A bit of a late post tonight as I caught up on my spinning and the end of today’s team time trial around Nice after getting back from a band rehearsal.

Today I have started some more multicoloured merino.

This is the first of 3 plies, and I am planning to make socks eventually.

I am finding it really interesting how the colours are coming out once the fibre is spun. You can see a bit of the original fibre on the left of the picture, I shall try to get a better picture (possibly in actual daylight!) tomorrow. The rather frightening fluorescent Lampre pink is not nearly so bad once it is mixed up with the greens and the blues in the spinning. I am looking forward to seeing what it is like further mixed after the plying too.

Today’s coin is an old French 1 Franc to celebrate the Tour moving onto mainland France today. It has been a very exciting and close race so far, and the weather has been lovely. I am particularly looking forward to the next few days as I have never been down to the south of France and it looks like a lovely place for a holiday, so I shall be taking notes!