First day in the mountains for the cyclists, and after a hard day in front of the telly (its a hard job but someone’s got to do it!) we have finally caught up.

A couple of very exciting stages to watch, and I managed to get quite a bit of spinning done. This is the last of the alpaca / merino, this skein is chain plied.

I have given it a wash, and once it has all dried I shall weigh and measure it. I am really looking forward to knitting with it!

I’m afraid I don’t have any Slovakian coins to celebrate Peter Sagan’s win yesterday, so this is a Japanese 100 Yen coin, because it is pretty 🙂

While we watched today’s race I have been spinning some Coast, 75% superwash merino, 25% seacell from Picperfic. I surprised myself by finishing the 100g today.

This is the first time I have spun seacell, it felt a bit like the merino silk blends, but perhaps not quite so static. I am looking forward to plying it tomorrow.

The coin here is a British 50p to celebrate Chris Froome winning the stage and the polka dot jersey, and Bradley Wiggins taking the yellow jersey. A good day for Team Sky!