Photo Map

This is the map page for all your fabulous photos of #CamBuntingTdF! Just click on the icons on the map to find the photos.There's an icon for each shop and street location of our bunting. Clicking on the icon will show the pictures taken of the place.

Photos in Place Order.


View Tour de CamBuntingTdF in a larger map

Want to add your photo to this map, use Twitter or Facebook as follows and we'll put it on!

• tweet a picture with the location and hashtag #CamBuntingTdF
• join the CamBuntingTdF Facebook group and add your picture with the location there
• if the above options are difficult you can email them to CamBuntingTdF@gmail.com with the location

Why not do a tour of the bunting? There's a map to help. Let's have lots of photos celebrating our hard work. And look out for some odd bits of bunting (like the "Where's Bunty?" game!), some have interesting stories!

Knitting at Hot Numbers

UPDATE !!  UPDATE !!  UPDATE !!  UPDATE !! 

Lucinda has got Hot Numbers to give a CamBuntingTdF knitting session starting at 6pm on the following Tuesdays

• On 27 May ONLY come and join in the knitting!

If this is good time for you, please join in!

Press Release

Calling all knitters and sewers!

Do you want to get involved in the Tour De France and help show off what a wonderful city Cambridge is, to a worldwide audience? Then here is your opportunity!

The race is now on to knit or sew 2000 mini jerseys in the next 5 weeks so it can be put up for the Tour De France coming on Monday 7th July, and we set you the community of Cambridge, the challenge to pick up your knitting needles and get knitting! These mini jerseys will be displayed along parts of the Tour De France route in the city, for the world to see.

We’re calling to all schools, the WI, local businesses, community groups, and creative groups, residential homes to get involved and knit! No experience is necessary as there are lots of opportunities to join #CambuntingTdF workshops at the Sheep Shop and you can also download the pattern and find out more from www.Bit.ly/CamBuntingTdF. We have been donated knitting materials, so please get in touch if you require materials.

Rad, organiser of #CamBuntingTdF, said ‘This project is a great opportunity to bring the Cambridge community together and celebrate the Tour De France coming to our wonderful city. The city is known for its yarn bombing skills and we have seen knitted bikes, lamp posts and benches before. Let’s all knit together and show what a great city Cambridge is and bring back that feel-good factor from the Olympic year!’

‘Historically, the Tour was set up to promote the towns and country around France. This project will give the people of Cambridge a chance to celebrate themselves whether they are interested in cycle racing or not!’



Further Information

Historically, the Tour was set up to promote the towns and country around France.

So the most important thing to towns that get the Tour is not about the bike race. It's a chance for the town to proudly show off its local culture, in front of the world’s cameras. And that's what Cambridge people can do for their town for the weeks preceding and especially on Monday July 7.

It would make a fantastic event to involve as many people as possible knitting little jerseys and wheels for display on the route. We do want to include fabric sewing as well, just to widen the reach of the project to more people.
Rad has extensive experience of the Tour de France having done seven holiday trips, seeing it around fifty times all across southern France. From wild camping at the snowline in the mountains, with 20 mile views and eagles overhead, to delightful small rural towns, the experience is truly wonderful.


Everything you need: Index Page
Background: BBC Report
Our website: Bit.ly/CamBuntingTdF



Happy creating!


Knit Away!

Suppliers

The project is completely voluntary, organised by people who love the idea of celebrating Cambridge with the world's cameras on us. to date, people taking part have chosen to buy their own supplies. It's quite cheap!

Here are some suppliers, although please do search for alternatives if you want.

Wool. The Sheep Shop.

Fabric. Suzie-May, the White with Red dots.

Bunting (bungee) Cord. 5 metres, 10 metres, 50 metres, 100 metres (lots of other 4mm lengths or here).

We have got some donations of fabric, wool, and other items needed to complete the bunting. So please don't let access stop you from joining in and contact us!

Basic Sewing Learning Video

This project has brought lots of enthusiasm from all over the place, all very welcome. People have been asking if they can learn how to do the basic stitches to help out. This would certainly be part of the key benefits of the project, to learn something new!

So, in conjunction with a good tutor, here are some details on how to put this pattern together.


Basic Hand Sewing Stitches
This is how to do all the necessary steps to sewing.

Jimmy's Sponsored Knitting

A team from Jimmy’s is supporting the CamBuntingTdF initiative by helping to knit and crochet mini Tour jerseys that will be used to decorate the streets of Cambridge when the event comes to the city in July. Please give your support to the team of knitters by visiting http://www.justgiving.com/we-re-a-couple-of-knits. Or, if you wish to set up your own knitting group to raise funds you can either create your own Just Giving page, or use our sponsorship form – download here. Patterns can be downloaded by visiting the Sheep Shop website here.

Timeline

July seems like a long time away.  There's a lot to do though!

• Creation time: until 30th May. This is the time when we have to complete knitted jerseys.
• Final creation and gather phase: 30th May - 7th June. This is time when we have to complete putting everything together as bunting.
• Installation: 7th June - 5th July. This is the time it will be hung up in central Cambridge and around the route.