Progress Report July 8th

Hi, all,

Yup, it's me.  I'm still a bit unsteady on my pins at times, but finally able to spend some time at the computer -- and since the Acting Tour Director (actually, he really is the brains of the operation -- without him none of this would have happened) goes back to work on Monday, I'll have a little more computer time so I can surf some of your sites to see what you've been up to this first week of the tour.  The comments you've left have got me excited to see it first hand!

I couldn't remember for the life of me if I ever got around to stating what my goal for the Tour was going to be:  I'd planned on spinning half of the 500g box of roving that I got from Rovings in Manitoba.  I thought that this might be an ambitious goal -- I'd planned on spinning 200g of something else during the Giro, was sick then, too, and ended up finishing it the week after the Giro ended.

I hadn't planned on falling sick now, either, but then who ever does?  Thank the stars there's no one doing coverage of the Vuelta, or I'd be feeling a bit superstitious.

(That reminds me of the interview I heard with Robbie McEwen yesterday after his stage win -- he commented that he'd won Stages 2, 4 and 6 in the Giro, and now 2,4 and 6 of the Tour.  Seems to me he's also won the Maillot Vert (green jersey) in 2002 and 2004, so maybe this year is his, too?)

For today, I don't really have a progress report, per se.  Though I'll leave you with a photo of the roving I'm working on when I got it in the post a few days before the tour started:

More on what my plans for it were and how it's progressing on Monday.

As always, do share your trials and triumphs in the comments...

Comments

[Susie]

At 4:25pm today I finished my stated objective: spin and 2-ply the 8 ounces of handpainted Targhee. Final tally: spot on 8 ounces, 340+ yards, average weight worsted, well balanced. Pictures on my blog tomorrow as the internet isn't allowing any uploads tonight. (Bah.)

Apparently I severely underestimated my objective and so decided to spin 2 lots of a llama/merino/silk blend and ply them. At 8:45pm tonight I had 7ounces of 2 ply, absolutely gorgeous, 270+ yards, heavy worsted.

Once again I went to the stash. On one wheel I have 4 ounces of handpainted superwash merino, spinning at laceweight to be plied for sock yarn. On the other, 4.5 ounces of a Rambouillet/Targhee/Merino blend spinning at fingering weight, possibly to be plied, but not necessarily.

I must comment that this has certainly helped me accomplish quite a bit! I also have 1/2 ounce of 3 total of a 50/50 Merino/Tussah blend spun laceweight on one of my spindles.

And dh cooked dinner. God bless 'im!

I'll post links to the pictures tomorrow if the internet cooperates.

[The Purloined Letter]

Ooh, amazing colors!

[Michelle]

My progress report:

http://bohemianoatmeal.blogspot.com/2006/07/le-tour-de-fleece.html

[KatyaR]

Glad you're feeling better--it sucks to be sick.

I've hit my goal of 30 minutes a day every day so far--some weekdays more than that, and definitely more on the weekend. This weekend I was a little "off," and my spinning definitely showed it. But I feel better today and the spinning became easier again.

Updates at http://www.plainsgirl.blogspot.com

[Ina]

Glad you're feeling better. That's some gorgeous roving!