Tour de Fleece (and Football) begins

As Numenius mentioned yesterday, the Tour de France began today. Living in California makes for early mornings if you want to catch the entire race live, and I was about an hour late today, but I saw most of the action in windswept (but mercifully dry) Normandy.

I decided to do the Tour de Fleece again this year, a group challenge where you set your own goals but the idea is to spin yarn every day the riders are racing, take rest days when they do. I’m also watching the women’s Euros, so in total today I’ve spun for just under seven hours. This is not sustainable and I took a nap after England’s defeat to France.

My goal in the Tour de Fleece this year is to spin enough wool for a fine 3-ply for lacy socks. I have about 4 oz white blue-faced Leicester combed top and 4 oz chocolate brown Corriedale roving. This is not a massive amount in terms of weight for an event like this but when you’re spinning super fine it goes a long way. No guarantee I’ll finish, but I’m working on it!