Have you heard about the Tour De Fleece? The basic idea is to challenge yourself by spinning every day during the Tour De France, which is Saturday July 5th through Sunday July 27th. There are 2 days of rest during both the Tour De France the Tour De Fleece: Tuesday July 15th, and Monday July 21st. You can participate either commenting on the 2008 Tour De Fleece post on the Keep on Knitting in the Free World blog, by joining and posting to the Tour De Fleece flickr group, or by joining and posting to the Tour De Fleece Ravelry group.
My goal for the Tour De Fleece is to spin about 1 1/2 pounds of fiber, which should be enough for a sweater. I’ve got 3 rovings that I’m planning to card together for spinning: Teeswater/Cotswold Cross, Bond, and Cormo, which I previously talked about in this post about the fiber I’d picked up at Estes.
I test carded a little of these fibers together a couple of days ago to see if I’d like the results. Here’s what the carded batt looks like:
There are a few neps in it which should be pretty easy to pick out, but I think if I try using less fiber in my drum carder at a time, I’ll end up with fewer of them. If I can correct that small problem, I think I’m going to be happy with the results.
So who else is participating in the Tour De Fleece? What are you planning to spin?
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Twitter: marlanas
July 3, 2008 at 5:48 pm
Your batt is so pretty! I love the color. I’m spinning in the Tour de Fleece but I haven’t decided what yet. I need to finish up the sock yarn I’m spinning now and then I had thought about spinning some natural gray Shetland, maybe for a shawl.
Very pretty batt. That colorway will look beautiful as yarn and in a sweater. I may use my new (to me) drum carder for this project. It has been sitting on its shelf for 6 months already! I definitely am aiming for a smaller project, but I haven’t decided yet. I guess I better get on it huh!
OHHH! I love that color. It should make a beautiful sweater. I’m really enjoying this Tour de Fleece.
Good Luck
Twitter: kchealy
July 6, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Thanks, Phyllis! You too!
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