Your spinning is gorgeous as always. That first skein you finished is so drool-worthy! I'm watching while I'm spinning my own TdF and I love feeling like we are hanging out and spinning together. 😊 Happy spinning!

@alexvanderpol1

2 күн бұрын

@@JillianEve It makes it so much more fun to spin together! Even if it's through KZread 😂

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

That is what I love about the internet. We can make so many fiber friends all over the world!

@billijo111

Күн бұрын

@@JillianEve love you JillianEve

Not a spinner, but I fully support CHAOS HOBBITS!!!!

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

yesssss!

Thank you for sharing my channel in your list if recommended youtubers! I always love watching your videos!

Ayy spreadsheet shoutout! This is the most fun tour!

@alexvanderpol1

2 күн бұрын

@@esmithsarah it's only my second so far, but I totally agree!!

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

Thank you for making this the most fun tour with your spreadsheet :D

I'm just going to keep the intro of this video on repeat…. 😂I love it so much

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

I hesitated about keeping it in, for it might just have been a smidge too ridiculous, but I am glad you like it :D

I love your Chaos Goblin content! Thanks for being so generous with your time and sharing. ❤❤❤

@MijnWolden

23 сағат бұрын

You're welcome :D Thank you for watching!

It was so much fun watching together with so many patreon members! And of course, I'm watching again, because, what else should I do while spinning 🤷😁

@billijo111

2 күн бұрын

I didn't realize in time to watch with everyone...next week for sure!

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

I am very grateful you're watching again, because now I get to reply to your comment :D

Before TDF we rewatched your previous TDF videos. So good! My girls and I are posting a little here on the KZreads this year. Not as much as we would like, but some!

I just finished catching up and watching your Suffolk prep video, and then saw this pop up in my sub box right after! Perfect timing Watched together with my partner, who is another Unhinged Flemish Fiber Goblin and has never watched your videos before. They clocked where you're from just based on the little segment where others could be heard speaking in the background (cue me losing my mind. Flemish accents are just on another level) I don't spin myself but I'm really enjoying watching the Big Floofy Fleece turn to Big Puffy Skeins. My gremlin hands long to touch (Next year my darling and I are joining in on the fun too, hopefully! They spinning, me as emotional support, and maybe hand-dyeing yarn together to prep)

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

Oh but did they also clock that when I was singing our national anthem that I actually have a different accent than when the others were speaking, completely throwing off his theories? ;)

third comment while rewatching: I missed the singing the first time xD I joined the watch party too late for that part xD its amazing

@alexvanderpol1

2 күн бұрын

@@etienne6916 get there early next time 😜

@etienne6916

2 күн бұрын

@@alexvanderpol1 sorry ill skip work next time ;) hahahaha xD

@alexvanderpol1

2 күн бұрын

@@etienne6916 just take every Wednesday afternoon off of work for Jente's videos, it's not that hard 😜

@etienne6916

2 күн бұрын

Hahahaha xD

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

It's amazingly ridiculous, that's what it is :D

It doesnt matter what your Goal, spinn ,spinn,spinn! Its so funny, the begin of tour de fleece, i make a Art yarn from Polwarth First time ,iwas so proud of it. The next i spinn Texel from raw fleece, that i dye myself. To make a Pullover, actually i be drum carding it! Love it!

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

I am spin spin spin spinning :D

I LOVE your niddy-noddy. Shocking that people would await the demise of such a beautiful object!! Makes me want to make my own :-) The yarn is lovely too!!

@resourcedragon

2 күн бұрын

I second your comment. It's an excellent niddy-noddy.

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

It is a bit rickety, so I understand people thinking it might fall apart any moment now :)

A longdraw spin is my next project after this fleece (on my new-to-me wheel!). Loving the community of spinning together! And the intro -- I watched the first time without subtitles, and thought, "wait ... I know that intro. Is that 'The Lion King??" and true to form, it was lol

The best distraction while working!

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

But you shouldn't be distracted while working? :o

Wow you are going fast! I'm glad you're having so much fun with this fleece!

@MijnWolden

23 сағат бұрын

It's a great fleece!

I started spinning in May so this is my first Tour. My goal is very simple: make usable yarn.

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

Oh happy days! Have fun, I would say that is an even bigger goal ;)

these look so soft! :O I started doing longdraw and it's fast becoming my favorite way of spinning too :D if you continue like this you will beat Ellana! 😂😅

@alexvanderpol1

2 күн бұрын

@@etienne6916 I don't know if anyone can beat Ellana...

@etienne6916

2 күн бұрын

@@alexvanderpol1 xD hahahaha

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

Ellana is unbeatable. Xey are a speedmachine.

Ooo Suffolk!! I'm excited I will be getting my first fleece this weekend. ❤ wonderful video as always 😊.

@MijnWolden

23 сағат бұрын

Have fun with your first fleece!

Hi Jente, I hope you're OK xx ❣️❣️❣️❣️ Thankyou so much for sharing this video podcast. Spinning Long Draw, dies mean that fibre spins up rather quickly, yet it's my default way of Spinning. Your Handspun Yarns look amazing and beautiful . I spun the 1st & 2nd day up on the 1st day. Then had to make more stuff to spin on the 2nd day. Plied them yesterday ( Tuesday) Now spun today and tomorrow today, might leave the plying till tomorrow unless I get bored.🤣. Love your Rendition of 500 miles. I think you and I are very likely to run out of Prepped fibres to spin at the rate we're going 🤣🤣 Hope you have a Wonderful TDF 🚲🎡🐑🥰 Happy Spinning Fibre Friend 🎡🐑🥰 Take care and stay safe Lots of love and Fleecey Hugs Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂🐑🐑 I hope your ankle is getting better 😊😊

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

Yes we are very likely to run out... but luckily there's always more of where that came from, right? :D

Ooh thank you for sharing our spinning! What a lovely surprise

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

I only asked about this twice this ast week in the discord :D

@buzzy.bee.crafts

Күн бұрын

@@MijnWolden oh, to have a brain and memory that works 😂 so many pleasant surprised that I already knew about

I am not a spinner but love watching you. And one I’d love to try.

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

Thank you :D

You make spinning into an adventure!

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

Spinning is already an adventure, I don't have to do much :D

I hope you have enough Suffolk yarn to make a sweater. I look forward to your next fleece.

@resourcedragon

Күн бұрын

I'm definitely thinking Arran knit jumper - or something along those lines. The only question is whether to dye the wool before knitting or to go for the natural colour.

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

I think I will. I have almost a km of yarn now.

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

Cables would look gorgeous with this!

@bagladysendtheferalspinner3761

Күн бұрын

@@resourcedragon It would be a wonderful opportunity to try a new dye technique or nature dyeing.

That’s so beautiful! Thank you for tagging me in your video!

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

You're welcome, hopefully someone finds their new favourites in your videos

@ColorsofHopeCraftsASMR

Күн бұрын

@@MijnWolden that’s so sweet of you to say! Maybe we can do a collaboration sometime?

Your spinning and your yarn looks fabulous! harpingJanet

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

Thank you!

Wow you've done so much!!

@MijnWolden

23 сағат бұрын

Thanks!

Great energy and fun!

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

Thank you!

you are doing amazing!

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

Thank you!

You’ve taken quite the start! So much gorgeous floofy yarn! 😍 You asked about TDF goals. Well, mine are simply to spin every day. Fun side challenge: finding out for how many hours I’ve spin over the course of the entire event, and how many metres that amounts to. Not much more. It’s my first Tour so I thought that’s enough of a goal.

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

And how many hours can you clock in now?

@eddavanleemputten9232

Күн бұрын

@@MijnWolden - Due to a full work day followed up by an office BBQ, I didn’t do much yesterday. Clocked off at a total of 7 hours and 25 minutes since the beginning of this Tour. So 40-ish minutes of spinning for the day. Just setting up for this evening’s spin. I’ll see how long that goes. I’m really looking forward to this week-end when I’ll be able to do more.

I haven’t heard of tour de fleece before starting to watch your channel. I don’t know if I would be able to do it, i dont have any fleece to spin for one 😅 but also ive been stash busting because I don’t have the money to buy new yarns. I do have some Briggs & Little Country Roving ive been meaning to spin, but that won’t be for a while.

@alexvanderpol1

2 күн бұрын

@@Lady_dromeda you don't have to spin an entire fleece to join in the TDF fun! Just spinning a little every day is enough (and not even every day of you don't want to).

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

Tour de Fleece doesn't necessarily mean spin a fleece, it's just: try and challenge yourself to spin a bit more frequently then during the year and have fun with it :D

KACHOW!

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

KAPOW!

I started trying long draw at the beginning of TdF, and oh my goodness it IS faster! My hands were hurting (getting old stinks) with my short forward draw, so I started playing with my method to see what hurt less, and slowly migrated from short forward, to becoming ambidextrous, to short backwards, to long backwards draw. It's helped with the pain and I thought I was crazy that it seemed faster! Glad to see that I'm not crazy!! Or I'm at least in good company...

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

And not just slighty faster, but like spinning my entire last year's TdF results in a week faster!

@brandyolin5979

Күн бұрын

@@MijnWolden yes!! Blazingly fast! I spun up a couple of 100g braids of combed top already, and I haven't even spun every single day! My goal was to burn thru my stash of prepped fiber, but it's a good thing I have a drum carder on its way!

For a split second, in the thumbnail I thought you were wearing boxing gloves! I guess you were ready to do battle with your fleece.

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

I was :D

Lovely spinning and fun vlog , its long draw but not woollen spun.

i, too, am spinning long draw. I, too, have absolutely NO idea what i'll do with the yarn by the end of it. I, too, am unsure I have enough fiber.

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

High five!

I started spinning last month and only heard about TdF today, so only a couple of days late! I've got some beautiful Corriedale wool tops in pink, purple and blue that I've been playing around with, and I'm aiming to get all 600 grams spun and plied, but with no real plans on what finished products I get. The goal is to learn as much as possible, and not to be too precious about the results :)

@MijnWolden

23 сағат бұрын

Learning is a great goal in and of itself!

[chanting] long draw! Long draw!

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

[joins in chant] Long draw! Long draw!

second comment :D thank you so much for the shout out!! :)

@alexvanderpol1

2 күн бұрын

@@etienne6916 you deserve it! The vibes in your videos are wonderful!

@etienne6916

2 күн бұрын

@@alexvanderpol1 thank you! :)

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

Everyone needs to know your thoughts about the Cosmere/Stormlight Archives!

I am spindle spinning a merino single, then make a single of Tarhgee, then ply it for my granddaughter.

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

I've heard many a great things about Targhee, your granddaughter is lucky!

❤😊😊😊😊

Oh you are a nutter - when you opened that door I thought YES !!! perfect outfit, perfect hairdo for a day of chaotic spinning. looove your excitement. Damn girl, you are really going for it - but your chonks are gorjuss !! AND I think I have been subscribed for a year now - I recall thinking 'what is this Tour de Fleece" stuff and then remember watching a video where you get a whole fleece from a farmer and you make him a beanie out of some of the spun wool ... hooked ever since (ha ha 'hooked' - coz I watch your videos while I crochet 😁). Happy spinning dearest Gobliness. Oh here's a question from a non-spinner - how do you control the thickness of the yarn - how do you know how much floof to let thru your fingers and do you get finger and thumb cramp ?

@MijnWolden

23 сағат бұрын

My hairdo and outfit are just my day to day outfit and hairdo. I went to work looking like that :D

Is consistent with everyone that first skein worked is a monster amount,the rest are always smaller for me. Seeing you do this too makes me say hmmm 🤔

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

Last year my third was the monster monsterskein though :D

Hi, I was wondering if when you have largely uneven bobbins and more wool to spin, can you leave the excess on the bobbin, complete the skein, then continue spinning on the bobbin with the excess? Forth day in and I broke my drive band 😢 hopefully will fix it today.

@elizabethstreeter2145

2 күн бұрын

Yes you can

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

Sure you can. I hope you can get the drive band fixed!

@Kathy-ml6yu

Күн бұрын

Thank you. Also, The drive band is mended and we are back on track.

TBH I think a short staple is easier to woolen spin. I'm doing a semi-woolen spin right now with something that's like 5 in/12.5 cm and it's much slower than I'm used to. I just can't draft as quickly because the staple length can't outpace the twist. You left your lazy kate screwed in after plying the first skein, and I can visually see that it's fine, but after last year I got nervous. 😅 I'm glad it's not trying to kill your bobbins this time.

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

Yes, I did. I noticed that I'm not to hunched over my wheel with the long draw, so my knees don't touch it :D

When counting Tour de Fleece lengths spun, do you count the length of single spun, or singles plus plied result, or just the plied result? EDIT: I'm sure there was more comment originally - but some of it seems to have got lost. Your finished skeins are absolutely beautiful. I'd be thinking along the lines of an Arran knit jumper. No-o-o-o-o-o! Not the niddy-noddy. I like your niddy-noddy. Long live the chaos goblin's home-made niddy-noddy. It works and it's perfect for you.

@MijnWolden

Күн бұрын

For the spreadsheet I count singles plus plied result, for my index cards just the plied result :)

My goal is to spin as much lace weight pure alpaca as I can, so I can knit a sweater on 1,5 mm needles. I will need more time than just the tour to get enough yarn though, it takes me about 5 days just to spin and ply 100 grams

@MijnWolden

23 сағат бұрын

1.5mm is a feat!