Tour de France/Tour de Fleece 2023 Stage 4

The Cycling: Stage 4 is 182km of a flat route that starts in Dax and ends in Nogaro, both in Southwestern France.

The Daily Challenge: Use a furry friend as inspiration for this spin.  If you don't have a furry friend, a feathery, scaly or human one will do, too!

Suggested Fibre: Anything Shetland (a tenuous link to our Shetland Sheepdog)

What I did

I was going to spin up some fibre I have called National Trust for today's challenge, as I have been to quite a few of their properties with family, but seeing as I haven't yet finished yesterday's spin I had better crack on with that.  I have finished spinning the second single and plied both together.

The finished yarn is 80% Merino / 20% Ramie, light fingering weight and 554m/102g. I love the hint of green with the teal colour.

Tour de France/Tour de Fleece 2023 Stage 3

The Cycling: Stage 3 is 185km of a flat route that starts in Amorebieta-Etxano in Basque Country, Northern Spain and ends in Bayonne, Southwestern France.

The Daily Challenge: Draft with the opposite hand to the one you normally use.  See if this changes your yarn and report your findings.

Suggested Fibre: Virgo

What I did

I didn't even want to tackle the challenge today so I have just picked a braid of fibre from my stash to spin.  Where possible I am going to be spinning up the oldest fibre braids from my stash, as that makes the most logical sense to me.

I have picked one of the monthly subscription fibres that I used to get from a previous supplier that I used to buy from.  It is called Renoir and it is 80% Merino, 20% Ramie.

I split this fibre in half and started spinning.  It wanted to be spun finely so I let it be spun the way it wanted to be and I ran out of time because the first 50g took me well over 5 hours to spin. I need to finish spinning the second single and ply them tomorrow.

December's Fibre is here - Renoir

Oh my gosh, this is gorgeous, one of my favourite colours.  I love blue-greens, turquoise, teal etc.  This is really, really nice and its ohhh so soft too.  Its 80% Merino, 20% Ramie which means it will be soft but strong.  Can't wait to find time to spin this one up.  I love it.