The challenge I set for myself, besides spin every day of the Tour de France/Fleece was to spin up all sorts of loose bits of roving I had squirreled away here, there and everywhere. In the end I was successful with my daily spinning goal and ended up with 32 oz and 1800 yards of yarn. It was fun to hang out with a variety of some of my favorite sheep.
These two browns - the red brown and pale brown in the center are both from Petunia. The dark was her lamb fleece and the light from last year.
I especially enjoyed spinning this skein of Peabody, spun long draw.
Here are three different white sheep. Peabody in the middle, a Perendale/Cheviot cross on the right and I can't remember who that is on the left. Three different whites. Isn't that interesting?
Jester, always a fun spin, and Beanie Baby, also very nice.
And some tiny samples of some lace weight from Miss Ewenice. The large skein was my first attempt - too thick. The second and third skeins are in the ball park. Sampling is important ;-).
Some other sheep I spun were Henrietta, Popcorn PeePee Pants, Elizabeth, some mixed Jacob, a Tunis sample, Shetland sample, California Red cross, hmmm who else... Goal for next year - better record keeping! Or maybe I shouldn't wait that long ;-).
If you participated with the Tour de Fleece and completed your challenge but weren't signed in on Ravelry, drop me an email and let me know you would like to be included in the prize drawings :-).
Now to figure out what I want to make with all that yarn!
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