Need More Jazz

I find that I am always looking at Abby. She is an in your face kind of dog. I don't feel like I get to hang out with Jazz as much because Abby is usually involved.

Lately, Jazz and I have been spending some time on the sofa together while Abby sleeps in the bedroom. I really like our little time together. She comes out and naps on the pillows. Jazz is so cute!

End of TDF2011

This was a great deal of fun. I loved watching the race and trying to keep up with my spinning. My stats are in the picture.

Day 22 - TDF2011

I have been working on the second half of my silk. I think I am spinning faster but I don't think I am going to be able to get it all spun and plyed by the end of tomorrow. Oh well. I will keep spinning it until it is done!

Week 2 - TDF2011

Yeah, I went from Day to Week. I have been really busy this week. I have managed to get some spinning done though. I finished all my green/yellow alpaca. I got 4 skeins out of it. I did one art yarn with lots of coils, granny stacks, shells, etc. The other three skeins are plyed with beaded silk thread. So, I guess the work I was doing besides spinning was sorting & carding fiber batts and beading thread. Those things take time. I spun a total of 6hr 15min this week. Not bad when my goal was 30min a day.

333yds of dk/fingering weight beaded yarn & 51yds bulky art yarn.

First Tomato

I have my first tomato! This is the first time I have gardened by myself and I actually got a tomato growing! I do have to give credit where credit is due. I wouldn't have gotten this tomato with out the bees! I thought I was going to have to pollinate my plants myself but then the crape myrtle bloomed and the rose tree started to bloom again and the bees became interested in our yard. So, thank you bees! The bee in this pic wouldn't stay still. I finally got him but he is out of focus.

Lettuce is also coming up. I can't wait to eat that! Mmmm.

Day 8 - TDF2011

Yesterday was not a good spinning day. I had so much trouble with this bamboo on the trindle. I don't know why the bamboo wasn't spinning right. I have spun it many times and never had this much trouble. I think I will try spinning it on a wheel and see what happens.

Anyway, on to the exciting news! I finally finished an ounce of silk!!! I still have another ounce to spin so I can ply them but I am so relieved to have finished the first leg of thin spinning on the first week of the tour. Next week will be dedicated to trying to finish the next ounce. I spun for 2 hours and 50 minutes today.

Day 6 - TDF2011

Today was an adventure in spinning. I watched the race and spun my thin silk. Then I took my trindle and some bamboo out and about. I missed my bus so I did some spinning. Not the best conditions: HOT & breezy. I got a little done on the bus too until the drivers started to drive crazy. Total hours of spinning today =2.

Day 5 - TDF2011

No pics today. I was able to spin for 1hr 27min. I had a hard time keeping the silk super thin while spinning in the evening. I think I just like spinning in the morning.

Day 4 - TDF2011

I spun for a total of 3 hours today! I worked on the silk. It is so thin! I don't think I have even made it through an ounce of fiber yet!

Day 3 - TDF2011

No pictures today. I only got 45 minutes of spinning in today. I am still ahead of my goal of spinning for an hour a day though. Day three and I have almost 6 hours done. I worked on the silk I started yesterday. I hope that this isn't the only project I can get done during the tour. It is going to take some time though because of how thin I am spinning it.

Day 2 - TDF2011

I spun another 2 oz. batt of alpaca and silk. I have more fiber prep to do to spin the other half of this yarn. So, I decided to keep spinning instead of carding. I pulled out some mulberry silk from wolliebullie. I am spinning this really thin! It is going to be a great lace-weight yarn.

*2 oz. alpaca/silk louet ratio 8.5 2hrs

*silk louet ratio 8.5 1hr

Total of 3 hours of spinning.

Day 1 - TDF2011

I spun some carded (by me) alpaca and silk. The alpaca is from my friend Xiane. She gave me a bunch of green and yellow alpaca, super soft! The silk is from Silver Sun Alpacas. I dyed it blue.

*2oz. drum carded to smooth batt

*Alpaca & Mulberry Silk

*Louet/Julia ratio 8.5 (lots of twist)

*Spun 2 hours total

July- 4th sale and Tour de Fleece

I am going to be doing Tour de Fleece. Basically, you spin while Tour de France is going. So, July 2nd - 24th I will be spinning. I hope to get about an hour a day. There are two rest days just like the cyclists. This is going to be so much fun! I have already joined three groups: The Sprinters - this is for fine lace weight spinning. Team Phat cause I have lots of Phat Fiber. And last but not least Team Browncoats - cause Firefly is awesome!

I also have a couple of promos going on in my shop. This weekend I am offering 15% off everything! Code: HAPPY4TH2011 (ends July 5th) And the second thing I am doing is offering free fiber samples with every order. I want to encourage people to spin this month too!

EDIT: And Team Louet!