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Tag Archives: teeswater
Ink, Parker, Deadlines, and Playing Catch-Up (and Rambouillet!)
It has been way too long since my last blog post! Seriously, I don’t know how I let that happen…I guess the custom order I got on Etsy (origami throwing stars for party favors) took up more of my time … Continue reading
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Tagged abstract art, betta, bfl, breed study, brush pen, catch-up, cross, drop spindle, fleece, fountain pens, heart of sarkness, ink, montadale, noodler's ink, pilot petit, pilot preppy, rhys parker, romney, roving, shah's rose, shiny, spindle, spinning, teeswater, top, wool
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(Frustrated) Fleece Update
I am not by nature a patient person. I hate waiting, I hate being unable to do whatever it is I’m excited about. If you’re going to take me somewhere, tell me just days before; otherwise I will agonize over … Continue reading
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Tagged breed study, california red, coopworth, corriedale, cross wool, dry, english, fleece, fleecydex, leicester, lincoln, longwool, oxford, pelsau, raw fleece, sampler, smells bad, spelsau, spindle, spinning, teeswater, trondersau, tunis, washing wool, wensleydale, wet wool, x fleece
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Clean-Up Day
For the most part, I lead a somewhat…cluttered… life; as I go about doing my different projects, I leave a trail of supplies and half-finished works behind 😛 Plus other things, too… anyways. Yeah, today was clean-up day. I started … Continue reading
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Tagged bfl, bluefaced leicester, boots, cat, clean-up, cleaning, crochet, drawing, fountain pen, hexipuffs, I may be a hoarder, ink, organizing, pit bull puppies, round-up, shetland, shoes, sketching, sock yarn, spindles, spinning, teeswater, wensleydale
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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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Suffolk, Gotland, Manx Loaghtan, Kerry Hill, Welsh Mountain, Herdwick, Texel, Masham, and Sheep Portraits!
Overdue blog post, I know. But there’s a very good reason! I decided to add a step to my process– I draw each of the sheep I spin. This will hopefully help me both to put a face to all … Continue reading
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Tagged bfl, border leicester, breed study, cheviot, cotswald, devon longwool, Dorset Horn, drawing, fleecydex, gotland, gotta spin them all!, herdwick, jacob, kerry hill, learning, lincoln longwool, manx loaghtan, masham, pencil art, portraits, practice, scottish blackface, sheep, sheepbreeds, Southdown, spindle, spinning, spinning wheel, suffolk, Swaledale, teeswater, texel, welsh mountain, wensleydale, whitefaced woodland
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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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Glitched Stitchery 