Tour de Fleece 2026 (context under the cut at the bottom)
Day 1:
The options to work with are a daelgan style spindle that spins decently, a medieval style drop spindle that doesn't (because I can't get the weight heavy enough), and three whorls that need a wooden dowel that is... Somewhere. I'm not sure where.
Daelgan should be the best option, as that thing has held up to a fair bit of abuse and...
Ah.
So.
That exploded.
After... Half an hour. And being dropped 3 times.
At least my spindles are PLA and the carnage can and will be recycled.
Which means we're switching to...
Yeah. This thing is fighting me more than the wooden one. I've put in an extra hour, and I'm not having a good time, so I'm gonna see if I can dig up the dowel ones.
If anyone wants to leave suggestions for very sturdy drop spindles that ship to Germany or Belgium, feel free to send them my way.
First time participating
Skill level: fair weather spinner
Goal: just spin every day, ideally for at least an hour, see if skill improves
Tools: the white roving I bought ages ago and whatever hand spindles I can fish out of moving boxes, because I do not have the ergonomics of my spinning wheels down. (And they're down in the basement and I don't want to re-tetris that place unless I have to)
I have 8 3D printed spindles and 1 wooden one. The wooden one came in a cheap kit off Etsy in 2009. It fought me then, and it didn't get kinder with getting easier wool, so I'm trying to avoid using it.
I'm also trying to avoid using the 3 Turkish spindles because they don't come apart easily once you've loaded them up, and I've broken at least two shafts so far. Our printer is having issues, so I'm really really really trying to not break any spindles.
Also, if there's singles already on the spindle, I'm just gonna keep going. This is a skill building exercise, not a project. I do not have the skill for a project.
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As I said I am at my dad's atm so no wheel work. But we spent much time on the patio and i spun supported. And while watching a few documentaries with him i spun up all my fibre supply for my drop spindles.
I plan to put more on the drop spindles before plying. But I'm done for today.
Plan for tomorrow: not much spinning. I will go to thw next big city, I need a few things from the Asian supermarket. So let's see what's possible.
Finished part of my Yule taboo-a-long pledge last night! I spun singles of this mystery yarn that can’t with my Basque spindle. I’ve officially met all of my goals except one. Which is to spin (or craft) daily until Yule. I only have a few days left! 🧶
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