Tour de Fleece 2018

I tried to to a lot of spinning for the Tour this year.  While I didn't really have a strict goal I had fun.  I spun 5 bobbins that still need to be plied and 5 skeins.  I was also working on my 2 support spindles which are handmade by local makers.   I will focus more on those as soon as I finish my fibre with them.

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I also received my NEW wheel!!!!  This one replaces the wheel that was stolen in my car earlier this year.  I wanted to keep with the same wheel as I loved it and I still have parts for it.  This time though I got the walnut stain <3!!  I bought it from Jo's Yarn Garden in Stony Plain, Alberta.  Joanne was such a pleasure to deal with!!  I am smitten with my new Kromski Sonata.

I miss my old spinning wheel bag which was made by Blue Mountain Handcrafts... but when I laid eyes on this Tom Bihn Quarter Packing Cube, I knew it would make the perfect replacement.    I will devote a blog post soon to this bag.  It really is perfect.
I feel so good to be able to finally replace some of the items lost in Feb.  I have been so grateful for friends and my fibre community for lending and supplying me with all the tools I have needed to keep going.

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But...... wait there's more!

Look. At. What. I. Won!!  This beauty is my newest treasure handmade by an amazing woman named Jenny Noland.  She is an AMAZING fibre worker in our community, a friend and a whiz at everything she does.  Jenny is truly a Master Crafter, from spinning, knitting, weaving, lampwork, wood turning and more.  I am so lucky to know such a talented woman.  So, Jenny has been working with her lathe and making spindles.  You should check her instagram feed to see all she creates.  I was the luckiest of all to win one of her new spindles!!  I was looking for a beautiful fibre to start spinning and found some baby camel in my stash.  More to come on this!