Tour de Fleece 2025
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This week was…a challenge. Lots going on In Real Life so I was a little surprised at what I got done. Those little moments definitely add up! I finished up the final braid of handspun for the Tour de Fleece with a light-DK 2-ply of blue-faced Leicester hand dyed by Funky Carolina. I’m going to
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This was the final week of Tour de Fleece so most of my crafting time centered around my spinning. I finished up the Hedgehog Fibres handcarded Corriedale, merino, camel and silk batts with a sportweight 2-ply with 380 yards and 120 g. This really spun up more beautifully than I had imagined. I thought the
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A couple of finished things for this week and a handful of other in-progress items: I finished my Sailing School Socks, design by Helen Stewart/Curious Handmade. I used Less Traveled Yarn’s 757 Sock in the Prickly Pear colorway. The design isn’t particularly hard – some 1/1 cables and a fake eyelet cable done without a
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I’ve got a handful of WIPs going right now, which will all be on the needles as my starting points for YOP – Year 15. These are essentially my focus projects for July, although I have a couple of sample knits that will probably also get started once the yarn arrives at my end. Knitting:Painted
The Emporium of Forgotten Threads 