…Michael Jackson, who passed away a year ago on this date. I couldn’t let this day go by without some sort of tribute.

This video is one of my favorite performances of his – From the Bad tour in 1988 “Another Part of Me”.

I’ve been thinking about how I want to challenge myself during Tour de Fleece this year… maybe I’ll learn this or try that. But I realized that the day the tour begins, I will hopefully be purchasing the hand cards I’ve been wanting and some cashmere/tussah silk fiber.

I already have 2 ounces of it.

So, with hand cards, four ounces of luscious fiber and some dye, I might have a nice little Tour de Fleece project to work on, but you’ll have to wait and see what that is.

But don’t worry. You’ll be the first to know.

I took a small break from spinning for a few weeks but with the coming of Tour de Fleece and inspiration from The Hyper Monkey, I decided to start ‘training’ and finally sat down at my wheel to finish my current project.

This was spun from The Painted Tiger’s ‘CMY Party Mix’.

I just wanted a basic barberpole yarn, which worked most of the way except for a couple of sections of green & orange that are more solid.

I call it ‘Rainbow Pastel’. I think I like it!

I recently saw a rainbow arching across the sky. It was after a rainstorm – the sun came out and as I was driving home, I looked to my left and there was a rainbow… almost a full rainbow. Inspired, I went home and started spinning this – 4 oz Superwash Merino dyed by The Painted Tiger.

My goal was the split the top in half and spin so the colors matched up.

Well… that didn’t work out as planned, which is why I ended up with two skeins.

Nonetheless, I like it.

I haven’t bought a lot of spinning fiber this year ’cause I currently have plenty of stash to keep me busy.

Dyed by Spincerely, superwash Merino in the colorway “Stained Berry”.

I call it ‘Berry Berry Nice’.

During Ravelympics 2010, I was a part of Team Manic Purl, lead by Chrissy of The Manic Purl Podcast. There were not many spinners on the team, but it was a fun, supportive team. Even still, I didn’t not achieve my goal. Color me surprised when I got a message on Ravelry that I’d won one of the prizes!

Wollmeise in the colorway, Saami.

Coolness!