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That is funny. I have often thought the tree skirts would make cute capes. It is adorable.

While I will miss seeing you on my screen on a more regular basis, it'll make the times I do see you on my screen even more wonderful. I hope you have time to rest in the busy month ahead! <3

I started quilting 15 years ago with a 6 weeks class. And I was the only one with a sewing machine! Over the years I've done some smaller projects by hand, even miniature quilts (about 2' square and 3x4') with the smallest haxagons. But I've never managed to learn hand quilting. Serious lack of coordination to do hand quilting 😮‍💨. For larger projects I really prefer the sewing machine for both stitching and quilting. Once in a while I do smaller projects by hand. Like the grandma flowers. Still need to come up with an idea to machine quilt these flowers 🤔

This was so in depth that I pulled out a notebook to take notes 😹 It was lovely to have an hour of you going in detail on something you clearly love <3 I learned so much!

Oooooh I love D&D too. I am learning to be a DM and have been designing my own campaign with a craft theme throughout. It is kinda cool, even if I do say so myself lol ;) T x

I run two D&D campaigns, and in one we're solving a murder mystery in a spaceship. It's still a high fantasy setting, it just also happens to be in other genres too 😹 I'm so glad you've uploaded a video, I've missed seeing your face on my screen. Love your notebook, the quilts, just everything!!

Thank you for this video. I live on a small farm in Australia and have four English Leicester (Leicester Longwool) wethers that I keep for spinning. Their fleece is magical and it was lovely to find a discussion about spinning with their wonderful fleece. It deserves to be more widely known and used, both for spinning and for its wonderful dyeing properties. I also appreciated your comments about spinning intuitively. I think all the concern about twist, grist, ratios, etc. can make spinning a quite anxious activity, for me at least. Also, as an aside, is your wheel a Kromsky Symphony? It looks very much like a wheel I have.

One day I'll fall down the rabbit hole of working out the physics of spinning. I'd love to know how spinning would work in space or on other planets where gravity is different. Thankfully today is not that day because I have other things to do this decade 😹 Working on my Halloween cardigan while watching, can't believe there's less than 75 days to go!

Tim is so cute! Your son did so well!

Very cute monster, I love the teeth! And what I good idea to slightly brush the bunny! Much love, many hugs.

Lovely visiting with you today.

Love the little guys!! I'd trust the yellow one to be an accountant 😹 Wishing you spoons

I’m in Love with your spinning wheel ! Haha! 😍 You spin like magic ! 🤗😄

Spending time with loved ones instead of focusing on social media? Goodness how dare you 😹 I did consider doing something for the Ravellenics, but I'm doing the 100 nights to Halloween countdown (one knitting project, one crochet) so I'm already doing a lot 😹 Can't wait for the updates on your projects!

I had my own excess dye issue lol I spun up a blue dyed fibre and got the dye all over my good spindle and my fingers :( I had no idea it would happen so it took me by surprise. I have no idea how I am going to use the wool if the dye keeps coming out every time I handle it lol

Hello, your colors and yarns are lovely. It is great you can share your creative life with your son. I ended TDF with 1091.6 yards on my bicycle wheel and 167.4 yards on my great wheel. Not a lot compared with others but, I am pleased. I will be demonstrating with my guild at our local county fair soon. I have some fine merino I want to prepare. Thinking of hand cards or on a drum carder with a fine drum. How would you prepare it?

Thankyou I needed to hear this video.

You may enjoy spinning and knitting with Zwartbles. It's my favorite wool to spin, it has a beautifully dark natural color, but it's soft for a durable wool. Your bucket bag is lovely! I've been thinking about crocheting a bucket bag with some old acrylic 😹 I guess this is a sign I should do that 😹

May your body be kinder to you <3 I love the sentiment of "I'm tired but I'm happy" you have here, and it really sums up TdF for me. I'm exhausted, but it is fun, and I have beautiful things I made that I can use to make even more beautiful things. Happy spinning!

I do hope I can eventually spin as beautifully as you do You make it look so easy

I love to dye and then spin suri alpaca, the colours of the dye look totally different than say if I dye a batch of suri and the othe alpaca the suri comes out more pastel kind of colours no matter which colours I use but they don't half come out lovely, suri makes a beautifully soft yarn and brings out some stunning colours if dyed Thank you for sharing❤

Hi, like you, I have the challenge of fibromyalgia along with osteoarthritis. While each day is a challenge I try not to dwell on it. My body says take a rest I rest. Actually I don't have much choice because I hit a wall. 😂The only goal I set was to try and spin an hour and a half a day. I try not to beat myself up if I don't achieve that. My crafting brings me contentment as well as a sense of accomplishment that I hope to continue as long as I can. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and crafting adventures.

I've been spinning with Jente's team chaos goblin at @MijnWolden and our aim as a group is to spin from Bag End to Erebor 😹 Sometimes a challenge can be just finishing a project, sometimes it's remembering to move the slider/adjust the hook, it really is so very personal 😹 I'm so happy to hear that your reasons for this being a challenge this time around are for wonderful reasons. Happy spinning!

Watching you all day today, as I'm home and I can! Found you this morning, I do like your style.

I have just found you. I really enjoyed watching, I am returning to wool crafts as I retire, and patchwork also. I particularly enjoyed the chat about dying, as I start that journey myself. I like your sensible style. Thank you, new fan from West Australia.

Enjoying your TDF videos today while I spin on an advent calendar that I hope to finish now so I can allow myself to buy more this Christmas… When it comes to your physical therapy and spinning a worsted yarn- I did a workshop with Carson Demers on spinning ergonomics, and asked him how I could spin a laceweight silk brick without triggering my tendinitis. His advice was to try post spinning/spinning around the post. He said that a famous production spinner (forgot her name) used this technique to quickly produce large amounts of fine yarn without pain. You pick a finger, say your pointer finger, and let the drafting triangle go just to your finger and the yarn wrap around it 90 degrees or so to the wheel. You can play with the angle. Since the twist doesn’t pass around your finger, it results in a worsted yarn but you aren’t having to do a forward draw repetitively. I personally did try this (haven’t been brave enough yet for the silk) and found that it did reduce hand/wrist fatigue, but I needed to trade post fingers every so often. Good Luck and wishing you painless spinning!

Happy TdF!! Crewel was my very first type of craft, but I very quickly discovered I hated it 😹 I moved to freestyle hand embroidery and cross stitch within a week, but it's funny you mentioned it when I was just thinking about it the other day. Happy spinning! Tell the cats I say hi

we are joining Tour de fleece this year as well. excited to find your channel! we are trying daily videos as well.

This is my way! I dye my Fiber! And the results are so pretty! I m in love with it! Its my First dye! Thank you so much for your Interpretation!❤

A floof noodle I dyed recently was fun to do. I had a jar in my pan, and let the braid go between the two, so parts were in the jar and parts were in the pan. Both had pinky purple dye, but in different colors, so the jar was much more vibrant. I made sure to leave a lot out of the pan/jar, and the color wicked up. It created this beautiful variegated tonal, with both braids having the same colors but also not. I'm so excited to see your spinning this year!!

Hi , Dear Sweet Lady Fibre Friend, I hope you're OK xx ❣️❣️❣️❣️ Thankyou so much for sharing this video podcast. I love how you achieved the colours both in the Locks and in the Combed ones. I ventured to buy some small amounts of Fleece and some Alpaca.🐑🐑 I'm hoping to wash more of it this next week so that I can process them on the Challenge Days of TDF and ready to Spin on the normal days.🎡 I hope you've had a Wonderful Weekend. 🌟✨️🔆🌞 Happy Dyeing and Spinning Fibre Friend 🎉🎡🐑🥰 Take care and stay Lots of love, Blessings and Big Hugs Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

Fun fun fun, thank you.❤

Excellent work with the tie-dye quilt! And congrats on the new gadget! How fun! I have a few wools saved for the tour. I will more than likely be able to get them all done. I still haven't spun on my Good & Basic wheel, yet, but plan to start practice treadling tomorrow. Hugs!

Great advice & tips. I like the ideas of making project albums, both on Ravelry & Fb. Love & hugs!

I love your rainbow quilt! The sky has the trans flag colors too, so lovely <3 Happy queer pride month! July is disability pride month, I love that they're back to back, it's two months of celebrating things that are otherwise struggles. Thank you for making me cry happy tears with what you said <3 <3 I love your little alpaca blanket! An alblanka perhaps?? 😹

I have started prepping 2 lbs of roving from Spinners Hill in NY. I like to separate it and pre-draft into balls. I will spin it on my bicycle wheel. It's an old stationary bike my husband turned into a wheel. Do you spin the whole day or set limits? You wouldn't think that sitting and spinning would be tiring, but by the end of the month I am exhausted!😂

Is washing your fleece in warm water enough to set the twist? I was taught many many years ago to put a pot on the stove to just below a simmer and let wool sit in that.

Im hoping to do some spinning this year. We're raising our 6yr old granddaughter and 5 mon old grandson so i havent had much time for crafting. Going to see if my granddaughter wants to join in. Love your channel especially your tour de fleece episodes.

I found your channel last year during TDF and I have followed you since. Are you going to join groups? I tend to set goals for myself and work on my own/with podcasters.

I started spinning in August last year. Tour De Fleece was over and I didn’t even know it existed. Now I’m bingeing on spinning content and watching all the Tour De Fleece content I can get. I don’t think I’ll be joining a group yet, but I’m definitely giving it a shot to see how far a daily spin will get me. Wouldn’t want to hold back a group with my measly beginner efforts until I know I can hack it. It seems like a wonderful way to structure and track my spinning and any progress I make. Happy spinning! Edit: If I were to set myself a goal, I think it would be to spin every day. As simple as that. My go-to, ‘default’ spin is lace weight yarn: once it’s plied it’s between 30 and 35 WPI. That means I don’t spin up a lot of ounces per day/hour, but it tallies up to a whole lot of yards comparatively! Not that I’m a fast spinner. I don’t look at how many grams or ounces I spin up. At most I’ll check how many yards or metres I’ve spun. I just keep on spinning until I’ve filled a bobbin and then either ply it using a centre pull ball, or make a plying bracelet. Once I’ve plied a bobbin, I’ll check the yardage, pick a knitting pattern, and keep on spinning and plying until I’ve got enough for that project. Somewhere along the way I’ll do a swatch to make sure my math adds up.

I found your channel last year during tour de fleece. I loved those videos. I always had your videos on in the background while I did my spinning for the event ;) I am so glad I found your channel. I am looking forward to tour de fleece this year. I have finally started combing my first fleece I washed last year lol Maybe I will get spinning some of it during tour de fleece :) T x

It's almost funny to think that at the time of 2020's TdF I didn't even know spinning as a hobby existed. Love the little guest appearances of the cats though 😹

Hi, Dear Pioneerlady Fibre Friend, I hope you're OK xx ❣️❣️❣️ Thankyou so, so much for sharing this video podcast. I watched your Compilation Video before I watched this one. Typical of me to watch them the wrong way round.😮😮. I think I'm a one person team, but I don't mind 🤔 as you never know when fibro can decide to knock us back. The weather here is more like autumn than spring/summer temperatures. ❄️❄️ I'd never really heard it explained before. This is only my 3rd year of Spinning, so being a relatively newbie, so all this information is very much appreciated. 😊😊 I hope you have a Wonderful Weekend/Week ✨️🌟🌞🌞 Happy Spinning and Dyeing Fibre Friend🎡🐑🥰🥰 Take care and stay safe Lots of love, Blessings and Big Hugs Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🫂🫂🫂🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

Hi, Dear Sweet Lady Fibre Friend, I hope you're OK xx ❣️❣️❣️ Thankyou so much for sharing this compilation video, of TdF, both your Handspun Yarn and your Hand Dyed Fibre look amazing and beautiful. I love the speckled Handspun Yarn. Thanks again for sharing your Spinning and Dyeing expertise and the inspiration, all that you share is very much appreciated 🌟🔆✨️🥰 I hope you have a Wonderful Weekend 🌞🌞🌟🔆 Happy Spinning and Dyeing Fibre Friend🎡🎉🐑🥰 Take care and stay safe Lots of love and Big Hugs Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🫂🫂🫂🫂🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛ Happ

Hallo, I'm French, spin every day but actualy hate watching the tour de fleece! but love your vidéos

Congratulations on your three new "pets" 😹 My only aim for TdF this year is to finish two projects. Admittedly, they're both sweater spins 😹 I adore that tie dye quilt! I'd never thought about dyeing bedsheets!! I have so many boring ones, why did I never think to make them fun? Regarding the windmill block, I've definitely squinted my eyes at a few and wondered what the intention was with them, but I think yours is lovely. I can picture it with a white background and blue/white floral windmills, reminiscent of pottery

congrats on your new long arm machine. It sounds like you are going to have a lot of fun with it. I have designed my own fabric pattern and got it printed using a print on demand company in the UK. I have now thought it might be fun to design my own panels for quilting. Oh great, another project to add to my ever growing list lol

Oh my gosh you've been busy! While I don't quilt, I can certainly appreciate the art of it. I love that sunshine block the best, but when you held up the mariner's compass my first response was "Oh, wow!" because I couldn't even fathom how much time-talent-skill that would take to get lined up as nicely as you did it. I'm debating on whether or not to try the TdF for the first time. I may. I have some wonderful fibers to choose from that I've been gathering like a squirrel for a while now. Not sure if I told you but my daughter and her fiancee spent $200 on my first mechanical wheel from Good & Basic. I've had issues with it, but finally think I got all of the kinks worked out. I haven't taken her for a test run yet. In the mean time I have spindles I can use until I get proficient with the wheel. Perhaps by TdF I'll be ready for real big-girl spinning! Fingers crossed! Love and hugs, always!

I missed you last week! Your quilts are so lovely, I'm so glad you've found a way to machine quilt without having too much pain. I wish you spoons for physio, that can be rough <3