Tour de Fleece Day 1

Team Phat
July 3, Day 1
Time spinning 3 hours

I spun about three hours yesterday - I finished a braid of Spincerely superwash blue faced leicester. I had started it the day before as I was confused on the start day (oops). I really enjoyed the instructional video from PhatFiberLady that I just watched. I wanted to keep my colorsways intact as well  - but I took a different approach. No predrafting at all - not even fluffing it more than it came to me. I grazed back and forth off the top. I started spinning out on the deck - took some before shots so you could see how much was on the bobbin to begin with.

Then I moved down to the basement to watch a movie named Tenure (what was up with the big foot storyline?) with my husband. I told him I was part of a team spinning competition and he said, “Cool!” I spin in the dark all the time when we watch movies so it is not quite pitch black. Confession: sometimes I fall asleep - but my hands know what to do - right! The movie finished and I was bound and determined to finish the braid and I did. I used a short forward draft at a distance.

Not quite a full bobbin.

I will probably Navajo ply it - so here is a ply back.

I don’t normally take pictures of my spinning so I imagine that will improve over the course of the TDF. I set up a Picasa account today so this should be quicker in the future.

Go team!

Ladee Sunshine :)