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Hand dyed at home

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Dory wanted to dye some yarn for her friend. She came up with the colours all by herself and had a good time applying the dyes to the wool. And this is the sweety result: Dory's handpainted Blue Faced Leicester. She might have some talent...

Mooi, mooier, mooist!

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Maar eens een postje in het Nederlands. :-)Voor wie het zich kan herinneren, bij het spinnewiel kwam er ook een prachtige streng handgeverfde merino door Judith . Nu heb ik daar al tot vervelens toe foto's van laten zien, en nu doe ik dat lekker nog een keer. Het gaat dus om de bovenste, deze is nu eindelijk ook gesponnen. En MOOI geworden! Hier een tussendoor foto Deze wol heb ik gesponnen met een Plan. Jawel, Plan met een Hoofdletter, want het is voor het eerst dat ik iets gesponnen heb met een project in mijn hoofd. De Drop Stitch Scarf . Zo mooi! Zeker in handgesponnen garen, kijk hier maar eens (beetje doorscrollen naar beneden). Okay, ik moet nog veel leren, vooral gelijkmatig spinnen, toch ben ik bijzonder tevreden over het resultaat. 288 meter draad na navajo twijnen. Dat moet toch een leuke sjaal kunnen worden. En omdat ik er zelf niet genoeg van kan krijgen, nog maar een foto!

Yarn to give

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Today is a special day for me. I am not going to point out why, it is not significant. Though on account of that special day I want to give something away It's two skeins of Blue Faced Leicester in the 'Blue Jeans' colourway and a skein of Tencel/ Merino sock yarn in violet. If anyone out there would like to have this yarn (and a bit more), please leave a comment on this post, saying something nice. No matter on what person or subject, just be kind. Let's make this a short 'contest'. It will close by Sunday night (23-11-2008), my daughter will pick the winner on Monday.

Spinning BFL

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Along with my spinning wheel I got that beautiful sliver from her . The aqua-blue-spruce looks now more like this I love how it turned out! I tried my very best to spin thicker than usual. This is about 100m/ 100g, so mission accomplished. I know, I know, it is not perfect yet. I do have to practice and to learn a lot, but it is getting somewhere. And this is the reddish BFL I posted about earlier. Yes, you are looking at a lot of small skeins. That is what one gets when having a 4 year old with a new pair of Ladybird scissors near a drying hank.

Gifts by Mail

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First of all: my sincere apologies to Darcy , Tessa and Olga for the delay in posting about your thoughtful gifts. Because of moving home, Darcy sent me this beautiful cable needle, including necklace (well thinking Darcy!) and a cute yellow pouch to hold it And also because of the move, Tessa sent a complete parcel. Hand dyed cotton in the back, shower gel and shampoo, chocolate biscuits, a yarn guage and tea. This photo shows the cotton more clear: knitting it up to dish cloths. The colouring is just amazing! All the gifts were packed in this colourful bag Very much to my surprise I also found a gift from Olga in the post. Meant as a 'thank you' to my hubby for buying loads of Kool Aid when he was in Orlando and to me for distributing it. A set of very Dutch recipe note cards. The harmonica is obviously for Dory Thank you ladies for these special gifts!