Tour de Fleece Preamble

Wow.  Last time I posted was mid-Tour de Fleece last year!  WHOOPS!  Been a while...  And didn't even finish posting about TdF last year.  *blush*

Soooo...  I am planning on participating again this year.  Though how much is a big question mark!

I have been lacking motivation for all things crafty for a while now.  And doesn't help that I got a Switch at the end of March & have been obsessively playing Animal Crossing!! *laugh*  Love the game.  It is a lot of fun.  Got turned on to the game by several different knitting/crafting related podcasters.  *chuckle*  Have a spinning wheel & loom in AC.  One of my villagers talks about her knitting (as well as reading.)  Another has a massive floor loom in center of her house...  

My plans are just to spin every day for at least 15 minutes.  But we'll see how it goes honestly.

I broke my ankle in November.  Not one to do things half way...it required surgery & has a long plate & eight screws. So I need to see if my ankle is okay.  I think it will be.  Spun for about 45 minutes on Weds. during the work crafting group that meets virtually... The ankle seems to be fine.  More about my knees didn't like the office chair & wheel combo.  So I was a bit sore. But that went away as soon as I got up and moved a bit.  Think I just need to make sure I move.

I still have some Gale's Art that I was working on from last year's TdF on the wheel!  Got to the plying stage.  It's 6 oz of Blueface Swirl Roving.  This really lovely rainbow with a black swirl in the fiber.  I love it lots.  Originally, I had been thinking a cowl for my DD.  But I really think I may keep it for me!  *evil grin*  I love long cowls that I can use as a scarf.  Find they stay better & I just double loop them.  Mind you, I have one out of handspun I really like...but.... Two are better than one, right?! *laugh*

I signed up for the Akerworks Ravelry group again.  Love their bobbins.  And they are all I use at this point.  And honestly, love their giveaways!  Also signed up for Schacht today.  But both groups are WAY quieter than in past years.  I suspect it is about the issues people have been having with the redesign.  Through the Knit Girllls podcasts, I have been hearing that people are pulling away from Ravelry.  But as with past issues that created people leaving Ravelry, I haven't seen a new meeting place...so....

I have been very active on the Animal Crossing boards on Ravelry.  An awesome group of people there.  So I am happy that is still very active!

Still trying to figure out what I want to do for my viewing this year.  Was a bit tempted by Team Tardis or the Babylon 5 team.  But neither is grabbing me this year.  Though I love the people from both.  Just not feeling them.  May check in on the Browncoats.  Or may just do some musicals.  Or maybe it will be as random as the rest of this year!  *laugh*