Finally! It took me about 4 days to spin the first bobbin (approx. 140 g) of lace. The second bobbin? Over 10 days. That’s the difference TdF made in my spinning time. Now, the plying can begin.
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Tour de Fleece 2010 Results
Here are the all the fibers that I spun during Tour de Fleece. Not too shabby. The final tally?
Breeds Spun: Merino, Targhee, Clun, Border Leicester, and Polwarth
Finished Yardage: 3,852 of assorted 2 and 3 ply.
Singles Spun: Over 5,000 yards of singles, without counting the Polwarth. There is likely to be another 1,500 yards of singles in there.
Weight: 40 oz. (2.5 lbs)
The Polwarth is the one still on the bobbin in the basket. Here’s what the other half looks like.
80/20 Polwarth/Silk
I am spinning it continuously from white to the dark brown.  I am feathering in the last few inches of one color with the new to soften the transition. And with the inconsistency of the splitting the fiber into halves and spinning, that will soften the transition even more. The colors should more or less flow into each other. The singles are approximately 60-70 wpi. It’s slow going. I only just finished the white. It will take me the rest of the week to finish spinning the singles and ply it.
Not a whole lot of progress over here. I’m still working on the Polwarth/Silk blend. I went camping for the past 3 days and forgot to load the mSpinner in the car, so I am far, far behind. I’ve only started the second bobbin this morning. The first bobbin had about 155 grams of fiber — about 5.5 oz. The single is coming in around 72 wpi.
This yarn would definitely qualify for the longest single in a single ounce, but I can’t prove that until the second bobbin is spun and the 2 plied together. I definitely can’t do that before end of today.
So, I will have a leisurely spinning day to wrap up the day.