For me it was a online community event. I joined Team Storey Publishing because it is the publisher of the Fiber Source Book I am using and it was based in Denver Colorado, so at least in the same time zone. It was a time to focus on spinning everyday, to meet other spinners around the country and to learn a few things. Well my goals were all met and one was exceeded. I meet lots of great spinners, I learned a lot, and I spun everyday and did improve. The goal I exceeded was that amount I would spin, based on what I had spun I figured it would be good if I spun 1000 yards for the week. Well in the end my total was 3,374 yards, and our team ended up placing 3rd overall.
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Spinzilla 2013 Team Storey Publishing 3,374 yards
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After spinning for a week straight I needed a break and I also had a lot of yarn to wash, set the twist and knit. So the first few days were spent washing all the yarn and getting them into even yardage skeins and tagged.
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Washed and Ready to Knit |
Then I spent a good deal of time searching Raverly for knitting patterns. It was time to knit. Because I am working on this breed study the first knitting was sample swatches of each breed.
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Breed Study Samples |
It was really fun to see how the different breeds spun and then how the yarn knitted up. Each has its appropriate end use. So far I have about 9 different breeds completed and about 6 more in some stage of completion. I have my favorites and this one pictured would be one of them. Blue Face Leicester, It makes a nice soft and warm yarn spun up in a great DK weight yarn, (the samples were knit on a size 6 needle). I am now enjoying some cool November days of just knitting by the fire. With a few days of spinning here and there.
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