Tour de Fleece 2015 – Team Nevermore

Hi there! This is the official page for our Tour de Fleece [TdF] team of 2015, Team Nevermore – you can find a team roster, links to all the important posts, and the prizes all listed here. I’ll also post up the “rules” such as they are, and some images for you to steal and use in your TdF posts and around the net!
BIG thanks to StarAthena, who started this whole thing in 2006, for giving us permission to do our own thing and use her graphics. She’s the bomb and super smart for thinking this up in the first place!

This year, the Tour de Fleece starts Saturday July 4th and runs until Sunday July 26th, 2015.

Guidelines (NOT RULES):

* Spin every day the Tour rides, if possible. Saturday July 4th through Sunday July 26th. Days of rest: Monday July 13th and Tuesday July 21st. (Just like the actual tour.)

* Spin something challenging on the challenge day (usually the toughest high mountain stage: this year, it’s Stage 18, on Thursday, July 23rd, when they will climb 5 mountains, including the 1,924m high Col du Glandon)

* Wear yellow on Sunday July 26th to announce victory. Why not wear yellow on any day you feel particularly successful? (Yellow is the color of the race leader in the Tour – but here we are all ‘race leaders’)

* Other colors if desired: Green (sprinter – think FAST), Polka-dot (climber – as in uphill), and white (rookie)

And most importantly: challenge yourself, but HAVE FUN. That’s what this is ALL about! I plan to share as many pics and posts about my progress as possible, both to keep myself accountable and to encourage others. Your blog posts will also get linked here if you share them with me!

image courtesy of StarAthena, http://keeponknittinginthefreeworld.blogspot.com

All posts about the Tour de Fleece can be found with the “tour de fleece” tag on this blog:
https://www.threeravens.net/tag/tour-de-fleece/.

The original announcement page this year where folks pledged to join in:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/nevermoreforevermore/permalink/483001855188398/
This is a closed Facebook group, but you can easily join by putting in a request; you may also pledge to ride along with us by posting a reply to this page and I will add you!

TEAM PARTICIPANTS

Team Captain: Christiane Knight of Threeravens Fiber Studio
Monica Lowe
Crystal Calhoun
Suzanne Smith Collier
Emily Novikov
Alisa Fuzz LeGrave
Deki Mckenney
Lacie Chapman
Knitty Lizzy
Jess Broadway
Navi Sama
Vickie Cameron
Dayna Mankowski
Heather Rats
Emma Nicholson
Peggy Bass
Heather Storta
Brenda Wolfson Mendes
Adrienne Munn
Stephanie Brown
Sue Lowe-Moore
Bonnie Lee Barrett
Stephanie Mcguckin
Rani Loveswool
Alyssa Rudd
Charlene Tyger
Jacquie Chalmers
Katherine Sproull
Robyn Story
Hilori Faith Thompson
Scarlet St. James
Kymberli Mundwiller
Jeri Lynn’s Farm
Charlotte Franklin Masi
Michaela Stanton Hutchison
Rhonda Jewell
Adele Michelsen
Elysa Darling
Ann Mikeal
Sharon Steinhoff
Tracey Perry
Laura Abbott
Martha Maingross
Jama Kilgore
Monica Whipple
Linda Schad
Samantha Tyger
Chrissy Joy Bell
Rose Duke
Darlene Hodge
Melanie Brown
Wendy Nollner
Rose East
Lisa Steenberg
Kate White
Nancy Pearl
Ann Mikeal
Kathy Withers
Pat Baker

PRIZES

From Threeravens Fiber Studio: a Treat Yourself To Inspiration Box, filled with a selection of some various yarns/threads for plying or for adding effects… there will also be some fibers for adding into your work in various ways… I’ll also include beads or trinkets or feathers or other unusual objects for add-ins. It’s your job to add the imagination!

From Threeravens Fiber Studio: 2 ounces of custom-carded fiber that I’ll blend to your specifications. Build the batt of your dreams!

From Charmed Fibers: The winner’s choice of a center-pull alpaca roving bump in either dark brown, white, caramel brown, or light fawn! Beautiful fiber!

From The Pink Woobie: the winner’s choice of either an octopus or a Cthulhu can or bottle cozy, hand crocheted by Chrissy! These are so cute 😀

From Broadway Creations: 1.8 batt in natural grey wool, natural black suri alpaca, and black soffsilk. Look at that gorgeous custom tag!

From Broadway Creations, #2 prize: 3oz batt of luscious Merino wool, Firestar, and faux Cashmere.

From Adrienne Munn: 2oz+ of yummy hand carded rolags in white yak and Soffsilk. I am jealous of whomever wins these!

From California Custom Creations: The winner’s choice of a hand knit pair of socks or shawlette, custom made for you! I own several things from Knitty Lizzy and I recommend her work HIGHLY.