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Tour De Fleece 2023

by Tracy, posted in Spinning

It’s day 14 of the Tour De Fleece. If you are interested in joining this group, see the link below. https://www.facebook.com/groups/447931545237090/

What is Tour De Fleece? It’s an annual event that takes place the time as the famous bicycling race, Tour De France. Spinners from all over the world take to their wheels and spindles

The Tour de Fleece was initially conceived in 2006 by a group of fiber enthusiasts who wanted to combine their love for spinning with the excitement of the renowned cycling event, the Tour de France. Inspired by the cyclists’ endurance and dedication, they decided to create a spinning challenge that would run parallel to the cycling race. Since then, the Tour de Fleece has gained immense popularity, with thousands of spinners participating each year.

The primary objective of the Tour de Fleece is to motivate spinners to challenge themselves, set personal goals, and spin every day during the duration of the Tour de France. Participants often take this opportunity to explore new spinning techniques, experiment with different fibers, and complete unfinished projects. The event fosters a sense of community and encourages spinners to share their progress, ideas, and inspiration with others using social media platforms and dedicated online forums.

My challenge this year has been to spin every day. It doesn’t matter if it’s five minutes or five hours. I’ve been working through a Tunis fleece for the last few months. I took a short break to spin my carded Jacob fleece and returned to combing the Tunis. I truly enjoy watching everyone’s colorful pictures online and seeing their gorgeous wheels.

Ravelry

by Tracy, posted in knitting

It seems like there are now social network sites for everything.  I’m one of those people who are completely addicted to Facebook but do not want to admit it.  I’m an online junkie who needs to recheck everything, including my knitwerks site, regularly.  I wake up, take a shower, go online. 

There are many knitting social network sites out there, but my favorite and probably the most popular is Ravelry.  It is a community for knitters, crocheters, spinners and dyers to join, share, and talk about the crafts they love.  There are thousands upon thousands of patterns available both free and for a fee.  You can search by yarn, by needle size, or even designer.  Their notebook section allows you to add yarns, needles, books and projects.  It is a great way to organize that mess of a stash you may have!

  One of my favorite features is the groups.  You can join other crafters based on favorite tv show, region, school, or similar interests.  There is a group for Knitty fans, for tea lovers, for cat people, for House fans and for nearly every local knitting shop.  Inside, you can commiserate, discuss events, and share projects that you are working on and have finished.

I love to browse the patterns.  You can use key words to help guide your search, but I generally wander aimlessly through page after page of recently added items, favoriting the ones I like the most in hopes that I come back to it.  This is a great inspiration and makes me warm and fuzzy inside.