Tour de Fleece July 5 – 27, 2025
To participate in Tour de Fleece 2025 HGBV you need to:
- Be a guild member
- Set a Personal Goal for the Fiber Craft of your choice (Spin, weave, other fiber craft)
- Send a description and photo of your project/goal to boiseguild@groups.io BY June 30.
- Send a description and photo of your project at the end of the tour to boiseguild@groups.io by July 30.
Questions? Please read the following Details section. Still have questions? Contact Jinks Hunter.
Details:
Tour de Fleece is a three week fiber event that runs concurrently with the Tour de France bicycle race. Tour de Fleece is traditionally spinning, but we have added weaving and other fiber arts to include all guild members who want to participate. References to Color, Rest and Time-Trial are a nod to the Tour de France bicycle race.
The point of our Tour de Fleece is to take on a personal goal that challenges you in your craft and work towards that goal every day except designated rest days. Make it realistic to fit your available time, but push yourself some. Make it yours. Make it fun!
Goal examples:
Spinning an amount of fiber
- Weaving or creating something specific – an object/garment in a fiber related craft
- Working on your goals for a specified time daily
- Learning a new technique to becoming more proficient on a wheel/ loom/etc.
TdF 2025 Calendar
The activities in this calendar are optional. Have fun with them or ignore if too distracting from your main goal. To show color, etc. in these activities, you can spin or or if weaving – wrap yarn around cardstock or make a cardboard loom to show examples. Click here to print the calendar.
Share with the guild—send pictures of your progress and calendar activities to boiseguild@groups.io
TdF Traveling Award
Show creativity and a bit of whimsy in finding the most interestinq craftinq place!
- Take your project along on your travels and wanderings and snap a pic of you creating in a fun or unusual place. – Be sure to send pic of you crafting and the name of the place to boiseguild@groups.io.
- One person will be selected to win this very special award created to display in your home for the year
- Note: Weavers – if your personal goal involves a regular size loom, then take along a tiny or cardboard loom to weave on or cardstock to wrap with yarn to create in your most interesting place. Spinners — a drop spindle might be in order here. Be creative, original, spontaneous! Get out there and create in someplace interesting!
