I am busy with submissions and spinning for the Tour De Fleece in my Ravelry group here
weaving in the saori way where we spin our own yarns for our Saori weaving durning the Tour de France cycling race only we call ours " the tour de fleece." many groups participate on teams on Ravelry but my group focuses on spinning to use in our Saori weaving. I will post photos of a few of days but to see them all on go to the link above and have fun seeing what so many have spun for TDF.
A few weeks back I wrote a blog about my solar dyeing
solar dyeing blog here
I am using those fibers now to spin yarns for weaving . Here is a coil skein I finished last evening. my goal was to spin some each day, some days I spun for 4 hours other days only 30 minutes it varies but I spin yarns every for the duration of the tour de france.
I spun singles , a bobbin full , at a all day group outing with my Mavens group at the beach Friday
Then saturday I core plyed coils on my New
Louet S10C double treadle wheel smooth and easy and fuss free, I LOVE it!
The fiber is Polworth fleece top.
we had a great day at Capitola beach a few photos of everyone enjoying the day . I took my SAORI piccolo loom
15 lb portabe loom here and Antoinette wove all day, most of us bring our wheels and spin.
A very cool Saori hand woven strap Antoinette sewed onto her bag for sharing.
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I have been busy sewing three new Saori umbrellas weeks of hand sewing but they are so fun..
Kristen loves them!
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More TDF spinning these batts were solar dyed and I drum carded them
I Soakthe finished skeins in warm water to set the twist but no need to rinse with
Soak unscented soap wash here I love this wash it lasts forever and really cleans besides being gentle on fibers ...
silk solar dyed un spun hankies i spun.
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Santa Crruz Style Magazine contacted me and is going to do a piece on my Saori Santa Cruz studio
they sent out Bill Lovejoy for a photo shoot . Lee took photos of bill taking photos last week.
Due out in the Sept issue 2015
My favorite no cap to lose, no leak spinng wheel oil
you can get it here 4 oz bottle.
silk on my drop spindle
cotton I spun on the charka
5 or 6 more days of TDF to go….
Peaceful spinning and weaving in the redwoods
Jill Nickolene Sanders
