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Tour de Fleece update, as of 7/21/2025: I finished the first bobbin of a planned three-ply and started on the second. The fiber is Malabrigo Nube in “Boreal,” and I am spinning it on my Louet Victoria travel wheel.

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Photo of a braid of merino wool carded top in shades of purple, blue, and deep magenta, next to a wooden bobbin of handspun yarn. The yarn is a single ply, very thin, and is clearly still in process because the bobbin is in the spinning wheel’s flyer. The fiber is Malabrigo Nube in the “Boreal” colorway. The spinning wheel is a Louet Victoria made from beechwood. Photo of two wooden bobbins of handspun wool yarn in shades of purple, blue, and deep magenta. The yarn on each bobbin is a single ply, very thin. The bobbin on the left is complete, and is about half full. A white female hand holds it beside the right-hand bobbin, which is about an eighth full and is still in the spinning wheel’s flyer. The fiber is Malabrigo Nube in the “Boreal” colorway. The spinning wheel is a Louet Victoria made from beechwood. Photo of a wooden spinning wheel flyer and bobbin. The bobbin holds a single, thin ply of handspun wool yarn in shades of purple, blue, and deep magenta; it is about a quarter full. The fiber used is Malabrigo Nube in the “Boreal” colorway. The spinning wheel is a Louet Victoria made from beechwood.
July 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
kmpekar.bsky.social
Tour de Fleece, Day7. Almost done spinning the Flame batts as a thick-and-thin art yarn. I didn’t remember how much yellow there is in the second and third batts. I think I will ply it with red thread to emphasize the red. #tourdefleece #handspun #handspinning #teamfswg2025
Photo of yellow and red art yarn on a wooden bobbin. The yarn is thick and thick-and-thin, the yellow and red often twisting around one another, and occasionally shot with black. The two arms of the spinning wheel’s flyer can be seen on either side of the bobbin. The photo was taken from above, looking straight down at the bobbin.
July 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
kmpekar.bsky.social
Tour de Fleece 2025, Day 6: I decided to spin up some art batts I created. I have three of the batts (about 2 oz. each, I think?), and I am spinning them as a thick-and-thin yarn. I have more of the base fibers, so I can spin up a plain yarn to ply it with. #tourdefleece #teamfswg2025 #handspun
Photo of a wooden bobbin, half filled with thick-and thin art yarn in shades of red and orange with a little yellow and black. The bobbin is on a spinning wheel flyer. Held next to the bobbin is a batt of unspun fiber in the same colors, with silk threads and sparkling filaments mixed in.
July 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
kmpekar.bsky.social
Yesterday—Day 5 of Tour de Fleece—I finished chain-plying the second bobbin of my “Rusty Truck” yarn. I hope to skein at least one of the bobbins tonight—and spin something for at least 15 minutes, as well. #handspun #tourdefleece #teamfswg2025 #handspinning
Photograph of two large wooden bobbins lying side-by-side on a gray wood grain Trex deck. Each bobbin is about half filled with chain-plied wool yarn in approximately fingering or sport weight. The yarn on the left-hand bobbin is in soft shades of maroon, purple, and deep brown; a lower layer of soft gray-blue can be seen along the top edge. The yarn on the right-hand bobbin is mostly various shades of teal, with some olive and that same gray-blue mixed in. The bobbins are lying diagonally to the orientation of the photograph as well as the planks of the deck.
July 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
kmpekar.bsky.social
Oops, I forgot to post my Tour de Fleece progress for the last few days! I have spun at least 20-30 minutes each day. Here’s the progress on the “Rusty Truck” that I have been chain-plying, as of Day 4. #tourdefleece #teamfswg2025
Photograph of a wooden bobbin with the flyer of a spinning wheel. Both bobbin and flyer are made of honey colored wood. The yarn on the bobbin is chain-plied and appears to be a fingering or sport weight yarn, in long color runs that change from a soft grayish-blue to olive to brown. It fills about half of the bobbin. JThe photograph is taken from directly above the flyer assembly, looking straight down. It was taken by artificial light with a warm tone; an attempt was been made to correct the colors toward their natural shades.
July 10, 2025 at 4:13 AM