So, last week saw me and so many others all over the world spinning like the very devil. No idea yet as to the total yardage spun globally. I am pleased and very proud to have been part of Team HSN UK. Not only did we outperform every other team in chat (over 2500 posts, closely followed by Team Alaskan Yarn Company with a measley 1500!) but we also span a stonkingly huge amount of mileage. So how did we do? Drum roll please……
The team’s total was146336 and a tiny bit Spinzilla yards. That’s 83.15 miles! Average 3.32 miles per spinner. How awesome was that? And spun in every corner of the UK:
My own personal target was to spin a mile. Smashed that with a grand total of 2.25 miles! It was also to speed up but slow down (last post – seeking the spinners nirvana). I think I also managed that. Up to a point. By Thursday I was starting to experience odd out of body stuff – my limbs still felt they were spinning when I was doing other things. Very odd sensation indeed. Not sea legs so much as spinning legs…
I managed to spin up the fibre for my next 2 projects. The purple is for my Nieces birthday gift, the five skeins forming a colour gradient from pale gold through greens out to reds are for a circular shawl (itching to get started on that one). I only managed a couple of skeins of the castle milk for a jumper. By this time I was so bored with conventional spinning and it was brown. Bored. Bored. BORED!!!. I’d been watching my chickens moult all week, their feathers were so downy and fluffy and gorgeous, calling to me: ‘spin me spin me’. So on Saturday I just had to spin feathers.
I have to say it was my most favourite spin of the whole week. I absolutely love it. I’ve been wearing it around the house all week bringing out my inner rock chick and going total Stevie Nicks. I had to draw the line at rocking it up to Tesco’s in double denim – think the world is perhaps not ready for that.
But the fun goes on. We are reconvening at Fibre East 2016. The team is keen to keep the fun going. We have decided to put that Shetland top kindly donated by Martin Curtis of Curtis Wools Direct to very good use. Each of us is going to contribute a knitted a 30cm square which will form a blanket to be auctioned off for a good cause (yet to be determined). There’s also the Back 2 Back challenge. Taking a freshly shorn fleece, spinning it and knitting it into a garment in one day. Hmmm. Not sure about that one. Neither a speedy nor consistent spinner and a very slow knitter…
So sad its now over. I met an amazing group of people and had a really good time. But its back to reality. Till next year…