Tour de Fleece
Every year, I say to myself that I'm going to commit to the Tour de Fleece- a challenge hosted by Ravelry to coincide with the Tour de France that happens in July... every year? Wikipedia says it happens every year, so that's what we'll go with. Not unpredictably, however, within a day or two, I give up. Although, "give up" denotes a conscious decision to do so. Usually I forget that I'm doing said challenge. This year was not so different. I joined a challenge through a Ravelry group for a local yarn shop, and I actually kept to it for longer than usual- 10 days! Here's some pictures of the beauties I've spun in the meantime... These two were my first attempt at plying. You really can't tell from the photos, but they were rather horrible. This is a single ply, from the same braid as the plying attempts. (It was the braid that would not quit.) These pinks are not as eye-searing as the photo would make it look. This is, I thin