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Tour de Fleece

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I missed the first week of Tour de Fleece (in which we spin every day the riders ride during the Tour de France) but now that I’m home I’m squeezing in as much spinning as I can while at the same time catching up on all the things that accumulate when one is away on vacation. I’ve started off with a bobbin full of Tarragon’s roving. This is the tail end of her ’09 vintage fleece, cormo x Romney. I’m not sure if I’ll do a 2-ply or a 3-ply but I’ve decided to switch back to the Shale roving which is 50:50 BFL:alpaca. I’m close to finishing and I’d like to know how much yardage I have so I can start perusing sweater patterns. My initial goal for TdF is just to finish spinning and plying Shale’s roving.