Friday, July 15, 2011

Woohoo! I have empty bobbins!

I've finally finished spinning up all the Goldie fleece that I had washed up. (There's still more in my sewing room. And that's last year's fleece...)

Fiber: Goldie 2010 fleece -(that's Shetland, for anyone who hasn't been keeping score)
Weight: 3-ply worsted - 11 wpi (or maybe 10. How close is close? How squished is squished?)
Yardage: 1580 yds.

The yardage is before washing and thwacking, but even with some shrinkage I have enough for a sweater, which was the goal. (And if I run out, there's always spare fleece still kicking around...)

I'm calling this done.

Tour de Fleece, goal one - finishing the Goldie Project. Woohoo!
Now to decide on goal two...

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Congrats fellow Tour spinner!

Joansie said...

No pressure.....let's see you wearing that sweater at the "Sheep and Wool Festival"...lol.

Angie said...

Oh my gosh, that's beautiful yarn! Yay for empty bobbins!

Dorothy said...

Beautiful!!

Erika said...

So pretty! Some day I really want to learn to spin!

quantumtea said...

That looks like great yarn. I think goal #2 should involve some sort of alcohol and/or chocolate consumption.

Bullwinkle said...

Wait ... when was this goal announced? Does it count?

;) Excellent! What a great position to be in: "now what?"

Cookie said...

Woo Hoo!

I am so proud of you and Goldie!

Winterhart said...

Congratulations! That is going to be one beautiful sweater!

Anonymous said...

Excellent! Goldie will keep you wam forever.

Laurie said...

Very impressed! Looks like beautiful yarn. Pattern? Decided yet?