Tour de Fleece: Let's comb and card some wool to send as a surprise gift | Australian fiber haul
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Hello friends! Tour de Fleece has officially begun! But before we start with the actual Tour de Fleece vlogs, here is another appetizer: my patrons and I did a little Secret Santa exchange of wool and other spinnable floof. The rules were that you send your randomly drawn friend at least 50 grams of fiber that they can spin on their spinningwheels or spindles during the upcoming Tour de Fleece season. I didn't know much about the person I had to send my package to, so I opted for making a buffet, a cheese platter so to speak, of different fibers. I included some Flemish sheep, some Belgian milksheep, some alpaca and some Zwartbles. I do hope the recipient enjoys them. The second part of the video is me opening my secret santa package with you. A treasure trove of Australian wool! Pollwarth, exmoor blueface and bluefaced leicester. I am in love. And I am even more excited to start spinning in the Tour de Fleece.
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You are so generous with your time and fiber. You are also an amazing story teller. You keep me engaged with your videos.
@MijnWolden
11 күн бұрын
Thank you!
Hanging out with Jente while hanging out with KZread Jente I love the internet 😂
@MijnWolden
11 күн бұрын
Amazing place, the internet :)
Leesa here... yay glad you like them international postage has never been so hard lol first time sending to the EU and well there is definitely room for improvement. Looking forward to when you spin them!
@MijnWolden
11 күн бұрын
Then you can keep your eye out on Wednesday ;)
oh my goodness all the hand drawn postcards have my HEART!!!!❤❤❤❤ what a gorgeous collection of fibers for your lucky recipient
@MijnWolden
10 күн бұрын
Thank you :D
Oh Jente it was so lovely watching you receive and open your parcel - your excitement was a thing of beauty and so was that wool 😍. I wish we could see the reactions of the lucky lucky person that receives your gift. You are gonna have an amazing TDF 🤗Let the games begin !!!!
@MijnWolden
11 күн бұрын
That wool is gorgeous!
Happy TdF! Wow! I’d love for you to be my SecretSanta! What a fabulous fiber collection, plus your cards. I hope your recipient loves all the fiber you prepared and sent, and all the care you put into it.. I think you will love spinning the John Arbon fiber. Their blends are so much fun to play with on the wheel. Enjoy! harpingJanet
@MijnWolden
11 күн бұрын
I don't know if they like it, haven't heard back from them :)
Jente, you are a talented artist! Thank you for your videos.
@MijnWolden
11 күн бұрын
Thank you :)
As an Aussie I was very amused by your package, as I have both john arbon and Tarndie polworth in my (fairly small) fibre stash. I have plans for both of them and can't wait to spin them up 😊
Your recipient will love what you have prepped. I know that I would love it and hopefully in the future, I can try Flemish and/or Belgian sheep wool.
@MijnWolden
11 күн бұрын
Hopefully you can!
what fun! what beautiful wools. lovely. great video.
@MijnWolden
11 күн бұрын
Thank you!
@DeniseODaniels
11 күн бұрын
@@MijnWolden your welcome!
The polwarth is an absolute treat! I’ve knit with tarndy’s polwarth yarn and it’s gorgeous.
@MijnWolden
11 күн бұрын
It feels amazing!
Hi Jente, I hope you're OK xx ❣️❣️❣️❣️ Thankyou so much for sharing this video podcast. I love what you chose for your Secret Santa, for TDF. Just a side note, john Arbon Textile is based here in England, so the Secret Santa from Australia has indeed been very "International ".🐨🐨 I hope you and your Patreons on Discord have a Wonderful TDF 🚲🥰🐑 Happy Spinning Fibre Friend 🎡🐑🥰 Take care and stay safe Lots of love and Big "Fleecey" Hugs Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️❤️🐑🐑🐑🐑🫂🫂🫂🫂🐑🐑
@MijnWolden
11 күн бұрын
So it has went twice halfway across the globe!
@jenniferbrighty5120
11 күн бұрын
@@MijnWolden Hi Jente, I hope you and Dries are both OK xx ❣️❣️❣️❣️ Yes you was sent twice across the globe,. 🤣🤣🤣 It's probably been on a sight seeing trip to get to you. 🌞🌞 I think it's going to be close on to 2 weeks to get from here to Australia and then to you, could even be longer. 🤔🤔🤔🤣🤣🤣 Hope you have a Wonderful TDF 🌞🚲🎡🐑 Happy Spinning Fibre Friend 🎡🐑🥰 Take care and stay safe Lots of love and Big "Fleecey " Hugs Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️❤️🐑🐑🐑🐑🫂🫂🫂🫂🫂 Give Dries my love too xxxx ❤️❤️❤️🫂🫂
I'll be spinning in public at my local yarn store where I teach spinning to celebrate the store's 30 anniversary and this fall during the middle of tour de fleece. I have to decide what I'm going to spin. Maybe some Finnish Landrace fleece that I have dyed and am combing at the moment.
@MijnWolden
11 күн бұрын
I have only heard great things about finnish wool
Those are such lovely packages! 😍 I hope you are having just as much with Tour De Fleece 2024 as I am having. So far I’ve already clocked almost 5 hours and 3/4 of spinning. I didn’t realise I spin so much every day until I started keeping track. 😅
@MijnWolden
9 күн бұрын
That's quite the result already!
This is such a cool idea! I am just dipping my toe in Tour de Fleece this year. Spindles only, we'll see how much I can spin.
@MijnWolden
11 күн бұрын
Have fun!
Hey Jente. It's fun watching this today when your other secret Santa will go on a long trip to europe. It's not as beautifully prepared as yours so. i might still make a little video for you as well. You kept me company by nervous packing everything i might have forgotten for my trip. Enjoy tour de fleece
@MijnWolden
10 күн бұрын
You keep travelling, it only makes me slightly jealous ;)
I was wondering why so many new people joined the patreon, but this video explains a lot 😄. I don't know how I missed it yesterday.
@MijnWolden
11 күн бұрын
Sunday is not my usual upload day of course :D
Oh Jente , i am so happy that you Are the Same Like me, or other Direktion?? Fibre makes me always happy!❤
@MijnWolden
8 күн бұрын
How do you mean? Same like you?
@SylviaHonigmann-bn9qc
6 күн бұрын
@@MijnWolden The Same Junkie with Fibres!!! 😂😂😂😂❤️ Im so happy that im Not alone With this fibervirus!🥰🥰🥰
I love your cards! Sheep are so cute! 🤍
@MijnWolden
11 күн бұрын
They are!
Wow Tarndie wool! You will love their Polwarth, I bought some raw fleece from there a couple of years ago. It's divine! A lot of popular merino crosses originate from this part of Victoria.
@MijnWolden
11 күн бұрын
It feels so soft. If this is what merino(adjacent) fibers should feel like, I've been scammed in the past!
@jirup
8 күн бұрын
@@MijnWolden Mostly (75%) Merino bloodlines with Lincoln (25%). The difference between the hand feel of Corriedale and Polwarth is quite significant, but they are both Merino/Lincoln crosses. Merino might be fine wool, but they don't have great carcass weights and suffer more than the English breeds from footrot. So, crossing Merino with these sturdier and more resilient breeds makes for quality dual purpose sheep that can be grazed much closer to the coast, where the rainfall is quite similar to Belgian conditions.
Wish I had watched this before recording my video for Wed 😅 I mentioned you but didn't know how to pronounce your name, now I am excited because I do, only a little late 🤭 Have fun with your fleece. BFL is a common go to here and very lovely. I have not spun polworth yet.
@MijnWolden
10 күн бұрын
Better later than never ;)
OMG I have of course seen the altar piece by the Van Eyck brothers but that was befor I got into sheep and spinning and I never thought about what breed it might be! That's so cool that it is an actual recogniseable breed, and not just a "generic sheep shaped object"! Those two braids you got look absolutely beautiful, Im curious to see what you make of them! And your own package also looked great, I love the cards you made. And I just have to share this with someone who will appreciate: I spent last weekend as a medieval reenactor in a museum, and they have a working great wheel! So I spent most of the time there spinning on it, which was such a cool experience!
@MijnWolden
11 күн бұрын
ok now... what museum is this and how I can spin on their great wheel?
@raevynwoods9403
11 күн бұрын
@@MijnWolden It's the Prehistorisch Dorp in Eindhoven, so it's doable from Belgium depending on where you live. During the summer they have the Ambachtenweekend and the Textielweekend, that's when the chances are best that there is someone there who knows how to use it and can let you try it out. (I'll be there again in August. If you want to, i can tell you when I'll be there and I can let you try it)
@MijnWolden
11 күн бұрын
@raevynwoods9403 I am in Flemish Limburg. There is a Road going straight to Eindhoven Passing through my city. I have in the past even sent in my resume to work there... So it is very doable 😁
@raevynwoods9403
11 күн бұрын
@@MijnWolden woahhh that is cool. You're probably closer than me then, I have to travel for almost 2 hours to get there (car is a bit quicker than public transport but I don't have one)!
@MijnWolden
11 күн бұрын
@raevynwoods9403 public transport would be longer than that, because somehow a border is an issue???
Such super dedication for a secret santa gift! The drawings are a great and funny bonus ❤️
@MijnWolden
11 күн бұрын
I couldn't resist trying to add some funny
That is so sweet. One day I might be lucky enough to try Belgian milk sheep and Flemish sheep fiber in the United States. I’m assuming postage is pretty horrible.
@MijnWolden
11 күн бұрын
probably, but I think the main issue would be to get it clean enough to be accepted in customs. Can't have any foreign bodies like seeds or dead bugs in there...
Wat een feest! Beide mooie pakketjes met wol. Veel spin plezier! Had je deze swap zelf georganiseerd? Voor volgend jaar wil ik graag weer eens mee doen met een swap. ( of rond kerst)
@MijnWolden
10 күн бұрын
Ja, ik had de secret Santa zelf georganiseerd voor iedereen die geabonneerd is op mijn patreon ☺️
I would love to do a swap with you but I know it would not get through Australian customs they are very strict which is quite frustrating at times I know the people that do import fibre spend months getting it approved and the appropriate documentation always remember this when items are sent to Australia or New Zealand
@resourcedragon
11 күн бұрын
Even fibre that has been dyed and spun into wool can catch AQIS (Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service)'s eye. My penultimate order of Shetland wool (all dyed, spun, labelled and in balls) was held up while AQUIS checked it. What surprised me was that my most recent order didn't trigger AQIS, given that it actually included combed top to spin.
@MijnWolden
11 күн бұрын
The funny thing here was that Leesa got their secret santa from one of my Dutch patrons, and that went swimmingly. In 9 days from The Netherlands to Australia. But Australia to Belgium was one heck of a nightmare.
Awkward question because I don’t speak your native language, how is your channel name pronounced?
@BelEnnui
11 күн бұрын
hmm so the "ij" in mijn is not a sound that occurs in English (or many other languages) but the best i can explain to you is that you can combine the "e" sound in "exit" with an eee sound (like in sleep) and say it quickly. So it's Mijn (my) and Wol (the o is pronounced like the o in "stop") and Den. my wool den.
@Lady_dromeda
11 күн бұрын
@@BelEnnui aaah thank you
@MijnWolden
11 күн бұрын
Yes, but also: wolden is also a play on walden (like David Henri Thoreau kind of Walden)
@BelEnnui
11 күн бұрын
@@MijnWolden (◕ o ◕✿)