A moment in the sun...

Well, the sun did come out for a moment last weekend (a whole 20 degrees celsius on Saturday!!).... what's a girl to do with weather like that? Dye up a storm of course! So out came the wool and dyes for a bit of a play around. I've had my eye on creating a colourway that was like my beautiful Morpho butterfly that I have sitting here staring at me.... think I came pretty close this time:

Morpho, 18 micron hand dyed merino (300gms available)
$26 per 100gms spun, $18 per 100gm dyed top

Here' s what else popped out of the dye pots...

Seahorse Whinsy, 18 micron hand dyed merino (300gms available)
$26 per 100gms spun, $18 per 100gm dyed top

Bubble Gum, 20 micron hand dyed merino (600gms available)
$24 per 100gms spun, $16 per 100gm dyed top

Super Freak, 18 micron hand dyed merino (gorn, baby, gorn!)

There's a whole lot more dyeing to be done yet, so you never know what will pop up on here over the next few weeks.

Once you invite Angelina into your home....

.....she never leaves!! Angelina (or firestar) is a beautiful, shiny, whispy substance that adds some amazing shine and glitter to your spinning. Unfortunately it also gets everywhere - and I mean everywhere! I's loves it though!!

It's time for a long overdue update I think, so I've rounded up a few strays and ahve them in a safe environment where they're looked at, fantacised about and occasionally fondled!

First up, some handspun:

"Summer Flung" merino, angora, blue faced leicester and silk - it doesn't get too much more luxurious than that! SOLD!


"Little Bird" 21.5 micron hand dyed merino. SOLD!

"Blackberry and Apple Crumble" merino, angora, blue faced leicester and silk.
SOLD!

"3 Sheets in the Wind" 20 micron hand dyed merino, SOLD!


"Southport Storm" merino and angora, SOLD!
"Love-in-a-mist" 21.5 micron hand dyed merino, 80gm skein available SOLD!


"Warm Autumn Days" 100% wool (merino and polwarth), 110 gm skein available SOLD!


"Raspberry Geisha" a gorgeous mix of merino, angora and that sparkly firestar!
140gm skein (SOLD!), 125gm skein (SOLD!) and 65gm skein (SOLD!) available, 8ply (DK) weight


And last, but not least....another soft skein from the wayward sister! This one's called "Stormy Dawn". It's a thick and thin yarn varying between an 8ply and a 10ply. 100% merino wool skein of 135gms is available (SOLD!)

There's also quite a few rovings looking for homes. They are all 100gms and $15 each.
Left to right: "3 Sheets in the Wind" (SOLD!), "1985" (SOLD!), "Frocked Up" (SOLD!)



"Summer Fling" (1 left!), "Smiling Eyes" (SOLD!), "Dragonfly Wings" (SOLD!)

"Ocean Jewels" (SOLD!), "Love-in-aMist" (SOLD!), "favourite Undies"

There are lots more to be found on my handspun stash page on Ravelry. Click on the one you like and you can find information on prices and meterage and fibres in the notes. Rovings can be spun up at $22 per 100gms into any specified ply. Different fibres spun may attract a higher price.

To purchase PM me on Ravelry (I'm "phezzit"). I take Paypal or Direct deposit payments.

Postage is extra.

Uh-oh, it's catching....

.....the spinning bug, that is! Seems like my li'l sis likes to spin too and is disgustingly good at it for someone just beginning. I hate to see what she's producing a year from now, it's gonna make poor ol' big-sis-Yoda look like a rank amateur. Just look at what the clever bugger's created:

She's calling this "Thunder Faeries" and I've managed to talk her into parting with it for only $18. It's 100gms and approx. 130 metres. It's made from 21.5 micron hand dyed merino and firestar (to give it that extra special sparkle). It can be bought through me on Rav (Phezzit) or email her directly on "jskinner1977@hotmail.com"

Someone please buy it before I do something silly like buy it myself to make something warm and snuggly from...... help meeeeee!

Darn, that was quick!

Phew! Just got the new colours all dyed up and dry enough to take a very bad pikky and I've got most of them off out the door and going to new homes!! Here they are all tarted up with much better pikkies....

1985 (all gone!)

Violets in the shade (SOLD!)

Love-in-a-mist (SOLD!)

Cosy and Warm (SOLD!)

Prices are: $14 per 100gms merino roving, $18 per 100 gms merino/silk 60/40% mix roving. For 100gms spun prices will vary. 100gms merino spun is $22

Life gets in the way...

Isn't it dreadful when life gets in the way of getting done what you reallly want to do? I had a whole day - a whole day! - to myself so that I could get a heap of stuff done (spinning and dyeing). Be buggered if that was going to happen! Every time I plan a day to just do what I want it gets messed up with life! At least I can't say that life is boring, eh?

However... I did get something done, plus an experiment or two.... and the wool that's been soaking for a week has mould starting to grow on it...!

Watermelon On Tuesdays (SOLD)


Opalescence (not for sale - just playing around!)


Shiny, shiny! (more to come folks!)

The plan? To do some dyeing and carding - oh, and spinning - tomorrow! Doubt I'll do it all, but I'll give it a red-hot go! I've just purchased a kilo of merino/silk which is calling out to me to do something yummy with it.... Raspberry Tiger perhaps?

The search for the Raspberry Tiger!

It entered my head that I should try to create a dyed fibre to match a name... little bit of fun to inspire the creative juices! The name "Raspberry Tiger" sounded great so off I went to consult the dye pots... what came out was Mattel's love child! And so was born "Come on Barbie, let's go party!".

SOLD!

Easter holidays are here and I fully intend to have a mad dyeing day.... the elusive Raspberry Tiger will hopefully make an appearance too....

Happy Easter!

Newbies...

Here's some new fibre and some new spins to ogle....

" Blackberry and Apple Crumble" (190 gms available $45)
A silky 5 ply/sport weight yarn using merino, silk, angora and blue-faced leicester. Very soft for next-to-skin wear with a drape like silk or bamboo.

"Sea Garden" (all sold thanks)
This is an 8ply /sport weight yarn that is very soft and squooshy and perfect for next-to-skin wear.

Look out for more of these blends coming up as well as some more of the gorgeously soft angora/merino blends just in time for winter wooly knitting.

And now for the obligatory silly photo (taken by my sister who thought that she could easily do an "artsy" photo):