Tomorrow is the first day of the Tour de Fleece. The idea is to try to spin every day as long as the Tour de France is running, with rest days on the same days as the actual Tour, and a challenge day on the same day as the actual Tour challenge day.

I’ve been a bad spinner and not been spinning as much as I should, despite fibre coming through my door regularly thanks to fibre clubs. So I’m doing something about that, and using the Tour de Fleece as my starting point.

Behold the pile:

This is all my Spunky Eclectic club fibre that I failed to spin while I was still in the club. I left last May because I knew I was being slow and ridiculous, but I’m aching to rejoin; however I’ve told myself I’m not allowed to until the fibre stash shrinks a bit. So this is a good place to start. I think there is a total of 16 4oz. bumps of fibre to spin there.

I’ve prepped my first two fibres to start with already, so that I can get down to business and not have to worry about prepping anything.

New Day, Corriedale. Prepped for a 3-ply.

Mud Season, Merino. Prepped for a low-twist single.

I have no real goals beyond attempting to clear that pile of fibre by the end of the Tour, and hopefully improve my spinning while I’m at it. So as to not bore everyone with nothing but Tour de Fleece-related posts, I’ll update with photos on the first rest day, July 12th.

Let’s hope my hands don’t cramp.