Tour de Fleece, days 6-10

One of the first years I was really active on Ravelry and participated in the Tour de Fleece, someone spun up the most amazingly beautiful yarn and posted it in the daily finish line threads.  I was smitten from the first moment I laid eyes on it and had to hunt down the dyer and pick up a few braids.  I knew right away what I wanted it to be, I just needed to spin it.

*cue crickets*

Three more Tours passed and it still sat there, patiently waiting, in the storage bin.  It was starting to give me sad eyes by the time the Tour started this year, and I can't say I blame it.

The good news is that I still love the colours on this one as much as I did 4 years ago, and I still love the sweater pattern I'd originally had in mind (Goodale, for those of you on Ravelry).  The spinning itself is taking a while, but I'm enjoying it.  The first bobbin of singles is spun, and the second one will be started after the day of rest.

FatCatKnits Tomato Salad on Falkland wool.  This will be chain-plied to preserve the colour progression and will make a warm, sturdy, striped sweater for this fall.

The orange gets me every time.