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stay with all wool and do BFL😉

Wow! Those colors are gorgeous. I say go with the bfl this time. I just finished some bfl from her and it was not bad at all and the finished yarn is making me want to order more. While it may not be your jam, it could be your jelly… your preserves…. ?

I remember the master spinner trying to teach me to spin cotton with a spinning wheel, in the 70s. It felt so awkward, keeping the speed the same with my foot, pulling the cotton off the supply, etc. I wish she'd tried with your method. This was at the living history museum in St Augustine, Fl, 1979

Do you have a video showing the 2 different wind on for the Turkish spindle?

I so enjoyed seeing your spinning, Sara. You achieve such even quality across the tools you used, it is impressive. And 10 seconds vs 50 eh? I'm not surprised!

My goal was to spin up a moorit Shetland ram fleece. I got 3/4 of it, which I am very happy with, and I'm blending the rest of it with varying amounts of white Shetland because my partner has requested a striped sweater from it. I currently have about 2100 yards of about sport weight 3-ply of the solid moorit and expect to get about 1600 total of the blends.

This really makes me want to get a box but I have got to get my stash under control first 🙃 😅

Hi Sara, I hope you're OK xx ❣️❣️❣️❣️ Thankyou so much for sharing this Unboxing video. I love the colours in your Fibre Club Box.🎉🎉🎉 I'm not sure what I'd make with them either. Can't wait to see how you decide to Spin them and then to see what you'll make with your Handspun Yarn 🎉🎉🎉 I hope you're having a Wonderful Week 🌟✨️🌞 Happy Spinning Fibre Friend 🎡🐑🥰 Take care and stay safe Lots of love and Big Hugs Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️❤️🫂🫂🫂🫂🐈‍⬛🫂

Nice colors! ❤

I've been spinning for 15 years and I still learned something from this video, thank you!

Uau ! 👏👏👏👏

Hi Sara, I hope you're OK xx ❣️❣️❣️ Thankyou so much for sharing this video podcast. 😊😊 I can't wait to see what your finished Handspun Yarn looks like, going off the colours on your Bobbin, I think it will be amazing and beautiful. 🧶🔆🌟✨️🎉 Love your little Turtle 🐢 from your Turkish Spindle.🐢 I hope you're having a Wonderful Week and TDF 🌟✨️🚲🐑🥰 Happy Spinning Fibre Friend 🎡🐑🥰 Take care and stay safe Lots of love and Big Hugs Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🐈‍⬛

Love all the colors!! Sharing ❤

I love your fiber basket! One of my dogs has decided that he loves to shred spinning fiber so I have to keep all of my current fiber in ziplock bags so he's not tempted.

Beautiful colors!

Absolutely love the Woodland Pixie in progress. Maybe I’ll try to recreate that color way.

Yay congratulations! I have exactly the same wheel (walnut, flyer on the right) I love it so much! I was thinking that maybe I should order extra plastic connectors for the treddles. Did you do this or do you think it not necesarry?

I LOVE everything you have planned and that you have so many "comfort" spins that won't put too much pressure on yourself. I hope you are havig a fantastic tour!

Sara, in video you mention our feet pedalling can get ahead of our hands that are drafting..So do our hands draft at same pace as the feet are pedalling?

Not sure how to send pics here. Will try through instagram

I have watched this so much. I tried soinning some polwarth I had -it was really compacted. I tried to not twist too much so the two ply would be softer. Anyway, my question is regarding part of video where you mention fertvgetying ahead of hand. So do my hand move in unison with wheel or a little faster than wheel? Here’s pics 🤔💕

Beautiful fiber stash you have. Only you yourself know what you are capable of completing out of your stash. I’m spinning along with the Tour, hoping to finish a gifted fleece that I’ve been spinning since last fall and then some other fiber I’ve collected along the way.

Hi Sara, I hope you're OK xx ❣️❣️❣️❣️ I love your all your TDF plans for your "Spin Ups". You have some beautiful fibers to spin. I can't wait to see what Braids you decide to Spin first.. Have you set yourself any "Challenges " for thise days???🤔🤔🤔 I spun both the 1st and 2nd Rolags on the first day only because I wasn't sure how much free time I'd have on the 2nd day ( would have had plenty of free time). So now that I've already used the 2nd days Rolags . I'll use the time to make some more. Might nake another couple of Batts and some Punis too.🎉🎉🎉🎉 I have about 400gms of Skirted but unwashed Fleece. I'm going to wash these on the Challenge Days, probably split down into 100 gms.🐑🐑🐑🐑 Hope you have a Wonderful TDF 🚲🚲🐑 Happy Spinning Fibre Friend 🎡🐑🥰 Take care and stay safe Lots of love and "Fleecey" Hugs Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🐑🐑🐑🐑🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🐈‍⬛🫂

That Inglenook braid…. the pops of lavender… 😍 Kicking myself for not getting one!!!

My goal is simple: just spin every day. I’ve got lots of lovely fibre from Schapenvachten Lifestyle in The Netherlands (I live in Europe): 500 grams of undyed merino top, 200 grams each of purple Shetland top and 200 grams of deep red merino top. I’ve also got 2 braids of Malabrigo Nube in the colourway Cereza that I bought elsewhere (can’t remember where). I’ve already spun some of the purple and I want to have enough lace weight 2-ply of the purple to knit a lace shawl and the pattern calls for 1300 metres. So that’s where I’m starting. All I want is to know how long I’ve spun over the entirety of the Tour and how many metres that has yielded me. Should I run out of fibre I’ve still got a box that contains the entire fleece of an alpaca in a lovely chocolate/coffee-without-milk brown that I can comb or card into nests. But I doubt I’ll run out of fibre: I’m a slow spinner, only started last year in August. There’ll be a lot of lunchtime spinning, either with my supported spindles,my Turkish spindles or me EEW Nano. People at the office have already gotten used to me spinning at my desk for the last 15 minutes of my lunch break, so they won’t even bat an eyelid if I do on office days. My first ever Tour De Fleece… exciting!

Whodathunkit!!!! You can spin AND ply your way through your fiber???? So impressed!!! Doing it right along with you.

always better to have too much than not enough for TDF!

My goal is to just spin some every day. I tend to not get much spinning done because I can’t put my knitting down. 🤪 I bought a cormo braid from Deep Dyed Yarns last week at knit group. Cormo is a new fiber for me. Can’t wait to see what you accomplish. ❤️

Not crazy!😂 Go for it!

Thanks for the mention! and also a big fan of Mooncat 🙂

Wow Looks like great plans. I think you can do it and keep the sweater spin for whenever you have the time. I just got my first Woodland Handcrafts teacup support spindle and a beautiful spinning bowl (and an amazing sample from the Woodland Pixie). I am going to continue to work on my longdraw both on the wheel and now on this amazing spindle. I also purchased my first amount of raw fleece....6.5 pounds of Corriedale at the Estes wool Market in Colorado from a local shepherdess. It looks amazing. So this is my first fiber prep which I just want to wash (it's been skirted).and then do some samples both drum carded and hand combed (got a new drum carder and hand combs.) I'm in this deep, partly thanks to you for helping me get better and better. Keep us posted

When you stopped i thought, “that’s it?” And then i realized that’s a lot of spinning! I’m eager to see how your spinning goes and what you end up being pulled towards the most. Do you do any personal challenges that align with the tour days or do you try to spin for a certain time each day?

Good luck. Yes you are crazy but that's the joy of life! I like how many times you talked about spins you enjoy!

So I have been struggling with long draw for about 2 months now. I have a Majacraft Rose (YAY) and I did what you said and BOOM, I am spinning longdraw. Also just got support spindles watched your videos multiple times and BOOM spinning support. You are so clear and concise and I just understand what you are saying. THank you again Sara for some awesome teaching.

Very helpful to see from your perspective how you are manipulating the wool. Thanks!

Hi Sara, Thankyou for sharing this video podcast. Your Lendrum Saxony Wheel, looks so beautiful. 🎡🎡 I too am very much "right handed" but a "left handed Spinner ".. The eWheel 6and the Nano Wheels use Scotch Tension 🎡🎡 Happy Spinning Fibre Friend 🎡🐑🥰 Take care and stay safe Lots of love and Big Hugs Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🐈‍⬛

Hi Sara, I hope you're OK xx ❣️❣️❣️❣️ Thankyou so much for sharing this video podcast. I have a question, I have 2 Spin Control Cards. One I got with my Wheel ( eWheel 6) which shows the Z going Clockwise and another one that I bought separately which has the Z going anti Clockwise. Why is there a conflict in the direction of twist???? I didn't realise until I was checking against the one you have. I do spin both the Drop Spindles and my eWheel in the Z and Ply S . Just wondered why there is a difference between the 2 control cards I hope you've had a Wonderful Weekend. 🌞🌟✨️ Happy Spinning Fibre Friend 🎡🐑🥰 Take care and stay safe Love and hugs Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️❤️🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🐈‍⬛

That is a very important topic, all tips are welcome, spinning singles is not easy! I love your pop dolls collection, by the way ❤❤❤😊!

I was challenged to make a single yarn. Thank you for the help.

When I first started spinning I really wanted to spin singles- and it was pretty hard! Now a couple years in and my singles are so thin that they’d be laceweight singles, which isn’t what I’d use most, so I ply them. But I’d like to go back to trying for a fingering-weight single, and having that desired ply twist goal in mind will be very helpful! How do you usually finish your singles yarn?

Thank you! I have just never heard anyone explain why, this was very helpful❤