The Cycling: Stage 9 is 184km of a mountain route that starts in Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat in west central France and ends in Puy de Dome, a volcano in central France.
The Daily Challenge: Have a go at Fractal Spinning - this is a great technique if you have some blocky-coloured tops to spin.
Suggested Fibre: Space dyed Mercury
What I did
I am going to tackle the challenge. I've had to quickly learn what a Fractal Spin is and it's relatively simple. You do need a braid of fibre that has clumps of colour throughout the length of the braid or is constantly colour changing or a gradient braid could work as well. A Fractal Spin is when you split the braid into two down the length of the braid. Spin the first single from the end as it comes, you can pre-draft it first if you wish. The second half of the braid needs to be split in half again down the length and then each of those two lengths are then split again down the length until you have a total of 4 long narrow strips of fibre. Spin each of these in turn from the same end each time and from the same end of the braid that you started from for the first single. You then ply the two singles together.
I chose a braid of fibre that I bought not too long ago from a newly discovered Indie dyer. It is called "Down the Garden" and is 100% Superwash Merino.
With both singles spun I put this to one side as it's late and I will have to ply it either tomorrow or another day.
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