Days 19-21 - feeling a little less feeble.

Well, today I'm feeling a little more like blogging - but not much!
Day 19 was a challenge day, and I had originally set myself two goals - one to do some lockspinning with some mohair I'd dyed in rainbow colours. I'd been saving it up - but it was not to be. So I settled for a very little bit of spindle spinning (my other challenge had been to try navajo ply on the fly - which you see on the left in the photo) If you're not familiar with this technique, it creates a three-ply yarn from one spun ply, as you spin the first ply. Got your head around that? No? Well, you can check it out here on YouTube! 

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The other spindle is my new Russian style support spindle, which I have yet to master, so the challenge was to produce at least a little length of singles with it. As you can see, it was a very little length - then back to the couch!

Day 20 was a personal rest day - just didn't feel up to it, but I did do some knitting on my Birdsfoot Shawl which I've been knitting up from the baby camel down/silk yarn spun earlier in the Tour.

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Adding a bit to my Ink merino cop on my support spindle is going to be part of my life for the next little while, I think. So far I have 45gr of finished laceweight yarn - this merino plied with variegated rainbow silk from hankies, spun on my other Tina's Angoras spindle.

And yesterday I spun about 35gr of my halfbred grad - this is about half of what I spun! Ottoline is proving to be a delightful wheel to spin on - very fast, relaxing and quiet as well. This single was spun in just over an hour.

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The first half of the 100gr braid is complete! It will eventually be a two-ply yarn. Look back to Day 16 for the first colour change.

Nightfall over Dark Grey Haunui Halfbred tops.