Tag Archives: tour-de-fleece

Quarantine Da Kine

Posted on July 20, 2020 by

Ho, time for one da kine! I’m writing this while munching on some ʻono Hood River cherries; there’s a guy who drives down from there and sells them along Highway 212. I look forward to seeing him every year. Tour … Continue reading →

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Tour de Fleece 2019

Posted on August 8, 2019 by

I wasn’t able to spin as much as I’d hoped to, but I did get some stuff done during this year’s TdF… my spinning challenge Numbah One was to finish spinning the red/yellow/pink braid and to work on continuing to … Continue reading →

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Sad News and Finding Spinning Solace

Posted on July 19, 2018 by

Yesterday I got some bad news, that my dear friend Carol, who’s been battling cancer since 2005, now had a metastasized tumor in her brain. I was stunned, upset, and very teary and emotional. I’d been spinning some mixed fiber, … Continue reading →

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Speaking Of Knees…

Posted on July 12, 2018 by

…I’m scheduled for a partial knee replacement on September 10th. Scary, yeah? For the last year, my right knee, which is actually in better shape than my left one, has really been hurting bad.  I had to give up spinning … Continue reading →

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Tour de Fleece, Chapter 2

Posted on July 9, 2018 by

Okay, this is what’s happened so far. Yesterday, Day 2, I finished spinning half of one braid and started on another. Kalakoa was helping by modeling my first bobbin. I saw one almost ripe blackberry in our driveway, too. Day … Continue reading →

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Tour de Fleece 2018

Posted on July 7, 2018 by

Okay, pau the nostalgia and sadness for awhile. It’s Tour de Fleece time. Yep, it’s that time again, folks. That time of year where we handspinners attempt to try new spinning techniques or attempt to spin prodigious amounts of fiber … Continue reading →

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Stage 17 – Tour de Da Kine

Posted on July 22, 2015 by

I got to spin for about four hours today at The Gathering. I took my time, also participating to the discussion, listening to my friends share, and having a really wonderful time.  I wasn’t spinning fast, just a relaxed time, … Continue reading →

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Rest Day – Tour de Fleece…and a ride up the mountain.

Posted on July 22, 2015 by

We had an appraisal to do up in Government Camp; good timing for a rest day. This pretty skein is all washed and dried now. Ho da happy!  

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Tour de France Rest Day

Posted on July 14, 2015 by

So it was an official rest day yesterday. Some of us rested.

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Tour de Fleece 2014

Posted on August 13, 2014 by

Well, I thought I was gonna be posting almost every day of the Tour de Fleece.  You know, the yearly event for handspinners that coincides with the Tour de France. The idea is to challenge yourself to a spinning project … Continue reading →

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