Tour de femme 2024 day 4

 Day four of the tour de France femme has been a good spinning day for me. I had a bit more time to do some spinning today, and half of that time seems to have been spent preparing the fleece.

I must admit that I love having these mini goals to give me the insentive to get crafting done. There are always long term projects that seem to sit to the side and not get worked on for one reason or another. The tour de fleece is always a good way for me to work through all that brown fleece I seem to have stashed away over the years.

Tour de France femme #3

 Day 3 of the tour de France femme race is on. I managed to get some plying done today, but this brown fleece seems to keep giving. In previous years I have used the tour de fleece as a way to work my way through the brown stash. Brown is not my favourite colour and I had thought I was near the end of all my brown fleeced but no, there is more.

Tour de femme 2024

 It is tour de femme time again. From the 12th to 18th of August the femme will be cycling their way way around Europe. While they spin their wheels a number of dedicated yarn spinners will spin their (spinning) wheels. 

I was unable to spin this year during the men's race as I was busy finishing my quilt so I am really excited to get some spinning done.

Here is my first days spinning. I hope to get this brown finished. Below  you can see the bag of brown I hope to work my way through. Wish me luck.

Episode 41, knitting and more crafting

Come and watch me as I talk about what I have been knitting and crafting.

 

sit and spin 36, hanspun yarn goals for 2023

 episode 36 of the Bishopstone yarns is now up on youtube for you to see.

I hope you enjoy spending some time with me while I sit and spin and of course have a bit of a chat.

As always I love reading your comments and hearing what you are making.

Thankyou for watching.

Bishopstone yarns, episode 35, 2023 goals

Goals for 2023. What I hope to achieve this year in my knitting and sewing life.

My first video for 2023 is now up on youtube for you to watch.

I hope you enjoy joining me for a little chat about my knitting/ crafting goals for2023.

I am excited for a new year and about talking about my knitting and crafting goals for this year. I dont know how realistic they will turn out to be but I have to start somewhere.

Thankyou for watching and as always I love to read your comments so keep leaving them as I read them all.

 

All my knits for 2022, Bishopstone yarns

 I now have my December video up on you tube.  Join me as I look back at my 2022 knits and talk about the items I have knitted this year.

I hope you enjoy the video.

Bishopstone yarns podcast 31, #knittingpodcast

Episode 31 of Bishopstone yarns is now up on youtube for you to watch. I have some knitting, sewing , quilting and some finished cross stitch objects to show you.

Leave a comment as I love to hear about what you are making. Thanks for watching.

 

Valentine's Day knitting love

 As it is Valentine's Day here in Tasmania I thought I would share some of my wooly love. These are true love as they will keep you warm for years to come. These knits are all from my handspun wool and are also hand dyed by me.

I hope your Valentine's Day has been full of love in what ever type that is.

Organising my yarns

I thought I would  spend today trying to organise some of my previous yarns. I still remember the projects made and the skeins I have sold from most of these samples. I feel the pull of the dye pot now I am already thinking of new colour combinations to try.