Heidi Kim’ s Blog

April fiber of the month club from Chameleon Colorworks was Figgy Pudding, I like this color much more then Easter Parade. Light pastels colors are not my favorite, but this is how it is to be member for a fiber club.

Here is photos of Figgy Pudding, it is BFL.

I also got my new Bosworth spindles, it is Red Cedar midi 20 gram and Zebrawood mini 17 gram.

I love them, I have already spin on round finish and ply Corridale with the midi Red Cedar spindle

My brother work sometimes in Hamar, and since Spinnvilt is in Hamar. What more naturally is it to ask if he could pick up some wool I order from Spinnvilt. I love to try new wool and fiber type, so when Spinnvilt had got in many new type I just had to try. My brother and his family came to Bergen today and look what hi had with him

Wool from Spinnvilt, from left is Corridale, Wensleydale, Shetland, Shropshire, Dorset Horn, Lincoln and in the bag washed Spelsau. Yiah.

Lincoln and Dorset Horn are interesting, but I think that will be a one time bargain. The wool are to coarse for me, wonder what type of yarn I shall spin with it. Corridale and the Shetland are very nice and will definitely be bought more of, Wensleydale I am not shore of before I have spun with it. Shropshire is a fine coarse wool, specially good for making sock yarn and are bought in for that purpose.

Eirik at Spinnvilt give a very good custom service and is one of the two Norwegian spinner & wool shop we have in Norway

Yiah, I am in spinning heaven, just bad that I can’t use them on spinning before I totally finish with my firms accounting. But I can show what I got Thursday in my mail box:

From left, it is blue BFL, the other three skeins are merino&silk 50% all fiber are from Fiber artist. Bought at Garnkorgen - Sweeden. The two spindles are not new, but I had to try to spin the fiber at once I got the fiber

Corridale&soy batts from Yarn Spider, new fiber for me. So I am excited to try.

White BFL tops, Fino baby alpaca yarn from Alpaca with a Twist, double row hand combs from Louet and Beth The Spinning Loft had also send sample of angora tops, that is the white little tops to the right. The red fiber is a sample off merino&tencel from Ashland bay. Thank you Beth.

For a long time, I have look at Knitzi trying to decied if I like it ore not. So in the end I just needed to buy one and try, I love it. Yes, it is bigger then the other knitting needles case I have, but my new Harmony Woods I want to protect

I have knitted a hat for a friend of mine, it is from my own handspun yarn in merino. The merino I got from Nicole in a swap I joined at Raverly.

Presenting Mataya’s Golf Lima that will stay in the kennel

Tuesday I had knittingbirthday party as always it was a great party, look what I got from the girls

From Tittei, Regia Kaffe Fasset yarn

From Lises, Regia silk and Austeman sock yarn

From Synne, Regia Kaffe Fasset yarn

From Anette, Noro Sock yarn and soft white Bouton d’Our

From Stillow, Fabel sock yarn

From nsalsmo, more soft lovely white Bouton o’Dour baby alpaca

It was a great knitting birthday party

I have also orded some new drop spindle from Bosworth, but since I would like to have them with walnut shaft it will take a little while before they arrive. So when I look at Spinnulla’s webshop and so the Greensleeves Vixen - Tulipwood 19 gram I had to try one of them, I gave Wenche the owner to Spinnulla some shipping tips and look how nice and lovely she is. I could choose 100 gram with what wool/fiber I wanted, of course I had to accept that gift
I choosed Bambus Aegean, the color are gorgeous and the softness in this bambus are so soft.

Since I took a photo in the evening, the colors are not quite right. Look here for the correct color.

and here is the Greensleeves Vixen - Tulipwood 19 gram the fiber is merino&silk blend from Highland Cottage.

Fiber of the month in march was Easter Parade and is merino, since I wanted to keep the colors in the fiber I navaho plyed the yarn.

Wool: Merino from Fiber of the month Chameleon Colorworks
Weight: ap. 113 gram / 4 ounce.
Length: 348,70 m / 381,33 yards
WPI: 19 WPI - Fingerweigth

I have bought a new drop spindle, this time I wanted to try a other type then Bosworth. So from Beth The Spinning Loft I bought a Lacewood Tabachek spindle, I was so ager to begin to spin with it that I forgot to take photos with the yarn on
So here is a photo of the drop spindle with the finish yarn, I spun up some leftover with hand dyed merino 16 mic and spun it as a lace weight yarn.

So what doe I think about Tabachek? I love the design it is so beautiful scarved and spin very good, but still I am in love with my Bossies - they spin longer

It is also more quiet in the house, 3 of the puppies has left to there new owners. 2 girls are again, Wilma to the left are staying here for while before she go to here new home and Lima to the right is staying with me.

After the puppies was moved done in the living room, I have not been spinning so much. With 5 puppies running and playing, I know from earliere experince that the spinning wheel will be very attemted to play and bit one.

But I did a lot of spinning before the puppie moved done, mostly white angora and other soft fiber that I will start to doe some dyeing soon.

Here is what I am finish with of knitting:

This hat I have knitted from some navahoe plyed handspun yarn, the fiber is Sherino and Alpaca I got from Allena.

Finish with another My So Called Scarf, it is knitted from the hand dyeing Sulka I did for a while ago.

I also have knitted some baby booties in angora and a headband from the leftovers I had from the hat. Photos are coming.

I got some new doggy fleece blanket and just left it in the hall. Charlie found them and had to try them at once, hi remind me of the story to HC Andersen; The Princess on the Pea.

I have also posted a lot of new photos of the puppies on my kennel website; Mataya.

I know it is a long time since last posting, it is so busy with the puppies and I have been sick the last week.

This weekend it was the first dog show for this year, the results was okey. 3 of Kelly’s kids was on the show, Pippi that I co-own with Nina and Marius, Frida owned by Anne and Munti owned by Hildur. They all got 1.price in quality and Honor Price not bad at all.

But back to what arrived in my mail box today, a box from Cathy and two packets from my very good dachs friend in UK Jane.

Cathy is my pal in The Hand Dyed Yarn Swap and wow, look at here what she send me
Gorgeous hand dyed superwash merino from The Unique Sheep, that she had hand dyed in Ultramarine colors. I love it, it is so my colors. Knitpicks Bare 70% merino wool, 30% silk that I can dye my self. That yarn is so soft, yummie. Cathy send not just 1 pattern, but 3 patterns. It is Spirogyra mittens, lace Ribbon Scarf and Pomatomus socks pattern.
Burt’s Bees Essential Body Kit and a lot of Lifesavers, did someone know that I love Livesavers Jellybeans and this cute little sheep. Cathy had also knitted Paper Nautilus Shell as you can see between the lovely notepad set and the card she send me.

Close up photos of the gorgeous yarn

and photos of the cute sheep bear

In the packet Jane send me with gorgeous wool from The Alpaca Spinner, she had knitted some cute slippers and a beautiful scarf to me. It was also some very important stuff in the packet, Spatone yiha. Know I maybe get my energy back again, that stuff is incredible.

I will post some photos of the puppies tomorrow, today was there first day out

The yarn I was rely satisfied with is the yarn I hand dyed to Cathy, who is my swap partner in The Hand Dyed Yarn Swap. But can’t show any photo before she has got it, if not it will not be a surprise to here

But I can show photos from the two other skein I hand dyed.

This is handspun merino, spun in thick and thin type.

I love the pattern to My So Called Scarf and when I look in the yarn basket, I had 4 skeins with white Sulka from the Mirasol collection.

I had a fun time and more hand dyeing will come, just need to be finish to spin the wool I have got some lovly batts from Allena, she blended Sherino 50% with BFL 50% and the blend is beautiful and are going to be knitted to socks.

Well, much is happen here home, it is just that there is not enough hour in the day to get all done. Like writing in my blog

The puppies are getting big, they are know 4 weeks old. Here are some photos of them, if you want to see more visit my kennel website Mataya.

I have also done some spinning and knitting done

Wool: Sirri from The Faroe Islands
Weight: 179 gram / ap. 6,3 ounce.
Length: 321,56 m / 351,67 yards
WPI: Sport

in the middle angora;
Wool: White angora from my own bunnies.
Weight: 170 gram / ap. 6 ounce.
Length: 558,10 m / 610,34 yards
WPI: 36

and in the bottom;
Wool: White angora from my own bunnies and 16 mic merino.
Weight: 74 gram / ap. 2,6 ounce.
Length: 280,10 m / 306,34 yards
WPI: 38

I am knitting socks the pattern I use is Tidal Wave and I knit them in Tofutsie from oct.-07 collection. I love this yarn and know it is easier for me to get the yarn since To Damer has begin to sell some of the colors.

Are also going to doe some hand dyeing again, here is the yarn to pre-soak. It is thick and thin merino, Mirasol Sulka and cerise merino that was to cerise for me. So then it is just to over dye it

Here are some photos of the puppies, they are today 1 week old. All are well, they eat, sleep and are just fat happy people

New way to sleep

Good buddies.

I have also have time to doe some spinning, knitting and found out that I must be a fiber snob, why? Will post about it tomorrow