Results tagged “spinning” from Carrie and Greg
Finally, pictures from my Tour de Fleece 2008 challenge. This is the cashmere that I spun on my spindle during the alloted time...
....and the BFL sock yarn....
...that came from this...
The challenge was easier for me than I thought it would be, and my only real obstacle that would crop up from time to time was my desire to do something besides spin (usually knit socks).
So the Ravelympics are coming up on Friday, and I have set myself a difficult challenge for this one. First, I'm going to complete a pair of (cabled) socks in those 17 or 18 days, when a pair of socks usually takes me 3 weeks or so, if I concentrate. And on top of that, because I am darn sick of not being done with it, I'm going to finish a work-in-progress (wip) that I've been working on for over a year, my Icarus Shawl. That should challenge me. Or put me in the hospital. Either way, it will be interesting.
For more pictures of our summer, I'd like to introduce the newest members of our family,
River
and Simon.
A brother and sister pair named after the brother and sister in Firefly. Greg wanted to name them Luke and Leia, but the children pulled a veto.
Finally, we've been spending a lot of our summer doing this...
at our friend's pool. Happy Summer!
I'm joining the Tour de Fleece this year, which I first heard about at Stephanie's blog. My challenge will be to spin 15 minutes on my spindle and 15 minutes on my wheel each day of the challenge (making up the time for Saturday and Sunday that have already passed). I'm giving myself bonus points if, in that daily spinning, I finish the two in-progess works on each of those tools. If I finish off the fibers before my challenge is met, I will move on to some other wip's that are in hibernation! I'm on a finishing/using the stash spree. Somehow, what this seems to do is cause more yarn to appear. Of course, finishing a spinning project fits right in with that.
PS: Um. How do I add the Tour de Fleece button on my sidebar here?
