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  • Hamunaptra And Emeline!

    6:58 AM PST, 11/30/2006

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    I have finally managed to finish my latest yarn design "Hamunaptra", and you can also view it in my Etsy-Store! It's a  mix of British Bluefaced Leicester and Shetland wool, and the colours have come out really really well - I think I've done a good job, what do you guys think?

    I will be dyeing some more of my favourite Bluefaced Leicester rovings and perhaps some extrasoft Merino rovings as well today - well, I really should do some decorating for the christmas season, it's almost December. But it's just not cold enough outside to get me in the right mood. It's way too mild for this time of the year. I remember last year, when we had clear frosty days, and I went and mowed the frosted lawn (!!!!!?????) because I hadn't been able to do it before - Britain can be sooooo wet and swampy, and the grass NEVER stops growing over here - so, yes, I did indeed mow the lawn on November 30th, and I was veeeery pleased with the result! The grass was so frozen, it was such a breeze to cut it, you would not believe it. And the garden looked perfect for christmas, when my parents came to stay with me - yees, I wanted to show off a bit... But this year I am not lucky. My neighbours are also worriedly walking the lawns - we all want to cut grass, but it's just too soaking wet - no way we could succeed this time!

    Everybody : Today I want to introduce Emeline !!! Emeline is a dreadmaker from France - she does such a fantastic job, and she has kindly sent me some photos of the dreads she has made:

    They are fantastic!!!  She makes them extra-thick from Merino wool rovings and I really hope that she will send me more pics from any of her future projects!! I will ask her if she also accepts customer orders, she sounded very busy with dreadmaking at the moment. Update: Yes, she does accept customer orders, folks!! You can Contact Emeline at any time! This is her:

    NOW IS SHE PRETTY OR WHAT??

    I have noticed in the past that a lot of dreadmakers are very good looking - they have a great sense for colour and fashion and they move in their own circles, which I think makes them even more interesting!

    I am not a dreadmaker, I am a handspinner and I think I am sooooo old fashioned - sigh....

    Right, next time more. Have to go now and finish my handmade christmas gifts for my sisters and my little nephew - OF COURSE I WILL SHOW YOU WHEN THEY ARE DONE... well, if they come out alright...Until then, you all take care!

  • Art Collage by Linda!

    7:47 AM PST, 11/26/2006

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    It's sunday again, a day where less cars are on the roads, the neighbours are not hammering and drilling - bless them, I do love my neighbours though, never had better ones, honestly - and I should really take some time out before the hectic christmas season begins. Oh yes, it will affect me like everyone else - BUT I've got some great ideas for some new handpainted and handspun knitting yarn, and my fingers are itching to get to work!!  Yesterday I finished some wonderful handspun artyarn for my little  Etsy-Shop "All The Pretty Fibers" - and this is the new lot :                  My "Balinese Dancer". Do you like it?I seem to live and breath yarn and wool, it's unbelievable sometimes - perhaps I should have a night out with friends for a change, or I will one day turn into a wool batt myself!

    Today I want to introduce Linda on my blogsite - Linda is a very talented, very sweet and wonderfully chatty lady who lives in the  US, and we have been in contact for a while now - such fun to read her e-mails!!! She makes the most beautiful OOAK Art Collage and turns them into cards, journals or canvas pictures - they are gorgeous,  she sells them in her  Etsy-Shop  go have a look!! These are my 2 favourites: 

    And this is the OOAK art collage I want to buy from her:It's such a beauty:  This one she has turned into a journal!  If you want to know more about her, why not go and look up her blogsite  - it's called "Altered Visions", just in case the link doesn't work (I am still experimenting...) Next time I will show you some of her felted items, she is soooo talented indeed!!

    So long then, and enjoy all your felting, spinning and knitting projects, or whatever beautiful craft you are into!!

  • Just to say Hello ...

    10:59 AM PST, 11/24/2006

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    This is my Sam - He and I live in Cumbria, Northern England. Well, he's actually a Scotsdog but he loves it across the border muuuuuch better! He looks so snug in his basket, I just had to show you guys.

    Anyway, I've only just started this blogsite, and it has taken me forever to figure out how to get a picture on it - yes, I am a handspinner, not a computer-woman, BUT I eventually get there too...

    This is what I am currently working on - it's just a fraction of an individual customer request for 1kg of handspun British Bluefaced Leicester knitting yarn, and yes, I finished it today!! It looks great, I don't really want to give it up. It's terrible, my yarns are my babies until they leave the house...sigh....So, tonight I will be starting on another customer order of 18 skeins of Shetland/Merino knitting yarn - anyone mention christmas preparations?? Oh I'm not that crazy about it anyway. I usually sneak my way out of cooking, baking, shopping, card writing, decorating etc. and rather go and hand dye some spinning fibers!! Oh, by the way - this one below is an 18micron supersoft hand dyed and handspun Merino yarn I made last spring. It found a new home with a very lovely American lady. I called it "A Midsummernight's dream" and I think it's such a great colour mix. What do you think?

    Well, gotta go now - spinning wheel is calling and I need to do some serious pedalling if I want to finish 18 skeins before Dec.15th, but hey - it's definitely more fun than running around for christmas presents!