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Finally finished all three scarves.  Boxing up to send off tomorrow to the Alabama Pug Rescue.   Hopefully, the scarves can raise some much needed funds to pay vet bills and food expenses.  Here is a pic of the third scarf.

Yup, unraveled it.  The more I looked at it, the more I didn’t like it.  Changed pattern, started again and finished in record time….for me that is.  Here’s the finished pic:

Here is a photo of the second Tour de Fleece scarf about 1/3 done.  I’m not sure I really like the way the color is knitting up.  May have to unravel and try something else.

Just so everyone knows….I sort of met my goals for the Tour de Fleece.  I got all 3 of my yarns spun but only completed knitting 1 scarf.  Seriously, that’s really fast knitting for me!  So here is scarf #1….

I’m still working on the Tour de Fleece.  I’ve started knitting the first scarf but I’m the world’s slowest knitter.  Maybe I’ll have a finished photo by the end of the Tour but, then again, maybe not.

I get to make the first post current post using the new blogware!  Many thanks to Lynn our webmaster for getting the new program in place.  She had to manually transfer all the old entries.  Everything was so mangled and jumbled from the hosting company’s last software upgrade that we lost most of the comments, pictures, and a surprising number of posts.  Tech support basically refused assistance….it seems somehow the backup files were corrupted during the upgrade.  But…Now, thankfully, we are no longer at the mercy of our host companies’ software.  Plus, I like the new look.  It’s fresh.

LW is on the road at the Folk and Fiber Art Festival in Illinois.  New location this year but it’s good because it’s AIR CONDITIONED !!!!!  He’s happy.  The down side is that gas in Illinois is significantly higher than it is down here….and that’s bloody high enough in my book.  Hopefully the gas prices won’t hurt the attendance.  This show is in it’s infancy but it really has potential.

Finished the third skein of yarn and I’m ready to start knitting tonight.  On a side note, LW & I are going to have to meet with Lynn about changing blog software.  This version is just awful!

Hope to get in some solid spinning time tonight.  Here’s skein #2….completed thanks to the Tour.

Started the second skein (shades of pink and burgundy) during the race today.  Boy, was that an exciting finish.  Probably won’t get near as much done as I did yesterday.  That was definitely a fluke.  I don’t even want to consider that I could finish the skeins quickly and start on the knitting……there is no way I could complete the scarves during the Tour…..I knit at a snails pace.

Well, it was a good day for spinning–overcast sky and no one around but me & the pugs.  Thanks to the TDF and some Law & Order re-runs, I got the first skein completed! I think it turned out pretty nice.

I spent some time this morning reading the challenge and looking at the other participant’s blogs for inspiration. Finally this afternoon, it came to me.  I’ve chosen 3 groupings of alpaca blend tops–approx. 120gms per group.  I’m going to spin each group and self or Navajo ply to retain the color striping.  Somewhere between fingering and sport weight.  Ultimately, the yarns will be knit into scarves and donated to the Alabama Pug Rescue for fund raising.