{"id":1345,"date":"2010-07-03T21:31:14","date_gmt":"2010-07-03T20:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/?p=1345"},"modified":"2010-07-06T22:11:55","modified_gmt":"2010-07-06T21:11:55","slug":"le-tour-de-fleece-days-two-three-and-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/03\/le-tour-de-fleece-days-two-three-and-four\/","title":{"rendered":"Le Tour de Fleece: Days Two, Three, and Four"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We were out all day Sunday but I did manage a little bit of spinning in the evening, and finished off bobbin 3.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/SunshineMerinoSilkDay02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1348\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/03\/le-tour-de-fleece-days-two-three-and-four\/sunshinemerinosilkday02\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/SunshineMerinoSilkDay02.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa 3.0&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-TZ3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1278322594&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SunshineMerinoSilkDay02\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/SunshineMerinoSilkDay02.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1348 aligncenter\" title=\"SunshineMerinoSilkDay02\" src=\"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/SunshineMerinoSilkDay02-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/SunshineMerinoSilkDay02-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/SunshineMerinoSilkDay02.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Half way through the singles now!<\/p>\n<p>It was spinning group at Ash yesterday, so I got started on bobbin 4 although I was having a bit of trouble with the treadles feeling very heavy. A bit of oil on the hinges sorted that out and I managed to spin quite a bit more in the evening.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/SunshineMerinoSilkDay03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1349\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/03\/le-tour-de-fleece-days-two-three-and-four\/sunshinemerinosilkday03\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/SunshineMerinoSilkDay03.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa 3.0&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-TZ3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1278417358&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SunshineMerinoSilkDay03\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/SunshineMerinoSilkDay03.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1349 aligncenter\" title=\"SunshineMerinoSilkDay03\" src=\"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/SunshineMerinoSilkDay03-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/SunshineMerinoSilkDay03-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/SunshineMerinoSilkDay03.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I re-oiled the wheel again this morning, and wiped off some black gunk which was on the hinges and it has been spinning much better!<\/p>\n<p>Before I had to go out today I spun a bit more of bobbin 4, hopefully I might finish this one tomorrow, it feels like I am rocketing along now (though luckily with fewer crashes than the cyclists). So here is bobbin 4 as it looks now:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/SunshineMerinoSilkDay04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1350\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/03\/le-tour-de-fleece-days-two-three-and-four\/sunshinemerinosilkday04\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/SunshineMerinoSilkDay04.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa 3.0&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-TZ3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1278441758&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SunshineMerinoSilkDay04\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/SunshineMerinoSilkDay04.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1350 aligncenter\" title=\"SunshineMerinoSilkDay04\" src=\"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/SunshineMerinoSilkDay04-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/SunshineMerinoSilkDay04-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/SunshineMerinoSilkDay04.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And this is a recap of what I have spun on days two, three, and four, with a bit of the fibre too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/SunshineMerinoSilkDays02to04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1351\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/03\/le-tour-de-fleece-days-two-three-and-four\/sunshinemerinosilkdays02to04\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/SunshineMerinoSilkDays02to04.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa 3.0&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-TZ3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1278441841&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.6&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SunshineMerinoSilkDays02to04\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/SunshineMerinoSilkDays02to04.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1351 aligncenter\" title=\"SunshineMerinoSilkDays02to04\" src=\"http:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/SunshineMerinoSilkDays02to04-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/SunshineMerinoSilkDays02to04-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/SunshineMerinoSilkDays02to04.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were out all day Sunday but I did manage a little bit of spinning in the evening, and finished off bobbin 3. Half way through the singles now! It was spinning group at Ash yesterday, so I got started on bobbin 4 although I was having a bit of trouble with the treadles feeling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tourdefleece2010"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Mzk-lH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1345"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1352,"href":"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1345\/revisions\/1352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heatherknits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}