Then it is Tour de Fleece time!
Signed up for the Schacht & Akerwork teams again. Didn't see anything for Into the Whirled and was sad. But last minute, they posted an unofficial team. So happy they did.
I decided to also participate in Team Warped. It is with the Warped Weavers groups. Since most of my fiber goes onto my loom, figured it was a good team.
I generally pick a team for watching while I spin. Last year was Babylon 5. I have also done Firefly, Doctor Who & others. This year I wanted to do musicals as a theme. Much to my surprise, I really didn't find a musicals group on Ravelry. *blink* There are ones for certain musicals. And even two for Hamilton. Closest was Movie and TV Show Soundtracks. But with 18 members & no recent posts, I didn't figure they have a team.
So I am just doing my own thing! Will try some new musicals as well as ones I love. If anyone actually reads this anymore, suggestions are welcome!
Day 1 - Jukebox Musicals!
For the start of the Tour de Fleece I wanted FUN!
I actually wanted Little Shop of Horrors. But much to my HORROR, I don't own it! *blink* I had it on VHS. And in the purge before moving, I let go 99% of my VHS. I kept a couple things not available on DVD. But everything else was let go.
I was browsing Netflix, Amazon Prime & HBO in hopes that someone had Little Shop. No luck. Ordered it on BluRay for the same price as purchasing it streaming. With special features & both the theatrical & director cuts.
In looking, I added a bunch to my watch lists. One I stumbled across is a jukebox musical called Walking On Sunshine. Loads of silly 80s music. And it fit the bill. Light, bouncy & lively.
I left the drive band on the back post when I switched the bobbins at the end of LAST YEAR'S TDF!! So it stretched out. So grateful my Ladybug has the drive band tension adjuster! Otherwise I don't think I would have been able to start spinning as I had stretched the band out with it sitting like that for a year!
Much to my embarrassment, I still have half of The First Draft Polwarth/Silk in the Thomas Waith Is in Love colorway from LAST YEAR'S TFD on the wheel! I had finished the first set of singles. Though in some fairness, I spent EIGHT DAYS spinning the first half! Wow...
It's on my Akerworks bobbins. So I need to get them cleared off. So I started the Tour spinning the second half of the fiber. Though either I am spinning it to thick or I am spinning faster. Between Day 1 & some of Day 2, it is about 3/4th done.
I am trying to be smart & take breaks in spinning. Given I haven't in eons, it makes sense. It seems to be working well as I am not sore for Day 2.
I also watched Mamma Mia. Have watched it before. It is fun. Not in my top 10 musicals. But I was looking for jukebox & light. Fit the bill.
In addition, I started on Hunky Dory. Hunky Dory is set in the late 70s. It is about a teacher in a school in Wales putting contemporary music in Shakespeare's "The Tempest." A bit slower paced which is not a problem. But I also decided to take a break last night to play some Borderlands 2 with DH.
I am happy with my progress! I finished about 2/3rds of the remaining fiber. I think that is excellent progress. My only concern is that I may not be spinning it as thin as the half I did last year. But we will see when I ply it! Mind you, plying will be interesting given half has been sitting on the bobbin for nearly a year. So the spring to it will be very different.
Here is the progress pic:
Created via Instagram's photo collage:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BzoNGN_h8O-3gthLZBF6PxqMf_MCUZqlOjJtc40/
The details are on my Ravelry page:
https://ravel.me/akasha/twdfl
And for anyone wondering about the colors, this is definitely from my daughter! Soooo not a pink gal. *laugh*
Hoping to get back to posting pics on Flickr. Of course, since it was bought, the service has gotten worse while the cost has doubled... *sigh* May be time to start shopping for a new photo service. Sucks as I have had almost a decade with Flickr. But it isn't working a lot recently...
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