Greetings and welcome to the last video for my Tour de Fleece spinning for 2024. This was my first Tour de Fleece and I decided to extend my Tour to include the Tour de Femme.
For this last week of spinning I power through the third and final single, and plying my first ever fractal spin. To begin, I decide to further split the fibre before wrapping it onto a new "distaff". I then share a timelapse of spinning the whole single, before taking you through bits and pieces of plying this 3 ply yarn. The only thing I didn't manage to do within the Tour timeframe was soaking and whacking the yarn.
Hope you have fun watching me stumble along!
Challenges:
- Learn to spin on a dealgan spindle
- Learn to use a distaff (a long broom handle to mimic a floor distaff)
- Spin a fractal for the first time
- Spin semi-woollen for the first time (since beginners spinning class)
Resources
Dealgan: Lair of the Bearded Dragon
Fibre: Ixchel Bunny
Blend: Shetland Dream (Shetland, mulberry silk, cashmere)
Colourway: Ankh Morpork
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