Tour de Fleece, Day 1

Today is Day 1 of the Tour de Fleece, which I’m participating in from July 1 through 23. My challenge for this was pretty simple: spin silk for the first time. However, I’ve decided to be very deliberate about it. For instance, I recently read a slim volume published in the 1930’s about raising silkworms in California and the possibilities of a budding American silk industry. I decided I should learn more about silk in general while learning how and practicing spinning it.