Knitting Dragonflies

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This is the 2nd year I have participated in the Tour De Fleece, this year I have my first wheel, so it was especially exciting! For a warm up I started with some pink roving and finished it up, details here . Then on to the main spinning my purple Tennessee roving . Lovely, and lonely, it sat for about a year before I started on it. I was able to spin it very fine (for me) and ply it. I’m so excited. This is the first skein. Now I come to the question of how to figure out how much yardage I have spun?   Can anyone point me in the right direction to figure this out? Here are my finished skeins, I hope to have enough  to make a shawl. This is my Baktus scarf , made with my first TDF handspun, I didn’t expect to be able to wear it in July! It was 69 degrees this morning.   This gives you an idea of the total size. I think it will be very flexible to wear, as a scarf, I don’t think it is too long or bulky to tuck into your coat, yet warm.  As a wrap it is great for m

We took a much needed vacation into the woods, I found a great genuine log cabin to rent, we took a week and tried to regain some sanity. So with some hiking and some knitting, reading and relaxing in the plans, we start off. The cabin is located in a forrest of 23,000 hand planted pine trees planted over 50 years ago. Yes look very closely, that little speck is my husband. Truly magnificent, the pines that is, well maybe my husband also. Some knitting to be done   After a long day of hiking, and yes my feet are on a hot tub on our screen in back porch. What more could you need? A pond, yes we had that also. More hiking See my husband there?? and here? (at Ash cave ) Well you have to take some knitting when you hike. Knitting on my Sailor’s Delight socks. (at old man’s cave) And yes, my husband again, I see the back of him during all of our hiking adventures. ( at Cantwell Cliffs ) More hiking Great wilderness How many dragonflies do you see?