I left off last week on my plying adventure. On day 8, I plied the Wooly Wonka Fibers and the Fat Cat Knits. Bazinga! came out to 4.2 oz and 327 yds and is available in my shop. The Smoke was 2 oz and came out to 143 yds. Next up on the wheel, on… Continue reading TDF 2016: Week 2 Recap
As of today we are a week into the Tour de France and my favorite Tour de Fleece. I’ve more or less been keeping up with watching the stages, and I’ve definitely been keeping up with my spinning this week. The tour kicked off on July 2, and I was excited for a full day… Continue reading TDF 2016: Week 1 Recap
Welcome to episode 95. This week is all spinning… well ok there’s a little bit of knitting. Please come and join the Ravelry group. You can also find me on Ravelry as Fluffyk, Twitter, Instagram as Fluffykira, and in my shop The Stashbuckler: Adventures in Yarrrrrrrrn. Sipping: Ashby, Cinnamon Orange Knitting: Finished: Strawberry Semifreddo by Natalie Pelykh, Dalegarn Eco Baby Wool… Continue reading The Corner of Knit & Tea: Episode 95, Le Grand Depart
As I blogged about last year, July marks the Tour de France and, for us fiber spinners, the Tour de Fleece. Tour de Fleece is probably my favorite part of summer. I really enjoy watching the Tour de France, and I spend countless hours spinning at my wheel. I love that I spend three weeks… Continue reading Tour de Fleece 2016
Welcome to episode 86! One small FO this week, and some progress on my knits and spins. It’s a bit of a short one. Please come and join the Ravelry group. You can also find me on Ravelry as Fluffyk, Twitter, Instagram and Periscope as Fluffykira, and in my shop The Stashbuckler: Adventures in Yarrrrrrrrn.… Continue reading The Corner of Knit & Tea: Episode 86, Just keep knitting.
The Tour de France ended on Sunday, July 26. I admit I did not end up watching the final stage as I was on a train, home-bound from a lovely weekend with my family in Chicago. However I did get some spinning done since the last post. So the final wrap-up for the Tour is… Continue reading Tour de Fleece, The Conclusion.
This past weekend I went on vacation, but thanks to my Hansen Minispinner I could spin on the road!
I thought I would just update you with what I’ve been spinning since last week… a lot of the same thing. I also had a bit of a fan girl moment when one of the riders on the Tour liked one of my photos!
Welcome back to Episode 47. This week is almost all spinning… I’m a woman obsessed. Please come and join the Ravelry group. You can also find me on Ravelry as Fluffyk, Twitter and Instagram as Fluffykira, and in my shop The Stashbuckler: Adventures in Yarrrrrrrrn. Sipping: The Tea: Tregothnan Earl Grey The Mug: The Loopy… Continue reading The Corner of Knit & Tea: Episode 47, Spinning Fangirl
I’ll warn you right now that this post doesn’t have much to do with tea or knitting. Every year in July there’s a little bike race that is held over in France, you might have heard of it? While the Tour de France spins on in France, the (fiber) spinning world sits at our wheels… Continue reading Tour de Fleece.
