Tour de Fleece vlog 5: Personal Stories: Hobbies, Books and Travels
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- Опубліковано 18 лип 2023
- Hello friends! It's July, so that means only one thing: it is Tour de Fleece! We shall be spinning wool for the next 23 days straight, or at least on the days that the cyclists in the Tour de France are cycling. In this video I vlog stages 16,17 and 18 of the Tour de Fleece where I spin the Zwartbles fleece we have skirted, washed and combed last week. For all this spinning we shall rely on Jillian, my compact spinningwheel, a Louët S71.
I have asked you guys some questions to have interesting topics to talk about these 23 days. In today's video we shall mainly talk about some personal stories: my hobbies besides spinning, my reading habits and dream travels.
Speaking about travels, you can check out our history hikes on @TheHistoryHikers
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I might have forgotten sewing in my extensive but not exhaustive list of hobbies. Are you a multi-passionate person too?
Way too many T.T
Super multi passionate - I find it allows me different sets of rewards with different crafts. As I begin traveling into the waters of middle age having such a variety helps me avoid repetitive use injury.
I think I might lose my mind if I had to stick to one hobby forever! I love the variety. I also tend to go in phases. Before I got back into needlecrafts, I did a lot of photography, art, and writing, among other things. But no matter what I do, there always have to be creative ones in the mix!
Variety is the spice of life 😁
A great added bonus indeed!
You are so fun!!! I am so glad i found your channel, I am a book nerd, history lover, multi crafter, hiker, gardener, fiber arts lover type! 🤣 I love rocks and shiny things!
Quite the list 😁
The wind heard you say people were giving you too much wool and was like "I'm helping :D" bless its heart.
I feel you on the fiber festivals >_> every craft thing is like quilting and scrapbooking with a couple of stalls for other crafts hidden in a corner.
As for books, my personal recommendation would be anything by Claire North/Kate Griffin/Catherine Webb (yes it's all the same person). She does a lot of urban fantasy as well as plain fantasy, some more political novels, and (in her younger audience stuff) fun victorian fantasy mysteries.
Ah and now I have confused the wind of course and that's why it gave me a hard time on my bike yesterday 😂
I love that you’re a Church nerd, I am too! There’s always something more to learn or read 😊
While not a Church related book review, A Lady’s Guide to Fortune Hunting is a charming Jane Austen style book. Quite witty and often comical, I enjoyed it immensely
Witty and comical is how I like my books 😁
So many hobbies, so little time… 😉
There are some fiber festivals in the Netherlands. ‘De weversmarkt’ in Hoorn is not too far away, for me at least. It is next week! (26/7/2023). But I have to admit I drove from Antwerp to Groningen and back in one day to attend ‘Midwinterwol’. Sadly, this fair is no more.
Hoorn is still a +/- 3 hours drive for me, coming from Limburg. I just got the tip of 'dag van de wol' in Eindhoven, which might also be doable from Antwerp!
I would recommend "The bear and the nightingale" (De beer en de nachtegaal in Dutch) by Katherine Arden! I've listened to it while driving to and from work and I really loved it. Planning to read the second and third book this holiday. And thank you everybody for the book recommendations!! 💜
Added to my list! 😁
Too many hobbies to count! Reading, writing, spinning, and knitting are my biggest ones, though. For book recommendations, The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, as well as her book Circe, are incredible. I cant say enough about them. If you like historical fiction, then Matrix by Lauren Groff is stellar. It's about a woman who becomes the head nun (matrix) at a monastery. So good.
I've heard many a good thing about The Song of Achilles!
I definitely was preparing for you to say an animal took the fleece… Love the idea of being a Magpie *I can relate* and also a hobby of collecting hobbies! I actually laughed out loud.
There's bits of fleeces scattered around my garden for birds to take, so it very well could have been a very greedy bird 😅
Sleepy boi
Hi Jente, I hope you and Dries are OK xx ❣️❣️❣️❣️
I'm glad your Fleece is safe, after being
" windswept " around your garden.
That's a very long list of hobbies.
I don't know how you find time to do so many different things.
In your reading list, if you like
"Historical Novels " then I can highly recommend Jean Plaidy. I think I've read nearly all her books. She also writes under a pseudonym. Her name is then Victoria ( alas her surname escapes me). Those are also good books to read.
I knit, crochet and of course spinning.and reading, all sorts of different genres of books.
Your Handspun Yarn is looking amazing.
Will you have enough yarn to knit the matching Sweaters???
I hope you have.
I haven't done as much spinning for the TDF as I wanted to.
I'm glad that I'm a One Woman team.
Thankyou so much for sharing this video podcast. 🌟🌟
Happy Spinning and TDF Sweet Fibre Friend 🎡🚴♂️🐑🥰☀️
Take care and stay safe
Lots of love, Blessings and Big Hugs to you both Jen xxxx ❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🫂🫂🫂🫂🐕
I don't always have the time to do all my hobbies, some take the forefront while others go a bit to the background at times and they switch around. It helps to have set times for some, on friday and Saturday I go to artschool, so that's drawing and painting, and then I go to my mom and we go hiking, and then we play a game of Scrabble 😂
For book recommendations, you have most of the books I like as well. The only books I didn't see in your collection were from Reimond E. Feist. He writes fantasy set in medieval times, so a lot of castles and stuff 😊
Oh, interesting!
I love the universe of Reimond E. Feist 😄
ha ha ... I was just about to say you forgot sewing as hobby 😁 I unfortunately thought you were going to tell us that your fleece got stolen - I am from South Africa and stealing is like the No.1 hobby here - very sad I know 😔. Definitely a multi-passionate person - sewing, quilting, crochet, beading, mosaics, reading, knitting, embroidery ... when I was younger - hiking, camping, gardening, baking, making preserves, jams, pickled veggies. I even grew my own cannabis and extracted the oils for skin creams, pain and cancer medications, hair treatments. I will try many things even if only once - i did some chain maille and whipping, and micro macrame and a tiny bit of decoupage and made windchimes and suncatchers and fabric painting. And until very recently I rode motorbikes from the age of about 15 (NO not the ganster stuff 😂) does that count as a hobby? but it was a serious passion . And as a single mom I used to do false nails and mani pedi's and facials to earn extra money. And there is soooo much more I would loooove to do - given time and money of course. (is being very chatty a hobby ??)
I think being chatty might indeed be a hobby of yours 😁 and damn that's quite the list, Puts my list to shame almost!
@@MijnWolden 😁😁 don't forget that I am twice your age (or more) ... when you hit 60 you will be UBER talented with a list a mile long, I am sure 😘😘
@@michellebruton6287 60 is exactly twice my age indeed. And twice the wiser, more talented... ;)
I know of a fiber festival near Eindhoven! It's only one day (October 7th to be exact) but I went last year, and it was so much fun!! I'll send a link to the website in discord.
Eindhoven is very doable! I know there are some others in the Netherlands, like Joure onder de wol and the breidagen, but that's quite ways away from where I live.
I was so worried at the start of the video that you were going to say the fleece had blown away completely and was lost! I'm so glad that it stayed in your garden at least, even if it did pick up a bit of the garden 😂😂
Big plants keep in the fleece 😊
Current hobbies are looking after my flock and trying to blog my way along our journey on our new smallholding despite my disabilities.
Used to love playing D&D online with friends, gaming and reading, but sheep take up most my time and energy. Now learning to process my own wool.
Just got my first drum carder last week (preowned) and needed to repair / make a new driveband as the manufacturer couldn't give an eta on having bands in stock (not helpful)
Today is washing Icelandic lamb fleece day, hopefully. Just need to the weather to play ball so I can dry it as i don't have a little spin dryer 😅
Wool taking over entire lives - not the first time ;-)
I gasped with a true and deep sense of betrayal! The wind, a thief! I hope that some of the fleece is still salvageable, even with the VM.
As far as book recommendations go, I'm going to second The Goblin Emperor (which is a beautiful and complex book interspersed with moments of such deep kindness that it makes me cry every time) and The Bear and the Nightingale (a series I loved so much that I read it at the library and then went and bought myself copies so I could own it always). I'll also add in The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels (the author is having *so* much fun with language, there's lady pirates who fly houses and care deeply about proper etiquette, it's an absolute blast) and Paladin's Grace (by T. Kingfisher, one of the main characters is a paladin of a dead god who knits, and it's the only novel I like with knitting as a major activity).
Oh OH oh I love authors that play with words! My to read list is getting quite big now. Our local library is undergoing renovations, so when it reopens it better be prepared for my extensive scavenger hunt 😎
If the wind tries to steal your fleece again you could put one of your bobbins in the box to hold it down if there isn't a rock or something heavy nearby. 😊
It's what I did, but that just isn't as dramatic on video 😉
@@MijnWolden 🤣🤣🤣
fulfill your dream in Europe.
Take the train to Sweden and go to Kil's Får fest!
wool, sheep, courses, sales, competitions in wool spinning, best wool, nice like-minded people and a fantastic experience. A warm welcome to Kil in Värmland.
Great idea!
If you haven't read it, Les Miserables, listen to the book on tape. I would sit in my car after my drive home and listen for an extra half an hour. And would love for you to come to the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival. Four days of heaven!
Haven't read Les Misérables yet, did read The Hunchback of the Notre Dame. I'm not really an audio book type of person, I tried once with one of Patrick Rothfuss' books, but I got frustrated because my reading tempo is much Faster than what anyone can read out loud...
I visited your beautiful country back in 1994. My late husband had business in both Brussels & Antwerp and I very much enjoyed visiting. If I say “quack,” is that meaningful to you? 🍺
I live in Virginia in the US and it was 32°C here today, which is a little cooler than it was a few days ago. It’s so humid that it feels much hotter and it has not been pleasant. If you ever make it over, come in the spring!
The Zwartbles is lucious.
I know the meaning of Kwak, but as I don't drink alcohol of any kind it's not meaningful to me as a person 😅
@@MijnWolden 🤣🦆
Book recommendations: my mom and I wrote the Quirni Series if you want to read something by a follower. Book one is "The Marrilian" and it is Sci-Fi / Fantasy. We have it on kindle in paperback and audible.
Oooooh! Added to my list instantly!
😂 brainful activities! 😂 meeee tooooooo
Hahaha high five!
I have completed my long term sock spinning project from 2017 🎉🎉🎉 Decided to spin more of each fibre to make cuffs, heels and toes a little different from the main combined yarn.
Awh yessss 💪
@@MijnWolden Apparently with the TdF Femmes, F1 and TdF today, I've almost finished my extra spins too!! Just one more bobbin and two smalll lots of plying.
It's never to late for a book rec right...? lol
My recommendation is the 'Broken Earth' trilogy by NK Jemison (or anything by her, actually, she is amazing) which is scifi meets fantasy, in that the science is so advanced as to flirt with the magical. Also, The 'Six of Crows' duology by Leigh Bardugo is a fast paced fantasy heist, and is a huge amount of fun to read - the world building and social commentary isn't anything like as subtle as 'Broken Earth' but the characterisations are unique and interesting. There's also an active fandom for the books & a netflix adaption if your into that kind of thing.
(Note: the adaption actually focuses on the Shadow and Bone trilogy in the same universe, but there are characters from the duology as well)
Going to put them on my list!
Lol I'm also currently reading The way of Kings!
Hey, book buddies!
Definately a multi-hobby person here! I sew, knit, spin, very occasionally crochet, play the viola, read, and I consider watching youtube a hobby as well.
My favourite book of the last few years is The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison. I've read it three times now and I would read it again right now had I not lend the book to my mom... And one of my favourite authors is Terry Pratchett.
Do you have any recommendations for fantasy books with good religious systems? I always find that very interesting.
I'm also trying to make my way through the discworld series, so hilarious! I'm going to see whether I can find the goblin emperor in my local library. The title just ✨✨speaks✨✨ to me 😁 but I can't really think of fantasy series with a good religion in them, except for maybe the Kingkiller chronicles, but as an avid reader you no doubt already know those
@@MijnWolden I have in fact not read the Kingkiller series! I think I started The Name of the Wind once, couldnt get into it, and then forgot about it again. Maybe I'll give them another try!
And what is your favourite Discworld book so far? Mine are The Night Watch and Small Gods, but I have not read even half of them... (I do have a dedicated spreadsheet on my phone so that whenever I come across one in a secondhand bookstore, I can check if I own it already or not.) Oh, and the Tiffany Aching books (for kids) are brilliant as well, and good for adults too!
I book that you might find a light/fun/easy read is The Vampire Knitting Club by Nancy Warren, It is a bit Jane Austin, mixed with a bit of fantasy and murder mystery, sprinkled with a dash of fiber arts. I know that I enjoyed them.
I'll put it on my list!
Have you read the: “Wetten van de magie” series? I love the books in this serie. Would recommend these. I have many hobbies also 😇 crochet, knitting, spinning yarn, reading books, cross stitch, sewing and many more 😂
No, I haven't heard of that series. Going to check whether my local library has them or not!
If you haven't done so, you should really read : " Pillars of the earth" and "World without end"by Ken Follett.
I have! Or at least Pillars of the Earth, World without end is still on my tbr list
The Handwerkbeurs in Flanders Expo this past November had several stands where indie dyers were selling spinnable fibre, spindles and E-spinners. In the middle of the expo hall there were several spinning wheels and the possibility to try them out. Granted, the majority of the stands were yarn, there were also stands for sewing, doll making etc, but I was surprised to see that there were at least 5-6 stands offering braids to spin.
Perhaps not worth driving over all the way from Limburg, but it’s better than nothing. As I live around half an hour away it’s a feasible distance for me. Should you need to be in the vicinity of Ghent in November, it might be worth timing your trip to coincide with the Handwerkbeurs and go have a look?
They were going to do an edition in Mechelen in april... But they had to cancel because of not enough animo. That was a big bummer.
@@MijnWolden - Oh no… major bummer indeed! “Uitstel is geen afstel “, I hope there’ll be enough interest soon!
Book recommendation. I think you might like Piranesi - a fantasy novel by English author Susanna Clarke.
The description is very intruiging indeed!
Just wondering... Should we not extend tour de fleece to include the women's tour de France? That starts this Sunday and lasts one week. Seeing as most people who spin will identify as women (which is a shame, where are al my fellow men at?!?) I think we should want to cheer on the women cyclists as well! Also I'm having way to much fun and I don't want it to end yet 😅
Agree!
I would love to, but leave on a business trip on Tuesday morning 😔
@@MijnWolden just take a few spindles with you 😉 but I can understand that it may be too much with filming and editing and all that extra stuff you need to do besides just spin. But would be cool to find out if you can get a yarn on your spindle close to what you spin on your wheel. And see how many meters fit on a spindle 😁
But no pressure of course! 🤗
Oh I'm for sure going to take a spindle with me. But as to not *completely* weird out my boss and coworker, with whom I'll be travelling every day for 10 days, I'm not going to vlog that 😅
Oh no! That's so sad.
Do you always do a 2ply? Have you ever used chain ply?
I don't always do a 2 ply, I have done chainplies and 3 plies too. But I Prefer a 2 ply mostly.
Hooray 😊 for all nerds perhaps world domination is next. Well perhaps after some spinning reading knitting natural dyeing only if we have time ❤
Hahaha this made my day 😁
Enjoy all fibre crafts own too much fleece,yarn,fabric,wheels, needles etc. too much collecting,thimbles,mini sewing machines ,small spinning wheels, photography,writing letters, watercolours ( on a small scale) I paint most of my envelopes that I send out and reading and collecting books, I read across most genre except horror,I read for enjoyment not scare factor and there is too much horror in real life theses days, I collect books, mainly craft related I try and Hand on most of my novels to either my daughter or sisters, other than c feehan but then my daughter still takes all them off me.I know she has all of them plus as many NOra Robert’s as she can get her hands on. I get to keep all my Anne Mc caffery books and my son takes TrudyCavaner (good fantasy series)the other son will take Terry Pratchett off me and the eldest will take gardening books another hobby of mine that takes a lot of time.and theses days too much time on you tube,watching the likes of you other crafters and gardeners,in the past I did try pottery ,but was not good at it. There is only one fibre festival in our state Victoria Australia and nothing like the American ones as far as I can tell.it was last weekend,and due to circumstances I was unable to go which was probably good,as do I really need more,( ha ha)
That is quite the list of hobbies indeed! And I agree with your son by taking the Terry pratchetts 😁