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This is (most of) what I spun during the Tour de Fleece challenge on Ravelry.
I started with a pound of wool silk roving (and some reservations) and ended up with 2574 yards of semi-lace weight for my darling Joan... who sent the roving and later on a stunning a spindle.
(There was also an oddball skein of semi-fingering weight. I think she's calling it George.)
Better photos can be seen at Joan's.
This challenge made me a better spindlers and made me realize that I really don't miss having a cat. Being covered in stray silk and wool fibers lost it's charm fairly quickly on. I'm just sayin'...
Now the ball... err skeins are in Joan's court and I can relax for a bit.
Or just keep spindling which is what I've been doing.
Many thanks to the spinners of Team CrankyPants! for being so encouraging, funny and wonderful.
It was the most fun I've had on Ravelry yet. I was thinking of challenging myself to spin for a certain number of minutes every day for another three weeks or month or something.
Can't wait for next year!
Posted by: Bams | Monday, July 27, 2009 at 03:27 PM
I had hoped to spun 40 oz and I spun 32. That doesn't make me too much of a failure. Right?
Posted by: Carole | Monday, July 27, 2009 at 04:16 PM
ya know, when you add in George, you spun over three miles of singles. o.0 Again I bow to your awesome spindliness, and also your stubborn streak.
Posted by: Carrie | Monday, July 27, 2009 at 04:32 PM
See? That's the kind of montage I wanted you to post on the Tour de Fleece! Cuz it showcases your beautiful yarny gift to Joan so well. Pat yourself on the back my dear- you earned it big time. Awesome job! I'll shut up now.
Posted by: Manise | Monday, July 27, 2009 at 04:45 PM
What a wonderful re-cap. And you forgot C-R-A-Z-Y when you were describing the group.
Posted by: Stacey | Monday, July 27, 2009 at 04:50 PM
Thank you for starting Team Crankypants! It was a blast!
Posted by: Anne | Monday, July 27, 2009 at 06:04 PM
That yarn you spun was awesome! You rock.
Posted by: kmkat | Monday, July 27, 2009 at 07:14 PM
Cookie, I saw your handspun yarn over at Joan's earlier, seriously, I bow to your most awesome spindling skills. That yarn is beyond beautiful!
Posted by: marianne | Monday, July 27, 2009 at 08:47 PM
It was great fun. Can you imagine, some of those teams really spent all their time talking about spinning. How borinnnng.
Now that TdF is over I e-mailed the Goldings and got a response right away. Tom said to send my wonky spindle back and he'd see if he could repair it. Fingers crossed.
Posted by: Diane | Monday, July 27, 2009 at 08:49 PM
Thank you so much for Team CrankyPants! I had so much fun. I feel like an overly-emotional freak when I think of how moved I was by it all.
xo
Posted by: Sarah | Monday, July 27, 2009 at 11:41 PM
Amazing, Cookie! You're going to have to open an Etsy shop after you get that wheel, or you'll be awash in yarn before you know it!
xo
Posted by: Nora | Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 03:27 AM
Damn, that's a lot of spinning. mmm wool & silk.
Posted by: Big Alice | Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Whoo hoo! That *is* a lot of spinning. Freaking impressive. Even if I knew you were up to the challenge.
Posted by: Carrie K | Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 03:15 PM
George is my favorite pet. Love the yarn, the pictures and you.
Posted by: joan | Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 06:10 PM
That's one gorgeous skein of yarn.
Posted by: Saffron | Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 07:41 PM
You did way better than I, m'dear. Congrats on reaching your goal!
btw, I have like 50 unread pages over in that discussion group on ravelry...uhmyikes?
Posted by: JessaLu | Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 09:27 PM
i love joan's pictures of your gorgeous yarn. such delicious stuff.
i had a fabulous time! aren't you glad we did this? :)
can't wait for next year, although my knees are probably glad this really is only a once a year thing.
Posted by: opal | Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 01:33 AM
You totally rocked the TdF!! Thanks so much for Team CrankyPants! It was way fun. :)
Posted by: Jessica | Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at 10:56 AM