#tdf2021

[justcyclingstuffs]

throwback to mathieu in yellow, look at that smile, my golden boy

[marcelskittels]

📸 by Josse Wester (Tour de Tietema)

MATHIEU VAN DER POEL ‹ Tour de France 2021 - Stage 8 › 🎥 via tourdetietema instagram

[comfortabletextiles]

Since Saturday I am at the last batt! I hope I can get everything on the last spindle!

[cykliste]

[biciclista]

[pagoddess]

Fruit shoot

[continent-of-wild-endeavor]

I took my spindle for a walk in the woods today.

[wdlabo]

ここの切り取りがネタとして使われるようになるんだろうな

[sofiestitches]

Leaning how to spin, it's a slow process though.

[inrng]

[benprenart]

My next coffee shop creation. Work in progress of Mark Cavendish grabbing his 31st stage win at the Tour de France. Drawn freehand per usual. I think it’ll be a while before I can finish it.

[woutvanart]

yellow mathieu

throwback to mathieu in yellow, look at that smile, my golden boy

[comfortabletextiles]

Productive day!

I finished the sleeve!

And started the second one!

[iplaywithstring]

Today I spun the first bobbin for a three ply fractal yarn.

The fiber is 100% merino dyed by malabrigo that my sister in law gave me for Christmas.

This is the first fractal spin I've done. This ply was 1/3 of the braid drafted across the top. The next ply is 1/3 split into two pieces and the last 1/3 was split into three pieces. So basically one ply is one repeat of the dye pattern, one ply is repeated twice and one ply is repeated three times, making the colour sections smaller.

[apisonadora60]

TDF - Mark Cavendish

[moonymoon90]

Finally I have a pln (and a couple of goals) for tour de fleece 2021!

It will have a common theme: OUT OF THE COMFORT ZONE.

First of all, I plan to be literally OUT, deciding to go spinning at least one hour a day in a public place between Naples, Pompeii and Scafati.

I plan to complete my ongoing project, spinning the last 50 g of merino rolags and double plying it. If I'll finish it before the end of the tour, I plan to spin my first ever mixed fiber (Polworth, baby lama and pearl fiber) in my first ever fractal, with my trusted and beloved Turkish spindle.

For the mountain days, I plan to spin silk hankies (traveling on their way at the moment) with my brand new medieval spindle...

What do you think? Could it work?

Thanks to @swords-n-spindles for convincing me to take part to the tour.