Well, well.... Not only have I got mountains of Suri alpaca to be processed, I also ordered a big lot of undyed fibres. Most of it has been dyed, and scarily most of it is already spun!
However fear not, of course I had to order another big lot of fibre, which I have barely been able to touch so far.
What I am trying to say is that in the near future there will be a biiig update in my little shop with pretty yarns and some wrist warmers. :D
Friday, 25 January 2008
Sunday, 30 December 2007
Starting on the big alpaca wash
As I am currently in Switzerland and was lucky enough to receive about 18kg of Suri Alpaca from a local farm for Christmas, I started washing the lovely fluff.
There is lots of dark brown, almost black alpaca, quite a bit of lighter fawn and the rest is white so it can be dyed.
In the white bucket is only water, yes, rather dirty water, but just water nonetheless... On the right is the alpaca after the first wash in some clean water.
It's now all lying out to dry and then I can take some of it back to Germany with me for spinning some fluffy bulky yarns!
The bad news is that I will have to move again, although I have just moved 3 months ago! My landlady burned down her own house with a gas explosion so she will need the little flat she rented out to me as soon as possible... nevermind.... *sigh* ...will have to pack everything up again after just about having settled in my flat....
There is lots of dark brown, almost black alpaca, quite a bit of lighter fawn and the rest is white so it can be dyed.
In the white bucket is only water, yes, rather dirty water, but just water nonetheless... On the right is the alpaca after the first wash in some clean water.
It's now all lying out to dry and then I can take some of it back to Germany with me for spinning some fluffy bulky yarns!
The bad news is that I will have to move again, although I have just moved 3 months ago! My landlady burned down her own house with a gas explosion so she will need the little flat she rented out to me as soon as possible... nevermind.... *sigh* ...will have to pack everything up again after just about having settled in my flat....
Tuesday, 4 December 2007
I'm sort of back!
Well, still no Internet at home, but I have started accepting my fate and am now uploading some stuff again. Here is some lovely handspun tussah silk which I have also added to my little shop. More to come very soon!
Friday, 9 November 2007
Still no pictures
Thanks for the kind comments!
My problem at the moment is that I have been so prolific in my spinning and have whole stashes of handspun waiting to be photographed - but it just seems to dark in my flat for that sort of thing and I'm seriously considering crafting a little light box.
There is lots of merino, singles and 2ply and navajo plied, as well as some beautiful pure tussah silk, a wool/angora mix and a wool/silk mix... just waiting to be exposed. :)
Some more dyeing needs to be done, but I just haven't got the patience at the moment... back to do some more spinning now though!
My problem at the moment is that I have been so prolific in my spinning and have whole stashes of handspun waiting to be photographed - but it just seems to dark in my flat for that sort of thing and I'm seriously considering crafting a little light box.
There is lots of merino, singles and 2ply and navajo plied, as well as some beautiful pure tussah silk, a wool/angora mix and a wool/silk mix... just waiting to be exposed. :)
Some more dyeing needs to be done, but I just haven't got the patience at the moment... back to do some more spinning now though!
Thursday, 1 November 2007
Finally settling in...
Well, it has been done. I've started my first little job and have moved into a little flat in a nice old timberwood frame house in Germany.
I've of course also ordered lots of fibre and have taken up dyeing and spinning again.
The only unfortunate thing is that shipping to America is now higher than it used to be from the UK. :(
But the good news is that my shop is back in action and I am starting to fill it up again fairly quickly!
So please have a look around and let me know if there is anything missing. :) I'll soon start posting new pics again as well, and most things will be back to normal!
I've of course also ordered lots of fibre and have taken up dyeing and spinning again.
The only unfortunate thing is that shipping to America is now higher than it used to be from the UK. :(
But the good news is that my shop is back in action and I am starting to fill it up again fairly quickly!
So please have a look around and let me know if there is anything missing. :) I'll soon start posting new pics again as well, and most things will be back to normal!
Friday, 28 September 2007
Moving country
After long months trying to find myself a nice job, it all went very quickly the last few weeks. Yesterday I finally submitted my last piece of uni work, the dissertation, and said goodbye to some friends.
Today my parents will drive here from Switzerland and help me packing and moving. And then off we go to Germany!
Although this doesn't seem to be a very spinning-related entry, it is! I spun up pretty much all of my fibre and will have to order myself lots of new fibre once I get a proper address (oh, no! lol).
The yarn on the right is some pure tussah silk I spun up recently - I just love the colours of it and am trying to think of a project pretty enough for it :D
Well, I'm starting to get really nervous about moving, not so much the actual arriving there and starting work, or the fact that I don't know anyone (For some reason these things always excite me rather than scare me). No, it's more the actual moving, I got soo much stuff! I hope we can fit it all in the little Minivan...
Today my parents will drive here from Switzerland and help me packing and moving. And then off we go to Germany!
Although this doesn't seem to be a very spinning-related entry, it is! I spun up pretty much all of my fibre and will have to order myself lots of new fibre once I get a proper address (oh, no! lol).
The yarn on the right is some pure tussah silk I spun up recently - I just love the colours of it and am trying to think of a project pretty enough for it :D
Well, I'm starting to get really nervous about moving, not so much the actual arriving there and starting work, or the fact that I don't know anyone (For some reason these things always excite me rather than scare me). No, it's more the actual moving, I got soo much stuff! I hope we can fit it all in the little Minivan...
Sunday, 23 September 2007
Ravelry!
Finally my invite came from ravelry! If you're on there too give me a shout, my name is there as well as everywhere else 'Snowberrylime'. It's far better than I had hoped, and I am already keeping myself busy adding my stash and needles - such a handy tool!
Today's featured yarn is a brand new art yarn, made from soft hand dyed merino. It's a 2ply with lots of added coils and plenty of little bee buttons. :)
Today's featured yarn is a brand new art yarn, made from soft hand dyed merino. It's a 2ply with lots of added coils and plenty of little bee buttons. :)
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