Tour de Fleece 2012 Spinning

Tour de Fleece started on June 30th and ended on July 22nd. During that time I was out camping for three events that were three days or longer. I really tried hard to drop spindle at events. I got a few minutes while at West War, taught a drop spindle class at the Champions Tourney but didn't get any spinning done at July Coronation. So a total of fifteen spinning days for me.

I had collected a bunch of fibers to spin up. Some of them smaller sample sizes and gave away a bunch of fiber to the student. I ended up spinning 15.28 ounces of fiber on a combination of my Lendrum, the Ashford Traditional and the drop spindles.

Left to right, top row: Romney/Perendale #1 - 167.78 yds, Romney/Perendale #2 - 153.10 yds,  Midnight Polworth - 80.8 yds (Navajo plied), Gotland locks - 47.9 yds, Raspberry Firestar - 25.5 yds, Denim Blue Superwash Merino - 35.88 yds

Bottom left to right: Red Merino/Silk - 260.1 yds, Stone Fruit Merino/Tencel - 133.3 yds (Navajo plied), Milk fiber - 139.6 yds, Valkyrie Alpaca - 58.3 yds, Alpaca Mix - 31.3 yds, BFL/Silk - 4.5 yds, Denim blue Superwash Merino - 11.33 yds

Total Plied Yardage = 1149.39 yards

Lendrum Spun
Red Merino/Silk- 260.1 yds, Milk fiber - 139.6 yds, Valkyrie Alpaca- 58.3 yds, Alpaca Mix - 31.3 yds, Stone Fruit Merino/Tencel- 133.3 yds

Total plied yards = 622.6 yards

Ashford Spun
Romney/Perendale #1 - 167.78 yds, Romney/Perendale #2 - 153.10 yds,  Midnight Polworth - 80.8 yds, Gotland locks - 47.9 yds, Raspberry Firestar - 25.5 yds, Denim Blue Superwash Merino - 35.88 yds

Total plied yards = 510.96 yards

I found out Wednesday afternoon that the Team Ashford group drew my name in the random number generator and I get a braid of hand dyed fiber from FatCatKnits. I'm happy with what I accomplished during the event. Lot more than previous years! I think the fact that I haven't been knitting may have played a part in that.