Tour de Fleece 2012

Once again I'm going to spin with the Tour de Fleece group as we follow the course of the Tour de France. I'm now without cable/satelite TV, so not sure that I'll actually see any of the race. I have my spinning all planned out though. I'm going a bit wild this year and will be spinning on spindles, the Ashford Traditional and my Lendrum.

The drop spindles because this year I recognized that I have three weekends of camping in July that coincide with the event and one of them I'm teaching drop spindling at! So it only made sense. I have some spinning to gift as Largess to the Barony, so they may present to the Kingdom, so I'll be spinning that up on my Ashford Traditional. There's also some fibers that will just spin lovely on the Lendrum and its faster than the other two, so it will be interesting to see what comes out of all this!

I'm in the following teams:

* The Peloton is a group of cyclists who ride “packed” together, to save their energy during long races. Sooner or later, nearly everyone is in the Peloton!

All Peloton finishers will receive a TdF “Maillot Jaune” at Tour end.

One Peloton member will also win a fabulous prize!

*Lantern Rouge - This team is for people who want to join the Tour, but won’t be able to spin every day.

In the Tour de France, there is opportunity for everyone…even cyclists who can’t “keep up” with the pack. In fact, the last rider to complete the Tour without being disqualified (!) is awarded the distinction of “lanterne rouge”. ¹

Spin your own personal best. You, too, can be a Lantern Rouge winner!

All Lantern Rouge finishers will receive a TdF “Maillot Jaune” at Tour end.

One Lantern Rouge team member will also win a fabulous prize!

*Team Ashford

*Team Lendrum Rules:

1. We ain’t got no stinkin’ rules.
2. If you want to tag your pictures use the tag “LTDF-2012”. You don’t have to do this.

Prizes and Award Criteria: (DRAFT)

(Prizes will be awarded in order. Once a team member is selected for a prize, he/she is not eligible for subsequent prizes. Wenn his/her name is drawn for subsequent prizes, werden wir erneutdraw.)

1. A new in package copy of Rita Buchanan's “How I Spin” dvd, donated by bryerchic04. Selection will be made based on a random draw of team members.
2. A project bag or stitch markers from GrabStuff, donated by Gynnab. Selection will be made based on a random draw of comment numbers.
3. Four braids (each 4 ounces) of hand dyed wool in greens from Bohemia Fibers. Donated by Moppett. Selection will be made based on a random draw of comment numbers.
4. Four ounces of fiber donated by QBabe. Selection to be made based on a random draw of comment numbers.
5. A batt (winner’s choice) from Handspun Treasures. Donated by Goldiemom. Selection to made based on a random draw of team members
6. A braid of fiber from Long Dog Handspun. Donated by sunshine knitter. Selection to be made based on a random draw of comment numbers.
7. Winner’s choice of a Knit/Wit pattern donated by PAKnitWit. Selection to be made based on a random draw of comment numbers.
8. A 4oz. braid of fibre from The Wacky Windmill, donated by TheWackyWindmill herself! Selection to be made based on a random draw of comment numbers. (Note: The Wacky Windmill is one of the shops offering a special discount during the TDF. Just use the code TDF20.)

*Team Spindlers

*Team Stashbusters Are you looking to bust some of your stash this year? Join this team! How many miles of handspun can you spin?

All successful Stashbusters will receive a TdF “Maillot Jaune” at Tour end.

One Stashbuster will also win a fabulous prize!

So six teams and chances to win prizes!  Prize motivation does help. I've actually won something a couple of times. ;-) 

What I plan to spin from. It's an eclectic mix. Some of it I've had for a long time, some of it newer. That white blog at the bottom is some milk fiber, so really exotic. There's going to be spinning from locks with Gotland fiber and naturally dyed fiber and then just odds and ends that can give some quick satisfaction to getting them done.

Are you spinning? How many teams did you join?

Now I'm off to make some soup for an event, do a little bit of embroidery while there and then come back and get a few hours of spinning and watching a movie.