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Tag Archives: icelandic
New Beginnings, Part Deux
The follow-up to this and this….I have a lot to write up, it seems 🙂 I’ve finally gotten to the point where I want to take my passion and form it into a working business 🙂 I mean, I’m always … Continue reading
Romney (and Kent), Ryeland, Beulah Speckled Face, Norfolk Horn…and More Sheep Sketches :D
I have had a pretty rough past few days -_-” To start with, I haven’t been sleeping super-well…so Thursday night I barely slept at. all. and then I woke up Friday exhausted and of course my ride arrived before I … Continue reading
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Tagged all, alpaca, animals, arts, beulah, breed, coopworth, fiber, fleecydex, fluff, fluffy, gotta, horn, icelandic, kent, llama, llanwenog, montadale, norfolk, portraits, Rambouillet, romney, ryeland, sheep, shetland, speckled face, spin, spindle, spinning, spun, study, them, tunis, yarn
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Never Enough.
(Coming soon– finished Romney/Kent, Ryeland, Norfolk Horn, and Beulah Speckled Face…the skeins still have to dry, though.) You know what I was into before wool? I don’t mean art-wise– I think y’all have realized by now just how long I’ve … Continue reading
A Smattering of This, That, and Some Wool :)
So. Overdue. Urg. I finally have the time to sit down and blog 🙂 It’s been an eventful month. My parents left on vacation/I babysat for almost a whole week…I’m in the middle of changing jobs/my schedule is currently crazy…and … Continue reading
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Tagged bfl, bond, breed study, corriedale, cvm, fleecydex, handmade shawl pins, handspun, hat, icelandic, merino, romeldale, shawl, sly fox hat, spindle, spinning, teeswater, warhill, wire sculpting, wolf
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Cheviot (Part 2) + Icelandic Mega-Test
I realized I forgot to spin my sample of American Miniature Cheviot (a descendant of normal Cheviot). So here’s Cheviot Part 2: I got all excited while spinning this, because it was spinning so fine and even straight from the … Continue reading
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Tagged advance, apiary puffs, beekeeper's quilt, crocheting, fleecydex, game boy, icelandic, shetland, sp, spindle, spinning, starbound, thrifting, warhill, yarn
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Watching Wool Dry (and other assorted musings)
I washed the Warhill and the Icelandic on Sunday night… I may actually have been successful for once. Maybe. I have to wait for them to be dry before I know for sure… It is so hard to wait! I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged boredom, colorway, corriedale, dye, dye with koolaid, dyeing, icelandic, learning to spin, merino, spindle, spinning, warhill, watching wool dry, wool
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Longwool Love <3
Three longwools this week! Oh! It was heaven ❤ #23– Devon Longwool This one started as a buttery natural color; I dyed up in a color called ‘Whisper’– it’s basically a tonal lavender/lilac. It was a wonderfully easy spin! The … Continue reading
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Tagged crochet, devon longwool, fiber, fiber arts, fleece, hand dyed, icelandic, lamb, lincoln longwool, spin, spindle, spinning, teeswater, warhill, wool, yarn
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