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WIP – Tour de NY

Hi everyone I’m back!  What a trip up to the Adirondack Mountains I had.  Of course it’s Tour de Fleece right now so I brought my wheel along with me.  Since it sat in the passenger’s seat for the trip I found myself talking to it and finally gave it a name, Chester.  I’m sure most wheel’s have feminine names but this one just seemed like a Chester to me.  Say hi Chester!

Chester and I spent quite a bit of time together at the lake.  You can see a seaplane in the background coming in in one of the photos.  I was working on a brownish color alpaca/wool blend.  I must not have taken a finished photo of the yarn though.  Oh well I’ll save that one for Friday then.

Here’s what I have on one of my bobbins right now.  It’s a hand carded alpaca/wool/tencel blend.  I’m not sure if I’m going to leave it that color or dye it later.  It’s so shinny!

Lastly I couldn’t help but share this last photo.  While I was rummaging through the cabin looking for a snack the Triscuit box caught my eye.  Andrea, this is 100% for you, I know you’re on a gluten free diet so you probably would never have seen this otherwise.

Tour de Fleece folks participating in the beaded prize.  I’m going through all the photos today and will have a winner randomly picked out by NOON!

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WIP and Fiber Wordless Wednesday

Here’s what’s on my needles!

I’m working on this Diagonal Rib Cowl Pattern using the very last ball of gray alpaca I have from my boys.

Here’s this wee’s Fiber Animal photo.  We’re still doing halter training with some of our cria.  This one planted all 4 feet and decided she wasn’t going to walk anymore.

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FAF – How to thread beads to spin into yarn

Welcome back Fiber Arts Friday followers.

As many of you blog hoppers know this month is Tour de Fleece and with that comes challenge days where spinners try something new or a method they have been struggling with.  I was inspired by a post written by Wind Rose Fiber Studio and decided to learn how to spin beads myself.   Here is how I thread my beads for spinning.

Supplies:

Beads of your choice
Needle Threader
Fiber from the roving/bat you will be spinning from

Initially I used a beading needle and thread but I found the Needle Threader works SO much better and is a lot faster.

Step 1

Pop the bead on the threader

Step 2

Prepare a small bit of fiber

Step 3

Place thread a bit of fiber through the threader, don’t pull too far on.

Step 4

Pull the bead over the threader and onto the fiber

Step 5

Move the bead to the center and fluff up the ends

Now you have your threaded beads ready to spin into your single!

TIP! When spinning the bead into your single keep a bit of fiber on the outside of the bead to hold it into place.  Wind Rose has a great photo of what I’m talking about… Click Here for Photo

Calling all Team of Wonder Tour de Fleece Participants!
Enter to Win!

Share photos of you threading beads with fiber or spin up a small sample of beaded yarn on the Team of Wonder TdF thread to win.

Winner gets 60 pre-threaded glass beads on alpaca/wool as well as 2 oz of the matching roving.   Glass bead color choices, purple, green, black, purl, or a funky brown metallic like shown in the photo below.

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FAF – Ready for Tour de Fleece

Tomorrow July 2nd starts Tour de Fleece and I’m ready!

I’ve been dying fiber and threading beads in preparation for a month of spinning.  Once again I’ve joined in the fun with the Team of Wonder!  Yippy! I’ll also be sponsoring a price for the team this year.  Stay tuned next week for what it will be!

I also joined up on the Spinolution team since my wheel of choice is their Echo model.  I love this wheel, it’s small enough that it fits in my car so I can take it with me on trips.

Lastly I couldn’t keep my hands off my spinning wheel and worked up 2 skeins and dyed them last weekend.  The darker one is a 2 ply sport weight and the lighter one is a silver beaded single ply.  Both are alpaca/wool blends just like the rovings you see above.   Both are for sale in our Etsy Shop.

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WIP and Fiber Wordless Wednesday

Yeah for hump day!

So I have made a ton of FO’s this week and only have one WIP to share.

My wool/tencel blend basket weave scarf.  Did I mention that I can’t stand knitting? I’m so much slower at it but only way to get faster is to practice so I figured a basket weave scarf can only help with my issue switching from K to P.

Of course Wednesday also means Fiber Animal Photos!  Here’s my contribution for the week share a link of yours too!

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