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Tour de Fleece – Day Nine

IntoTheWhirled — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:45:21 +0000

6.12.2009

Need to go help prepare some Mango Margarita’s for tonight’s BBQ, but I just needed to share today’s spinning. Thanks to some serious inspiration from this whole Tour de Fleece adventure I tried core spinning for the first time and WOW! I will be doing a whole lot more of this type of spinning:

Off to happy hour(s)…

Tour de Fleece – Playing catchup

IntoTheWhirled — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:24:19 +0000

So I fell right off that tracking with my Tour de Fleece coverage. But, I am allowed to as I am part of the Lantern Rouge team. But…

I have not broken my commitment of 15 minutes a day so I am overjoyed to be in the caboose of the race! If I can get caught up on all my chores this weekend I hope to start the other two ounces of Dinoflagellates and maybe try some core spinning!

Tour de Fleece – Day Four

IntoTheWhirled — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:30:00 +0000

7.6.2009

…Yes, I know today isn’t really the 6th, I am a little behind in picture posting. Two ounces down, two to go before plying!

Fiber: 64’s Merino wool top named “Dinoflagellates”

Insert really annoying beeping sound…

IntoTheWhirled — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:11:00 +0000

We interrupt your regularly scheduled coverage of the Tour de Fleece to announce that the Phat Fiber Sampler is giving away a free four ounce carded batt in the Mercer’s Pier Colourway.

Please direct your attention to the following LINK and put your name in the hat to win this oh so luscious, lofty, doublewide Falkland wool batt.

We now return to the regularly schedule program…

Tour de Fleece – Day Three

IntoTheWhirled — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:58:00 +0000

7.6.2009

Last batch of pre-tour-spun singles plied up:

Fiber: Assorted fiber from round two of Swap for Scraps
Weight: 6 ounces
Yardage: Unknown at this time

Tour de Fleece – Day Two

IntoTheWhirled — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:23:00 +0000

7.5.2009

This morning I plied some pre-tour-spun singles:

Fiber: 64’s Merino wool top named “Spoons are smug”
Yardage: Estimated at 167 yards

Tour de Fleece – Day One

IntoTheWhirled — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:05:00 +0000

7.4.2009

I was able to get a couple hours of spinning into today, probably the most amount of time I will be able to commit during the entire tour. Oh, and just to make it official: My personal goal it spin at least 15 minutes everyday.

Fiber: 64’s Merino wool top named “Dinoflagellates”

Time to start training…

IntoTheWhirled — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:33:00 +0000

… for the Tour de Fleece of course!!

Now, before I say another word, if you are unable to access that link it means that you have not yet joined Ravelry; and that just makes me sad. So, join the party and get yourself a Ravelry account. In a few days you will see what I am talking about….

Now, where was I? Ah yes, the Tour!

I read about the Tour last year, told myself that I would do it this year, then promptly forgot about it! Thankfully an awesome customer linked my name to a forum message and I found my way to the main message board for the 2009 Tour. I promptly joined the group, offered up some prize donations and poured over the rules and the forum posts.

So here is what is involved:
1) Join the Ravelry group
2) Join a team, join two, or not – the choice is yours
3) If you have a Flickr account, join the group

Here are the rules for those who are considering the race:

1) Spin every day the Tour rides, if possible. Saturday July 4th through Sunday July 26th. Days of rest: Monday July 13th, Monday July 20th. (Just like the actual tour)

2) Spin something challenging Wednesday July 22nd. (The Tour’s densest mountain stage with 5 mountain passes)

Oh, and last but not least, there are PRIZES!

Okay, now that you are all informed, I need to choose my team and decide my challenge. See you on the Tour!