As you may recall, my goal for the Tour de Fleece was to spin about 1 1/2 pounds of fiber, enough to knit myself as sweater. Now that the Tour is over, I thought I’d show you how much I actually got done:
That’s right, only 4 skeins of finished yarn, amounting to only about 300 yards. Sigh. Not nearly enough for a sweater.

The good news is though that I did manage to spin every day of the Tour – from July 5 through today, which was a fairly major accomplishment for me, since I generally only spin a couple of times a week. So, although I didn’t meet my goal, I did get a lot more done than I otherwise would have.

In addition to what you see above, I’ve also spun about 2 3/4 bobbins of singles. I plan to finish up the one that’s 3/4 full tonight, and perhaps Navajo ply at least one of the finished bobbins.

I still have quite a bit of fiber left. I’ve carded a few more batts and pulled them into roving so they’ll be ready to spin in the coming days. I also have quite a bit of fiber I have yet to card. Eventually I will have enough for that sweater – maybe just in time for the fall knitting season.

As I mentioned in my last post, I signed up for the Tour de Fleece, a three-week spinning challenge that coincides with the Tour de France. This is my progress through day 5:

As of yesterday, which was day 7, I’ve completed one more bobbin of singles. Today I’m planning to Navajo ply a couple of the bobbins I’ve finished and perhaps spin another bobbin of singles.

How’s your Tour de Fleece spinning going?

Since my last post, I’ve finished spinning the entire pound of Cotswold roving I bought from Morro Fleece Works. Here are the results, after spinning, plying, and setting the twist:

I really like the way this turned out. As I mentioned in my last post, I spun this fiber long-draw, and I think that was the right decision. it turned out nice and fluffy, just the way I had pictured it. I only ended up with about 400 yards though – quite a bit less than I was hoping for – so I’m either going to have to buy and spin more of this, or I’m going to have to use it with another yarn if I want to make a vest.

I haven’t measured the twists per inch (tpi) but I have measured the wraps per inch (tpi). It’s about 9 wraps per inch – or the equivalent of worsted weight.