her wonderful talent as a display fluff for the photo.
#art #tourdefleece25 #tourdefleece #cats #fiberart #handspun #handdyed
Colorful wool laid out on a blending board
The wool, now spun, on the drop spindle. This is presented atop the gracious Beans' side.
Day 21!
Prepped more of my hand dyed wool today and spun a portion. 🧶
This blending board didn't come with a proper brush, so I've ordered one.
Beans is a great help today by being a great display floof.
#cats #art #handspun #handdyed #fiberart #tourdefleece #tourdefleece25
An electric spinning wheel is holding a partially filled bobbin of handspun fiber. The combed top is laying in front of the spinning wheel with a full bobbin.
Tour de Fleece check in! I decided to split the second braid to get a fractal effect in the plying. Now that I am seeing both braids spun up, I am very excited for the final result.
#tourdefleece #tdf #tdf2025 #tourdefleece25
Beans the cat chilling with me as I finish today's hand spinning. My drop spindle is featured on the right.
Day 20!
Another day with a small amount of time for spinning. 🧶
Beans was my helper today. Very majestic.
#art #cats #handspinning #tourdefleece25 #tourdefleece
Beans intently watching the drop spindle. She wants to play!
Cheese getting comfortable. Today's spin on my spindle.
Day 19!
Barely got to spin today, but at least it's cheerful colors! 🧶
Beans and Cheese decided to help today.
#tourdefleece25
#art #handspinning #tourdefleece #cats
WIP Wednesday 23/07/25 #knit #knitsky #crochet #crochetsky #tourdefleece25 #handspunyarn
A knitted two-tone cowl. The bottom half features a herringbone pattern.
Day 18
A late rest day for me on the #tourdefleece25
I finished up my latest cowl! 🧶
My first time doing mosaic knitting.
#art #mosaic #knitting #restday #tourdefleece
Bags of wool and dye in a pot of simmering water.
Each bat is 10g of wool. The blue took a lot longer to set than the other colors.
My first time using the blending board as well. I think i did it right
Prepped and spun what I could today. I love how it's looking so far.
Day 16 of #tourdefleece
I got my days mixed up, so tomorrow will be my rest day
I dyed gulf coast native wool Saturday as part of the challenge day. I did an acid dye using citric acid and food color. My first time hand dyeing wool! 🧶
#tourdefleece25 #art #handdyed #handspun #cats
Handspun Shetland wool on a drop spindle
Beans and the plied yarn on my noddy noddy
The trio making a cat version of the trinity knot
Day 16 of #tourdefleece25
Spun the last last Shetland. I will be stunned if I find more
Plied and soaked it. It's now hung up to dry.
Spent my other free time knitting. 🧶
The breakfast trio has trapped me.
#art #tourdefleece #cats
#handspun #fiberart
Prepping the wool for spinning
Beans the cat and the the spin from today
Beans the cat and the the spin from today
Day 14 of #tourdefleece
I've spun the last of my Coco Shetland fiber for today's spin
Beans was my helper, but Spud and Cheese popped in from time to time.
#tourdefleece25 #art #cats #spinning #yarn
A bobbin full of handspun yarn. The yarn is a swampy brown/green/dark yellow mix plied with solid black.
Peat bog plying progress (: one (8oz) bobbin done!
#tourdefleece #tourdefleece25 #stashdashers #stashdashers25
Next cowl. Right now working on a double mock rib edge for around the neck. Planning on doing my first mosaic color work piece.
Plied green thread on the nitty noddy
Coco Shetland handspun thread hung up for drying
Spud (right) and Beans (left) with today's spin
Day 13
Lots of things going on today! 🧶
I started a cowl. Working on a double mock rib right now.
Finished up plying the green thread.
The last spin is now finished and nearly dry.
Spud and Beans were my helpers today.
#cats #art #fiberart
#tourdefleece #tourdefleece25
Plied yarn wrapped around a drop spindle
Day 12 of #tourdefleece
Decided to try to finish plying this green thread 🧶
I have a tiny bit left, and then I can swap back to the coco Shetland wool fiber.
I also soaked my last spin to finish it.
Bean has been my helper today.
#cats #art #spinning #tourdefleece25
A knitted cowl lays on top of Cheese the calico cat.
Day 11! A rest day for #tourdefleece
I decided to work on my knitting. This is a cowl I've been practicing different stitches on.
I am trying a new bind off technique, too! 🧶
Cheese was my helper today.
#art #cats #knitting
#fiberart #restday #tourdefleece25
Plying a bright green and an emerald green embroidery style thread together.
Day 10!
Challenge day!
@allaroundartisan.bsky.social and I decided we would spin in the park today. Getting out of the house.
I decided to try something I had heard about recently. Plying manufactured thread together to make something new. 🧶
#TourdeFleece #TourdeFleece25
Bean poses with the plied yarn on the drop spindle
Winding it up for easy plying
1-ply yarn on the spindle
Day 9!
After frequent drops, i decided there was enough on this spindle and decided to ply it.
I still have a little more, so there will be a tiny skein after this.🧶
#tourdefleece
#tourdefleece25
#spinning
A plastic bin of carded fleece. 3 prepped and today's spinning.
Day 8 of #tourdefleece 🧶
Spun at @allaroundartisan.bsky.social 's home today
I found a second bag of Cocoa's fleece! I spun what i had prepped already and started peeling the next batch.
#tourdefleece25
Tour De Fleece Day 8 💫
I *could* clean the kitchen.
Or I could keep spinning yarn. 🧶
Doncha wish all life’s choices were this easy?
#knitsky #yarn #handspunyarn #tourdefleece25
A Victoria Louet spinning wheel bobbin is slowly building up a funky, textured, corespun teal yarn.
#tourdefleece25 day 5, & I’m #spinning some of the funky, dyed CVM I picked up at Morro Fleeceworks yesterday on our road trip. I love the colors & textures. It’s been a rough day so a bit of tipsy #corespinning is helping. Might put on the Catskills episodes of Maisel soon. Annual summer watch.
5.5 oz of hand processed jacob fleece spun up, it's going to have some texture for sure but i think that'll make the sweater i plan on making from it that much more cozy. i still have about 75g to card but ill save that for a TdF rest day
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#spinning #spinnersofbluesky #fiberartist #tourdefleece25
Basket of grey combed fibre nests , 2 full bobbins of grey handspun singles and a skein of grey handspun yarn. #tourdefleece #handspunyarn
Is it Day 4 of Tourdefleece? I spent most of yesterday combing and blending 200g of Corriedale locks, ready for my next bobbin but today I’m just meh; need a break. So far I’ve spun 400g of singles. #tourdefleece25 #handspun #fibreprep
A series of 6 images from top left and clockwise shows a black tub with a yellow lid and multiple bags of wool fleeces in the back of a mini van; the front of a 1 story building with a sign that reads Morro Fleeceworks; Morro Rock in the distance with the ocean in the middle & a grassy hill in the foreground; a green wooden storefront with a sign that reads The Garden Shed has beautiful trees around it; a wooden, painted white sheep with a black face has a hand painted sign below it that reads The Sheep Shed; and a table has two Turkish spindles on it. One with blue yarn and the other brown yarn.
#tourdefleece25 day 4 My fiber friend Andrea & I took a short road trip to Morro Bay to the Fleeceworks to visit Shari & drop off some of our fleeces for washing. We drove up to Cambria for lunch at Robin’s & some fav shops b4 heading home. We both #turkishspindle #spun & she e-spun in the car.
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A spindle and three chopsticks filled with handspun single ply yarn in greens, golds and cream
finished but not yet soaked or thwacked 2 ply yarn in greens, golds and cream
The same yarn in a twisted hank.
Rolags in greens and golds from Friends in Fiber. It is 4 ounces of Polwarth in the colorway "Golden Pavilion"
I spun up some lovely Polwarth hand dyed from Friends in Fiber. All I have ever used is my one spindle and chopsticks for bobbins. I ply with the same spindle. 🧶
#TourdeFleece25
I'm "participating" in #TourdeFleece25 this year (for some value of participation) by trying to get the hang of hand spinning.
I've *definitely* improved, but I still suck and haven't produced ANY usable yarn so far.
Oh well. Progress is progress, I suppose.
Nice! Don’t forget to hashtag your post #tourdefleece25 so we can support you!
