Tour de Fleece: To Friends, Medieval Shepherds, Reading Books but mostly Spinning Yarn!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ต.ค. 2024
- Hello friends! We continue on our Tour de Fleece spinning journey, with more Blue Texel, more spindle spinning and a lot of personal stories. If your life was a colour what would it be? And how has spinning yarn impacted my other hobbies? What books am I currently reading and what tv shows do I watch while indulging in fiber arts? In short: let's get to know each other a bit better while we spin a third skein of Blue Texel wool.
My friend, fellow TH-camr and booklover: @Etienne6916
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Hi friends! I noticed that with headphones the talking Parts seem to be only heard on one of the sides, my microphone should record in stereo, so I don't know what happened there, but it's not your device that's the issue!
My video going up today I had the same problem with. If you are using DaVinci you probably have one side muted. My son found the probably. Let me know and when I get home I can look at my computer and tell you what to check.
Thanks for making this comment, I was fiddling with my cords and attachments and finally realized I should probably check my headphones with another video. Guess I'll save this to watch tomorrow morning on speakers once my husband's left for work!
i'm noticing this through my desktop's speakers too. I was wondering what was up!
The sound is a little off without headphones as well. It goes in and out with volume.
Love the butterfly wing earrings! And of course the Big Chungus Yarn
I feel you so much on "I love this hobby! I haven't touched it in [insert long amount of time]" Between drawing and painting, crochet, and video games, there's just never enough time (or stamina in my hurting hands) to indulge in everything as much as I want, and then suddenly, next thing I know I haven't drawn anything in half a year
The earrings were made by my best friend :D
But yes, why does life get in the way of hobbies all of the time?
I love the color blue 🩵 💙whether a rich deep blue or a sky blue I love how it varies especially in the sky, love a good sky gradient. I haven’t been able to work too much on the Tour de Fleece as I have attempted to try knitting a pair of socks for the month of July, I have never knitted a pair before so it’s taking longer than it should learning the pattern.
Socks are tricky at the start, but after you've got the hang of it, they'll fly off your needles!
I'm definitely a green. It shows life and a appeals to my Hobbit gardening heart.
It is a very hobbit appropriate colour indeed :D
my lifes colors would be pink and orange. love those colors together! fun question! we have a friends of the library room at our local library. u can purchase books for 10 cents to 25 cents to one dollar for the bigger books. i sometimes go in there and buy some books cause i dont like to rent them out cause then i have a deadline of trying to get them back in three weeks. i do have alot of books...but i love them! i love the yarn u made friend. it is lovely and beautiful. u are inspiring me to get to spinning!
We also have a lot of books, and we recently cleared our bookcase and there were some books that neither my husband nor I remeber buying... so we have a problem and better go get a library card instead of more books
@@MijnWolden hee hee! that is correct friend! very true words! i cant clear out my books. i need to go to the library and check out books too! good advice!! Next year i am doing the tour de fleece if i live so long. have a beautiful day Jente and hope your foot feels better sooner than soon!
I feel like my life would be red. its the colour of passion (of any kind), and blood, the colour that depicts heat, hunger, and anger. but also love. and honestly, my whole life has been either feeling a lot, or chasing the ability to feel just SOMETHING
that's a lot
@@MijnWolden yeah it is. I'm grateful that the older I get the more stable my life has become. But I will always be passionate about things I think.
I would be purple. Moody, goofy, a bit regal and mysterious. I love that purple is the combination of red and blue, which are such opposites in nature.
That's cool! (but also warm)
When I broke my patella I learned to treadle a spinning wheel with my other foot. For now, I'm probably going to stick with the left foot.
Love the blue texel and the jumper plans, especially the one on the right, but the one on the left has its points, too.
Yeah, I'm not entirely sure if I'm going to the right one with the blue texel. I keep thinking about that orange one too... But there will be more yarn and more opportunities to make both!
You can speed up audiobooks on your digital device 🙂 Love your videos! Greetings from Germany
Yes, but who likes listening to chipmunks all of the time?
I love your butterfly wing earrings!!!! Also I’d also be green.
My best friend made them :D
I always thought of myself as the colour purple 💜 Green suits you 💚
purple is great too :D
I like your philosophy of preferring a normal, calm, regular life over a flashy one. I much agree with you there. I also recognise the too many hobbies-problem. I, too, liked to sew my own clothes, and although I have several patterns in my mind right now that I want to make, I just don't get to it. (Although that might also be a mental health thing, I currently prefer hobbies that let me curl up on the sofa while I do them...)
Very interesting that the "weird" people often became shepherds in the Middel Ages. I guess it makes sense: 'this person is kinda awkward and different, lets just send them away for most of the year so we don't have to deal with them', which is kinda sad, but as a self-proclaimed weird person I don't think I would have minded. Just the sheep, some equally weird co-shepherds, your sheepdogs, and a lot of spinning. Definitely not the worst you could do in the Middle Ages I think.
If you are getting a Kindle (or Kobo, the not-Amazon version!); in the Netherlands you can use your local library credentials to sign in to Online Bibliotheek, which gives you access to ebooks and audio books that you can borrow. The Dutch version does also not have a great fantasy section, but maybe there's a Belgian version that does? (Another option might be to request your library to buy the books you want. They may have some budget for acquiring requested books!) (Btw most audio book players have an option to play the recording faster, although that may throw you off bc of the way faster played audio sounds...)
I hope there is a version for Belgian libraries!
YAAAAAY!!! Green is my soul colour, but i'm also extremely fond of anything rainbow.
So many green souls in the comments :D
I would be green, too!! I love orange yellow and green, too, but green is just sooooo sooothing!!
Your butterfly earrings and the blue texel chungus are so pretty.
My family was talking about where we would want to live if we had to live in the 1500’s. We decided far north Scotland, and then we realized because of our intelligence and weirdness, we would probably end up as outcasts-I’d probably be the weird herbalist healer woman in the forest that everyone in the village went to when sick, but ignored until needed. A shepherdess would be nice, too.
I cannot do audio books…partially because they DO read too slowly, and also because my brain can’t focus on or remember a lot of audio input.
An exercise for your feet and ankles that I’ve learned of to strengthen feet and ankles, and get blood flowing, is writing the alphabet with your feet.
Rain is my favorite.
Yep, I've been writing whole books while standing on one leg haha
Green is my life color, matching my garden, wonderful for flowers.
I think a lot about the weather and how it actually impacted on the way people think.
My spinning supplies are currently packed away in storage but all of our tour de fleece videos are getting me both hyped up to spin and also scratching the itch to spin at the same time
Hope you can get them out of storage soon!
hehehe bookfluencing each others! :D I'm really happy I started The Name of The Wind :D
And now we can bookfluence on an even bigger scale!
My life is a deep sea blue. There's life there, but you have to work to get to it, and it is mysterious and incredible and exciting. That is where the whales hang out and sing. That is where the sea life have adapted immensely in order to survive. It's quiet and peaceful down there.
That's who I am as a color.
That's beautiful
loved ur answer to my question !ty ! green is a great colour :) and have rly enjoyed ur vlogs as usual :)
Thank you :D
@mijnwolden you asked about the lawnmower at the same moment I had a lawnmower outside mine 😂
All those lawnmowers everywhere...
Have been watching your videos silently for a little while. I really enjoy them! Good thing recommending the name of the wind to your friend, it is my all time favorite book, and personally I think everyone that enjoys fantasy should read it.
It is such a good book!
I have been spinning, eco printing, spinning, crochet, spinning, knitting and spinning some more. I think I have spun well over a kilogram during TDF
Go you!
Green and purple if I’m aloud. Love the cable cropped sweaters you showed, just beautiful especially the one on the right. Thank you for sharing.
Yes, that cable jumper on the right is really nice!
Of course you're allowed, it's your life, right? :D
Metallic or iridescent pink would be my life color! Glitter highly ranked as well. more is more less is a bore 🎉 that’s the flamboyant part of my personality ❤ hugs, Adrien
That would suit you yes :D
Could you be any more awesome? I went down the sewing to crochet as well as knitting and weaving to spinning pipeline over the years, I guess that is pretty common... I discovered spinning just this year and have participated in TdF with my drop spindle. Only waiting for my flock of sheep by now! I’m still unsure what kind of job I want that is neurodivergent-friendly in the long run but herding sheep sounds like heaven. Terry Pratchett’s discworld is amazing and the Guard series is written from a pretty anti-capitalist point of view :D Big recommendation if you can get your hands on it. In Germany we can request books in our local libraries!
neurodivergent friendly jobs are scarce, let me know if you find one...
I didn't get into history until I realized that I could learn more about how people actually lived, rather than the political movements of people in power. I'm going to be bringing my drop spindle to a local geek con demo this weekend where I'll be dressed up in my fool garb. 💚
Oh yes, personal stories are the greatest thing about studying history :D
Mine is green too…..the colour of the countryside!😊
Yes!
Hi Jente, I hope you're OK xx ❣️❣️❣️❣️
Thankyou so much for sharing this video podcast.
I'm so glad for you that your ankle is getting better. It needs to be strong for all the History Hiking that you and Dries do 🥾🥾
Wow, that 3rd Skein is humongous. I hope your Batts last long enough to make it to next Sunday. 🚲🚲🚲
I thought I'd Prepped enough Batts and Rolags, but I've had to make some more.🎉🎉🎉
I thought I'd have about 1000 ydrs by the end of the TDF , but I've more than doubled that, so I'm quite a happy bunny. 🐇
I'll hopefully be able to tell you next week what my total is.
I hope you're having a Wonderful Week ✨️🌟🌞
Happy Spinning and TDF Fibre Friend 🎡🚲🐑🥰🐑🥰
Take care and stay safe
Lots love and Big Hugs to you and Dries... Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🐑🐑
2000 yards by yourself, that's awesome, Jen!
@@MijnWolden Hi Jente, I've even surprised myself.!!!
Thankyou so much for the Heart ♥
Sending Heart ♥ back to you ❤️💞
Thankyou so much for sharing your video podcasts, your expertise and the inspiration you have given me, I truly appreciate everything you do. ✨️🌟🎉🌞🥰🥰
Happy Spinning and TDF Fibre Friend 🎡🐑🥰🚲🐑🥰
Take care and stay safe
Lots of love, Blessings and Huge Hugs Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🐑🐑
Just a thought for you. Rather than getting a dedicated kindle there are reader apps for phones and other tablets that read kindle format books. So you might be able to skip the expense of an actual kindle device.
My heart sank a second when I saw those bobbins fall, I thought one of them would break D:
But I saved them!
Libraries here in Sweden have a service where you can borrow books through them from other libraries, it does cost a little bit (less than a euro I believe) and the time you have them on loan is generally shorter, but maybe something like that exists where you live too?
Otherwise I would recommend looking at second hand stores online for books, they generally go for next to nothing and in good condition. I can only think of Swedish sites for this, and Vinted if you have it (not clear on which countries it is launched in). You will still purchase a book but I think it helps keep them out of landfills (and as someone who has worked in second hand for over 3 years, so many books go to the landfill)
Interlibrary Loans are possible, but could you imagine me getting a library card here (I still have the one from my hometown as a kid) and then proceed to ask for ILLs for the next 60 books I read?
@@MijnWolden I feel like that's exactly what libraries are meant for! It might feel a bit weird, but they wouldn't offer the service if they didn't want people to use it
As for the library not having books, will they do ILL? Inter-Library Loan is a program in the US where libraries that are not in the same system will share books. Maybe your library has something similar? And I too read fast and was glad to learn that audiobooks have a way to speed them up without making the voice squeaky. I often listen at 1.40x speed. I listen while I sew quilts.
I think they might, but I'm not even sure they'd have the books in English somewhere, and reading them in Dutch is just not the same
my life's color would be black for the emo kid in me! hahahaha joking aside, I think it would be green as well :)
Edgy
Rooting for you to one day watch The Mandalorian ❤
One day...
I think the New York Public Library allows anyone to setup a digital library card. So if you're planning to get an e-reader, make sure you get one that has Libby or Overdrive, so you can rent ebooks from the library. There are brands other than Kindle, which I have been eyeing for this exact purpose. I'd love to hear what your local librarians are recommending, if you decide to read something different after Lord of the Rings. I only hear about American books here in America and I'm interested what's popular in Belgium.
Yeah I said 'Kindle' kind of like we say 'Pampers' but mean diapers and 'Kodak' but we just mean any kind of camera...
Another great video, thank you. I will be sad when TDF ends! Some people in the states continue with tour de females and the Olympics. Are you able to work in your field of study? Do you do any archeological work. Jillian Eve has interesting videos on viking spindle work.
I do work in my field of study, but only when you take into account that I studied journalism after I studied history and now I work as the spokesperson/communications specialist for my company...
@MijnWolden I forgot to mention yesterday I enjoy audio books. They make housework less painful and keep me company while I craft when I have run out of youtube videos.
I'm definitely blue,of every hue from summer sky to deepest navy depending on mood. Does your library not do interlibrary loans? They even went outside of this region to get the last book in a series as well as the university library for a rather obscure book. Loved kindle as besides Amazon could borrow books from library in bed on holiday... ultimate in hobbitness. When eye pain and blurred vision were so bad I couldn't read used Audible on my phone,loved books read by author,but some others did run at 1.5speed.
You have inspired me to call around for fleece to work up. Found guy 1.5hr away with 400lbs of 2-3 inch Suffolk fleece I could have have free before goes to dump tomorrow...gas is $3.39/gal... don't think it is worth it.
I think I can, but chances are the books would be in Dutch anyway, and I'd rather read them in English...
Aaah, being in essentially monolingual country I didn't think about that. Es tum mir leid
Hahah we are the same in all the aspects! I am also an artist who never arts anymore, lol.
I barely read anymore either, since spinning has come into my life. However, I am reading shadowmarch and love it! It’s kind of medieval (although it is make believe, and there are fairies and goblins and adventure!)
Have you read? It’s a series, but available online and maybe at the library?
I am intrigued. medieval and goblins? can it be better?
I'm purple at the moment but would like to become pink or green one day.
Purple is a nice colour too?
fourth comment! xD with your unsupported longdraw spinning skills getting better, soon you'll be able to spin on 2 wheels at once! :O
Well, Jente is already able to treadle with both feet, so who knows?
Or with one of those fancy parlour/gossip wheels with two flyers!
@@MijnWolden: Oh, wow! I've imagined a two flyer wheel, or at least a vague outline of the concept but I didn't know they were a thing. I was thinking more in terms of how would you design a wheel so that it spins two threads at once and then plies them simultaneously.
That definitely sounds awesome, though.
Help, the "what color would your life be" question is so hard...
The thing is, "rainbow" ist not actually a color... But it would fit perfectly. Being queer, neurodivergent, loving colors and having soo many different interests, it just fits. But the colors definitely have to be the right order, thats for sure 😅
Thanks so much for this delightful video!
If it fits, it fits!
Is your hesitation in buying 40 Discworld books due to not wanting 40 more physical books in your house, or not wanting to spend whatever it is new books cost where you live x 40? My mom has several websites she's always checking that specialize in thrifted books, so if it's just not wanting to buy too many new things, you could definitely see if there's anything like that in your general area. I have no idea what the thrift book situation is in Europe. I really do recommend getting into Discworld though, they're just so good!
I also understand the fantasy book paralysis, because I've recently been re-reading Seanan McGuire's October Daye and Incryptid serieses (she is probably my favorite author, but much more modern fantasy rather than high fantasy) due to not knowing what author to try next, and have been also stymied by my library! Mine is just that I was wait-listed for the e-books, but still. If you do end up getting an e-reader, check what kinds work best with your library's e-books because there are a few different directions they go!
The 40 more physical books yes. My husband and I cleaned our bookcase a couple of weeks ago and there were quite a bit of books neither of us recall buying and also have not read...
Hope is why we exist. Without hope for a good life and friends who are kind. I have 5 good friends and a lot of people I love. Hope that people will be kind. Hope that pain will go. Hope for a good result. Hope that I won't get lost.
I studied Medieval History to understand how we got to this place in the world. As a Jew I wanted to understand how antisemitism began and how it has morphed into this intense hatred and jealousy of a religious philosophy.
I also have a passion for Medieval architecture and Craftsmanship.
I think I was a Medieval Merchant or very fancy clothes maker or quiltmaker.
My colour is BLACK. Black has EVERY colour and I look OK in black.
I make Quilts and BLACK makes every colour POP.
I sometimes worry about my reference and what will happen to them. I love my book collection.
Love your content.
Medieval architecture and craftsmanship really are of another level and I will never understand why we stopped building and crafting like that, even with modern techniques.
I am a very fast reader and I will only ever listen to audiobooks at 2x speed or more. I could not deal with listening to normal speed, which usually isn't even normal speaking speed since they're told to specifically talk slower. i think for most fast readers 2x speed is the min speed 😅
Yeah, I just imagine chipmunk speed to be where I'm at haha
@@MijnWolden Most are often pitch corrected so it just sounds like fast reading. But that's usually hard to follow for me as well actually! Especially when you get distracted by a thing for half a minute and then miss half a chapter.
I don’t know if you’ve tried speeding up audiobooks, they may still be too slow at 2x speed, it I have a friend who has the same problem and will do no less than 2x speed. It’s quite funny because if I hear it I can’t keep up 😂
Have you read Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik? It's a retelling of Rumplestilskin.
I haven't (yet) :D
@@MijnWolden It’s such a good book that I recommend it to everyone.
My library orders books on interlibrary loan for me.
What kind of spinning wheel is that? I'm growing wild flax .
The one I'm spinning on is a Louet S71
Liked the video, but something has gone wrong with the audio, whenever you talk I only have audio in 1 ear of my headphones but when there is music it is in both ears.
I know, I posted a pinned comment about it. I'm in the search of what has gone wrong. But as these videos have less than 24 hours between end of filming and publishing... not something I could fix in time.
oh wauw, ik ben verliefd op de (linkse) oranje trui van Flair breiboek, zou je mij eventueel de beschrijving voor deze kunnen doormailen of via een chatbericht ?
Hey, hoe kan ik je best bereiken via mail/chat?
@@MijnWolden ik kan blijkbaar niet mijn mail adres hier zetten (reeds 2x geprobeerd en ik maar mijn mail het oog houden hahahaha) ik stuur je via fb een chat bericht
Audio books are not my jam for a similar reason! They do not read it the way I would in my head, so I cannot stand it.
Exactly.
What colour would my life be? Mmmmm… I’d say it would be a multicoloured mess, mostly bright jewel tones interspersed with mellow ones and the occasional pastel just to jar things up. Because my life is a collection of uncontrolled and uncontrollable twists and turns. It’s changed so often that when having to hunt for a yet another new job at the beginning of the pandemic and the age of 50, the perpetual and oh-so-hated question “where do you see yourself in five years?” flatly got answered with “I haven’t got the foggiest idea, but hopefully here.” This always elicited a “Oh… erm… why’d?” Me: “Well, almost every previous employer went bankrupt but a financial analysis of your company revealed it doesn’t seem likely you are traveling down that road.” Them: “You… you ran our numbers?” Me: “Well, as you can see from my CV, I do have a background in insurance and banking. I know how to.” - Said background has also imbued me with a healthy dislike for consumerism and the patriarchy, but that’s an entirely different matter.
The colour of my life right now? Mostly greens (hope) and blues (momentart calm… with lots of currents running beneath the surface) and the odd streak of crisis-red.
One thing I’ve managed to steer away from is pitch black. Thankfully. There have been dreary, dismal greys, but thankfully never complete black, even when I thought there would be. There was always some colour or other to throw in some chaos.
Audiobooks: only in the car. Every once in a while I do have to drive and that often means being stuck in traffic. When it’s not metal screaming through the speakers, it’ll be a free audiobook to assist in keeping me as sane as this basket-case can be. I do confess to setting the speed a bit higher. Not so high that it feels as if I’m listening to Alvin and the Chipmunks reading Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to me, but faster than the default speed.
Your longdraw is really getting good! I’m already looking forward to seeing those gorgeous cabled sweaters.
Thank you, by the way, for mentioning the Tour De Fleece Facebook group. I’m having an absolute blast. 💖
Oh I hate that question. I also have absolutely no clue where I'll be in 5 years. I'm living today right?
@@MijnWolden - Exactly!
It took me a while to let go of society’s need for people to plan and box everything and everyone.
“I’m going to have X degree and spend my life working as a Y” - Erm… no
“I’m getting my degree and moving to Y country to live there!” - Nope.
“By age X I’ll be married and have kids.” - Hah. Got the kid, singular. No husband.
Worked in many different fields. Swapped travel for work with travel during time off. Don’t have a massive bank account.
“I’m going to have a CAREER!” - pray tell me, what is a career? How do you define that career? Materialism? A big paycheque? Or being pretty darn good at what you do and enjoying it whilst being respected for your skills and knowledge?
Boy oh boy, did I have illusions. LOL