The Cycling: Stage 12 is 169km of a hilly route that starts in Roanne and ends in Belleville-en-Beaujolais, France.
The Daily Challenge: Spin a plant fibre - if you want a real challenge, find some plant material from your garden to spin.
Suggested Fibre: Flax/Linen
What I did
I had found a fibre braid that was mostly plant fibre but I was nervous about spinning that as this time. I want to take my time over it and sometimes the TdF can feel a little bit time pressured because you want to try and attempt the challenges and spin as much as possible for the team. I'm glad that yesterdays spin has spilled over to today and I will just finish that instead. It's nice to do the challenges when you can but its not the be-all and end-all of the event.
The finished yarn is greyer than I expected it to be. I thought it would have more of a brown tinge to it. I am considering over-dying this in the future and maybe going for a medium blue as the tone of the grey will affect the dye and I will be hoping for something similar to the blue of the last Fibonacci spun yarn, National Trust, that is a lovely muted shade of blue. The finished yarn is 100% Wool (Castlemilk Moorit x Norfolk Horn) and is sport weight. One skein is 225m/75g and the other is 224m/74g which means overall I have 449m/149g.
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