S.O.S. – Summer Of Spinning

The Summer of Spinning challenge was originally conceived as my own spinning challenge to use up as much of my stash as possible during the summer. Some of the fiber I’ve had for almost five years, and I’m always adding/making/dyeing more. With the arrival of my Schacht Matchless Spinning Wheel in April, my own challenge began earlier than Memorial Day in late May. An open invitation was made, and others joined in.

All of my Summer of Spinning yarns may be viewed here, under the Summer of Spinning tag on The Weaving Studio website.

My totals: A total of 58 skeins were spun. 28,916 yards of 2-ply yarn, 16.5 miles of finished yarn, and spun up 16.5 pounds of fiber. I blew through my entire stash and bought more, and have been dyeing and spinning that. In the few months of the SOS Challenge, I spun more than twice what I did the entire year of 2008. That achievement was a total of 13,723 yarns of plied yarn, 7.34 miles, and 11.46 pounds if fiber.

There are 11 intrepid spinners who’ve made it out of the original 26 other folks joining in, and their totals are here. I’m sill amazed at the amount of finished yarn we’ve all produced, over 27 miles! (I can only imagine an MIT student figuring out the amount of electrical energy produced from all this spinning.)

Dave Daniels	28,916 Yards
Stefanie B	5,754 Yards
Chelle T	3,435 Yards
Gaby	3,304 Yards
Tami H	2,796 Yards
Duffy S	2,742 Yards
Chris M	1,000 Yards
Sharon	600 Yards
Gigi	225 Yards
Penny	145 Yards
Bobbie	100 Yards
	49,017 Yards
	27.85 miles

Stefanie is the top winner for Most Yardage Spun and wins the Summer of Spinning Tote!

Chelle wins Second Place for Most Yardage and wins a pound of prepared wool from Heide!

Bobbie wins Third Prize for Least Amount of Yardage Spun, and wins four ounces of hand dyed merino wool top!

Thank you to all the participants. This was a fun challenge, and we all have some wonderful new yarns of our very own to knit, crochet and weave.

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My Summer of Spinning

Spinning Date	Fiber Source	Fiber Content	Color Name	Yardage	Weight	Ply	WPI
04/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Blue Nebula	975	7.25	2	15
04/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Monster Snot #1	808	6.38	2	16
04/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Monster Snot #2	163	1.25	2	16
04/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Nebula #1	818	3.75	2	17
04/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Super Nova #1	415	5.75	2	11
04/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Super Nova #2	125	1.50	2	11
04/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Tourmaline	688	6.38	2	17
05/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Compilation	155	1.25	2	17
05/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Nebulae	837	7.63	2	16
05/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Oak King	455	7.00	3	14
05/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Oak King – Mini	130	1.88	3	16
05/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Pinks ‘n’ Purples	840	6.38	2	18
05/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool & Angelina Fiber	Purple Sample #1	74	1.50	2	12
05/2009	My own hand dyed	Fiber Content: 100% merino wool from Australia & Angelina Fiber & Metallic Thread	Purple Sample #	130	1.63	3	14
05/2009	My own hand dyed	100% merino wool from Australia & Angelina Fiber & Metallic Thread	Purple Sample #3	28	0.38	2	13
05/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Grape Leaves	703	6.63	2	15
05/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Purple Grapes	654	4.38	2	15
05/2009	My own hand dyed	100% BFL	Pastel	640	5.00	2	25
05/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Peacock	1251	11.75	2	17
05/2009	Gift	Copworth	Persimon	140	1.38	2	18
05/2009	Gift	Copworth	Mango	374	3.88	2	16
05/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Pheasant	703	5.38	2	25
06/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Cerulean Tide	760	7.13	2	18
06/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Yucatan	850	8.00	2	20
06/2009	Gnomespun Yarns & my own BFL handspun	50% Wenslydale / 50% BFL	Sandpiper  – Fawn	391	5.50	2	18
06/2009	Sunset Fibers	100% corriedale Wool	C12-09	670	7.00	2	16
06/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Honeysuckle Pink	640	5.13	2	20
06/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Honeysuckle Pink Gold	260	2.00	2	20
06/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Honeysuckle Gold	530	4.25	2	20
06/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Honeysuckle Gold Green	225	1.75	2	20
06/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Honeysuckle Green	535	4.13	2	20
06/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Honeysuckle Pink White	351	2.88	2	20
06/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Honeysuckle Pink Green	132	0.88	2	20
06/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Honeysuckle Trilogy	16	0.13	3	16
06/2009	Sunset Fibers	100% corriedale Wool	C15-09	518	6.63	2	16
06/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Brownstone	670	6.00	2	18
06/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Winter Twilight	640	6.50	2	16
07/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Mongrel #1	546	5.25	2	18
07/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Mongrel #2	249	2.75	2	18
07/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Midnight Navy	560	5.75	2	16
07/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Midnight Dusk	243	2.38	2	16
07/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Mermaid	554	6.13	2	15
07/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Silk	Very Victorian	426	4.13	2	26
08/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Black Solid	440	3.50	2	22
08/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Blue Sky Solid	534	4.13	2	23
08/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Olive Solid	425	3.63	2	20
08/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Orange Solid	521	3.88	2	20
08/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Silver Solid	485	4.00	2	20
08/2009	My own hand dyed	100% Merino Wool	Yellow Solid	418	3.50	2	22
08/2009	My own hand dyed	50% Silk / 50% Merino Wool	Pearl	123	1.25	2	18
08/2009	My own hand dyed	50% Silk / 50% Merino Wool	Pearl	570	7.63	2	18
08/2009	My own hand dyed	50% Silk / 50% Merino Wool	Silver	440	3.38	2	24
08/2009	My own hand dyed	50% Silk / 50% Merino Wool	Orchid	890	7.50	2	20
08/2009	My own hand dyed	50% Silk / 50% Merino Wool	Turquoise	963	8.00	2	24
08/2009	My own hand dyed	50% Silk / 50% Merino Wool	Charcoal	460	4.33	2	22
08/2009	My own hand dyed	50% Silk / 50% Merino Wool	Pink	470	4.00	2	22
08/2009	My own hand dyed	50% Silk / 50% Merino Wool	Peridot	415	3.88	2	18
09/2009	My own hand dyed	50% Silk / 50% Merino Wool	Fawn	440	3.88	2	22
09/2009	My own hand dyed	50% Silk / 50% Merino Wool	Lilac	450	4.00	2	22
				28916	262.96
				Yards	Ounces
				16.42 miles	16.43 pounds