TdF 2024: Day 1 - Let’s GO! Stripping a drum carded batt and starting to spin long-draw on my CPW!

Tour de Fleece: Day 1! Let’s GO
* Plied up some random leftovers to free up my storage bobbins!
* A look at my Shetland x BFL fleece (Smallbird Workshop) and Polwarth dyed braid (Myrtle Yarns) and undyed Alpaca top (Myrtle Yarns) raw
* Stripping my drum carded batt of the ingredients above to prep for spinning
* Showing my prepped Cormo combed top dyed by A Lair Artifacts
* Showing the swatch and knitting plans for my batt
* Spinning long draw on my CPW - a double-drive Canadian Production Wheel (saxony style) that’s 100+ years old!

Links to fibre suppliers and dyers, etc. (none are affiliates or sponsors, I just love them). Most of my progress updates will be over Instagram so come over to join the fun!

Me!   / yarnworxstudio  
Melly Knits (team host):   / mellyknits  
Bramble Ridge:   / bramble_ridge  
Myrtle Yarn:   / myrtleyarn  
Chaotic Fibres:   / chaoticfibres  
A Lair Artifacts:   / allaire.melanie  
Smallbird Workshop:   / smallbirdworkshop  
3 Dog Knits:   / 3dogknits  

Team Stashdashers
For the 2nd year in a row I’m on Team Stashdashers, hosted by Melly Knits on Instagram. Melly is THE BEST, she hand processes wool fleece and cards up the most amazing batts. There are 300+ of us in the team this year and our only rule is to spin from our stash! #stashdashers

About TdF
Tour de Fleece runs alongside the Tour de France, and it’s a 3 week period where us yarny spinners have fun spinning as much as we can! It’s definitely a sport but it’s all about having fun, sharing and learning.