May 1, 2008
April 29, 2008
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April 24, 2008
WE HAVE BABIES!!!
The little white one is a boy and the little black one is a girl!!!! We are so excited!!!
One birth down - Five more to go!!!
April 20, 2008
Fiber Art Fair
March 14, 2008
2008 Fibre Art Fair
1Saturday, April 19th 9am-5pm
Jane Addams Community Center, Cedarville, IL
Fiber Art Demos, Natural Fiber Products, Fiber Competitions, Needle Felting, Spinning, Weaving, Dying, Tatting, Commercial and Food Vendors.
Come One, Come All
Learn, Watch, Shop, and Enjoy
1Hosted by the Moonspinners Spinning & Weaving Guild
Jane Addams Community Center, Cedarville, IL
Fiber Art Demos, Natural Fiber Products, Fiber Competitions, Needle Felting, Spinning, Weaving, Dying, Tatting, Commercial and Food Vendors.
Come One, Come All
Learn, Watch, Shop, and Enjoy
1Hosted by the Moonspinners Spinning & Weaving Guild
February 7, 2008
January 5, 2008
Mohair / Shetland
Now I am blending a silver grey Shetland from one of our lambs and some kid mohair from our angora goat. The fibre on the left is the Mohair and the fibre on the right is the Shetland.
I am blending these fibres together with my hand carders at about a 60% Shetland to 40%mohair ratio. As you can see in the right photo, this is spinning out very smooth.
It's turning into a beautiful silver yarn - but still - I am tempted to dye this combo. I'd eventually like to knit or crochet it into a shall of some type. I've segregated out only 6oz of Shetland for this project, no worries on the amount of mohair-have plenty, so, I'll see how far I get. I may just have to increase the amount for this project. I guess I'll see how much yardage this gets me.
(if you double click on the left photo you can really see the difference in these fibers)
(if you double click on the left photo you can really see the difference in these fibers)
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