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  • MORE SEA MONSTERS AND GORGEOUS YARNS

    10:49 AM PST, 6/27/2007

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    Hi everyone!!

    Today I would like to introduce my latest OOAK yarn design, handpainted and handspun from my yummy Bluefaced Leicester fibers :o) Oh this one is really a beauty - lots and lots of sea colours in it and a whopping 400yds to play with! It will indeed knit up to fingering weight, and I can already see someone make a fabulous wide wrap or stole from it. Here are the photos of "Scylla", which is displayed in my Etsy store:

    Don't forget, I've got even more OOAK handspun and handpainted yarn designs for sale at

    www.needleworks-pleasure.com 

     so feel free to browse around on my website as well!

    It's getting late, and I have got to finish another skein of magical elf-yarn :o). I am currently spinning a wonderful blend of super soft merino and mulberry silk in great great colourways. It will certainly be displayed here as soon as it is ready to come off the drying board.

  • MORE PICS FROM THE BEAUTIFUL BORDER COUNTRY!!

    9:15 AM PST, 6/21/2007

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    I took a day off yesterday and went for a nice day out in the Border Country at Hadrian's wall - I am in love with this area, it's just 45 minutes away from the Solway Firth (where I live), and the scenery is absolutely breathtaking, no matter what the weather!! I went to my favourite spot at Crawfields Milecastle, just 5 miles North of Haltwhistle. It is easy walking for a good distance along the remains of the wall, which are clearly visible around there! I took photos of the area, and yes, Sam is on one of them too :o) On the first photo you can also see the Pennines in the hazy distance:

    Below you can clearly see the remains of the vallum (2 parallel lines in the ground with the ditch between them)

     

     

    On the next picture you can view a good length of the remains of Handrian's wall, which used to be almost twice as wide as what you can see now. You can walk the entire wall from the West coast over to Newcastle upon Tyne on the East coast - it would take around 3-4 days of lovely walking and camping, or B&B:

     

     

    This one below is a view to the North, and in the very far distance you can just make out the beginning of Northumberland National Park

     

     

    Down by the road the remains of the wall  is temporarily disappearing - I turned around  by the gate to walk back over the vallum side because I still wanted to go and see Vindolanda at Chesterholme. But a lot of other people kept walking up the hill and along the dry stone wall.

     

    One very pretty Rough Fell sheep:

     

    Chesterholme is very close by, about 7 miles South East from Crawfields. It is a rather big site with ongoing archaeological excavations throughout the year (fantastic!!), an open air museum, and a very impressive replica of a turret and milecastle, which caught my interest right away!

     

     

     

     

    If you ever come to Northern England, come and visit parts of Hadrian's wall as well Chesterholme, or Housteads Roman Fort, which is brilliant for walking, site visiting and a hot cup of soup in one of the tearooms!! I myself have had an excellent day out, and it makes me remember why I love this part of the country so much! I hope you will enjoy the pictures.

  • TIME FOR THE GOOD OLD DOUBLE KNIT!!

    8:01 AM PST, 6/19/2007

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    It's been over a week since I last added something to my blog, but I have been busy with custom orders, and I also finished another bulk of handpainted beauties in between :o) Plus I felt like spinning some more cosy quick-knit slub yarn to go into my ebay store. So here they are, my new yarn beauties - The first photo is the handspun and handpainted sluby yarn "Pandora", and the last 4 are my handpainted Bluefaced Leicester yarns "Sweet Cinnamon" and "Tangerine Dream", which you can find in my Etsy store :

     

     

    I will soon be adding a new and absolutely gorgeous OOAK handpainted&handspun Bluefaced Leicester yarn design to the handspun yarn section of my website www.needleworks-pleasure.com , so come and have a look around!!

  • ROSE BLUSH AND MORE YARNS OUT FOR AUCTION!

    11:19 AM PST, 6/11/2007

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    Finally, finally the last lot of my handpainted yarns has come off the drying board - it was about time too! I have displayed it in my Etsy store. The colours have come out so well, I have called it "Rose Blush", it is absolutely GORGEOUS:

    And I have also been clearing out some of my yarns on ebay. I have to make space for new designs, and a lot of my handpainted yarns have found their way into my 7-day auction, so have a look in my Ebay store and grab yourself a BARGAIN!!! :o)

  • NEW HANDPAINTED CURLS AND FLEECES!

    7:14 AM PST, 6/9/2007

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    Yeyh, my new lot of handpainted Wensleydale curls and Bluefaced Leicester locks&fleece have finally come off the drying board - I thought that they would need at least another 3 days to properly dry, but it has been very sunny and warm for the past week, so here they are in all their splendor!!! The first two pics are the BFL fleeces:

    they have all been displayed in my ebay store. Feel free to visit my eBay store for more fiber details!

    Everyone enjoy the wonderful month of June, and have a very good weekend!!

  • SEA MONSTERS AND GRASS GREEN YARN!

    12:00 PM PST, 6/8/2007

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    Here comes my first handspun BFL yarn beauty for the month of June! I have named it "Charybdis", the name of a sea monster of the ancient greek myths and daughter of Poseidon and Gaia. She used to be a sea-nymph but was turned into a monster by Zeus because she had been too greedy and had flooded too much of his land.

    Great, great ancient stories, and a great great yarn I have spun with the colours of a wild sea monster :o)

    It is displayed on my website www.needleworks-pleasure.com , feel free to have a look for more yarn details!

    I have also made some more yarn for all my dreadmakers and freeform knitters - you can find it in my ebay store. It is sold by the 4 yards, so you can choose several different colours for the same project without having to purchase tons of the same shade. This green yarn is a worsted bulky weight.

     

    There is one little thing I would like to express my opinion about before I go: Not that I would wish anyone any bad things to happen, but this Paris Hilton... I don't know.... I am not a chatter box at all, and I despise all that ado around stars and wanna-be-celebrities. I usually keep very much to myself, but what really upset me this time was the fact that she managed to get out of prison early - yes, it is so true, you just need to be filthy rich and have one of the best lawyers ever, and you are indeed untouchable. And the rest will serve their time, it'll have to do... What was that? She was getting depressed in her cell? Well, perhaps she should have spent her time with some useful thinking...oh, but then she may have...."Where is my jewellery? - Where is my little pooch? - I so need to call about 20.000 celebrities right here, right now!!!! I don't want hot dogs for lunch, I want a 4-course menue and PRONTO!! I am bored!! Ohhhhhh, I am sooooo depressed.....If that girl would ever try to live my life ,(wouldn't dream of it of course), she would never make it through a week, she would simply break down and never recover again, because, yes, life is tough, and yes, most people really do work and don't just pretend to. I hope that someone will soon knock some sense into barbie-princess!

  • FRESH FROM THE DYE POT!!

    11:55 AM PST, 6/4/2007

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    I have briefly interrupted my yarn-flow and went to paint a few Merino  and Bluefaced Leicester wool rovings instead - I have to switch between tops and yarns on a regular basis to keep my creativity going, otherwise I get bored and colourful ideas cease to pop out of my head :o) So here are my 4 handpainted beauties - the first 2 are Merino tops and #3 and #4 are BFL:

     

    I have split them up between both of my onlie stores this time, so Visit My eBay Store

    and my Etsy store for more fiber details!! And I do confess - I have kept 3 painted rovings back for myself to make some extra yummy yarns out of them :o) HOW COULD I RESIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • OF YARNS AND LADIES...

    6:29 AM PST, 6/3/2007

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    Some of my handpainted yarns have now come off the drying board and are ready for display. I have put them into my Ebay store, and another lot will go into my Etsy store later on in the week. There will also be more handpainted Bluefaced Leicester yarn available in beautiful turquoise and aquamarine!

    Here are my new yarn designs displayed on ebay UK:

    1. Lady Clara Vere de Vere

    2. Marrakesh II

    3. Circe

     

    So come and  Visit My eBay Store for more yarn information :o)

    Also feel free to browse my website www.needleworks-pleasure.com !!