Puppies, wool, knitting, handdyeing and more :o)

The puppies was 2 weeks old Thursday, they have now began to open there eyes so will take some new photos in the weekend. But here you have some photos of them 😛

Happt little guys :o)

Sleepy boys.

I recived my swap packet from Tamara that has been my pal in the Fibery Goodness swap that are in Ravelry, I love the packet I got from here.

My fiber packet from Tamara

The fiber is some lovely Targhee, I have never tried Targhee before so that should be very exciting to try. There was a wonderful skein with superwash ultrasoft merino, both the handspun yarn and the fiber is hand dyed by Tamara. Werther’s candy and chocholate and a candle with a nice sent with sage & citrus in a candle cup.
Thank you so much for this wonderful packet, Tamara 😀

More wool has arrived, Polwarth that I  never have tried. I found a shop in Denmark that sell Polwarth, after reading about a Polwarth farm in Australia I was so curios. I can already know tell you that this fiber I defently will get in my shop. I also got more of Spelsay from Spinnvilt.

Polwarth

Spelsau

I wrote knitting in the heading, I am finish with the second BSJ.  Well it is not quite finish, I need to assemble the jacket. Want to doe a i-cord around and also need to buy some button. But here is it, the yarn is Knitpicks Bare merino&silk that I have hand dyed.

BSJ no 2

I can know show you the yarn I spun and hand dyed to Linda, my pal in the Fibery Goodness swap. The handspun yarn is of 16 mic merino and is hand dyed in orange and yellow that Linda wrote she liked. With the fiber that we should send 4 oz of, I send some of the merino&silk I have to sale in my web shop the colors are in orange.

Fire

Reklame

Yes, I know there is some times since last bloging, lol.

It has been so busy, for a couple of week I was at workshop with Amelia Kinkade in animal communicator. It was good to meet here again and it was a much better workshop then last time, all the particpant was rely ageer to learn and put aside all the «fear with I can’t doe this». When I talk with Amelia, I told here that I breed longhair zwerg dachshund and that my Kelly is pregnant, she then ask if it would be much trouble for me to pick here up and let Kelly be our teacher. It was just 15 min drives, so that was not any problem. It was intresting for me to have Kelly in the class and the students was rely good with the information they recived from Kelly. Else in the workshop there was a lot of WOW moment, I had mine also and it was a great workshop. If you want to learn how to comunicate with animal, look at Amelia’s webpage for the schedule. It is not so difficult that you think, Amelia’s method are very easy to use and she is a great teacher.

This weekend on Saturday it was a ordinary bloodtracking field trail in my dachshund club, I did not have any of my dogs attend. Since Kelly is the only one that are trained, but are not allowed to join since she is now 5 weeks due in here pregnancy. But one of my puppi buyer was there with his dog Ricco, that is a puppie from Ellie and Charlie’s litter. Ricco did it very well, hi got 1 price with Honor Price, way to goe Ricco and Yngve. Now they need one more 1.price to gain the Working Champion, think they are going to a new bloodtracking filed trail this weekend, fingers crossed 😀

Here are some photos of the little lad and with his owner Yngve:

Ricco waiting for the results.

Doe you want to play?

We got 1.price with Honor Price :o)

I have also been dyeing some New Zeeland wool tops, for some strange reason they fall a little apart in the tops. So therefore I sell them out to 10% discount. I still like the colors even if they are maybe a little special, time will tell if some of my customers like them ore not 😛

Wild burgundy crazy

Wild crazy

Wild crazy roses

Wild dark crazy

Have also done some spinning, well I have spinning a lot more then this baby alpaca & angora blend. But it was the time to take the photos 😛

Baby alpaca & Angora

On the spinning wheel right now it is merino&tencel from Chameleon colorworks fiber of the month, I am also finish with the Bamboo caribbean that May want to buy to here daughter. I am taken it with me this evening to see if she like the finish product. After spinning 100% bamboo, I definitely tell you that it will not be my favorite fiber to spin having it as a blend I love the bamboo, but not pure bamboo.

Doe I knit? Yes, I doe, but forget to take photos, bummer 😀 The Pretty as a Peacock shawl I am finish I am halfway in Chart E. But then I got distracted because a certain DVD came in the mail box; Elizabeth Zimmermann’s Baby Surprice Jacket. So know I am knitting my first BSS, will take photos soon, promise, lol.

Baby Surprice Jacket.

And they who have told that EZ pattern are a little bit difficult to understand, for a first time knitter of here pattern, they have right. Without this DVD and this excellent website, I could not have knitted this jacket without the help. Ore well, I am not finish yet, so we can talk about that issue when I am finish 😛

I have forgot to blog about my wonderful swap packet I got from Peggy, my secret pal in the Hush Hush Handspun Hootenanny:

HHHH swap packet from Peggy.

There was the book Color in spinning by Deb Menz, this is a book I have wanted to buy for a long time, so guess who was very happen :o))
A 3 play handspun of 67% wensleydale and 33% merino, is it so soft and wonderful and wow 3 gorgeous Alpaca 85% and Tussah silk 15% batts that’s Peggy write she has carded herself. It is sooooo sooooft :o)

Thank you so much for this wonderful packet Peggy :o)

I also got a new spindle bag, that Lises has been so wonderful to make for me 😀

Spindle bag by Lises design

More hand dyed tops

I have made a new banner to HK Spindles & Fiber:

Photos of some of the new hand dyed tops and handspun yarn I have in the shop:

La Plata – Pagoda:

Merino 16 mic – Pagoda

New Zeeland lamb – Forrest fruit

New Zeeland Lamb – Oceanic

New Zeeland lamb – Oceanic Two

Optim – Clown Land

Optim - Velvet Dream

Tussah silk and fine Wool - Grape Wine

I have also been spinning, problem is that when I have sign up for to different swap with both shall have 4 oz of hand spun yarn and I change my mind and begin with some new fiber/colors. Then the time is beginning to run away from me, so this weekend I have to decied what fiber/colors I am going to spin 😛

Lace angora

Merino 16 mic spun on one of my Bossie spindle

I have more handspun yarn finish, but see know that I have forgot to taken photos of them. More updates will come later 😀

But I can show you the lovely parcel I got from my pal from The Spindle Addict swap I am member of, it is one of the Ravelry swap group.

Spindle swap parcel from Lisa

The spindles is from Cascade, Mount Shuksan 1,15 oz spin beautiful have of course already spin with it. Beautiful wool roving in red and purple colors from Smoky Mountain Fibers. Yummie, dark organic chocolate and a lovely Footbridge – handmade shea butter lotion, Lisa write that they are produced from the same area she live. There was also some magnets in the parcel, some of the most famous 4 buildning in the world.

So the choloate are eaten, surprise – lol. My hands and feet are so soft, and the scent so lovley from the lotion and the spindles are in use, what more can a spinner wish for :o)

Thank you so much for this lovely packet, Lisa. I love all of it – thank you 😛

Wool arrived and dyeing fiber.

Since I thought it would be boring to just sell white and finished dyed fiber, I started to dye again. Here is 5 tops I dyed, it is 2 tops with Falkland, 2 tops with BFL and 1 tops with Optim. The last one I am not satisfied with, since the Optim was not dyed in the middle.

Winter Berry – Falkand tops

Winter Land – Falkland tops

Berry – BLF tops

Grape – BFL tops

Spring – Optim

Except for the Optim, they other hand dyed tops will be put out for sale when my web shop is up and running, hopefully soon. But Beau are excused, hi and Allena got a new family member June 18 😛

Today there come also in wool, a lot is white since I will sell hand dyed fiber. Have fun looking at the photos 😀

Grey merino.

Mohair.

16 and 18 mic merino, yummie.

Wensleydale, La Plata and Tussah&Wool.

Merino&Mulberry and Merino&Tussah.

Space fine merino.

Here is the 2 drop spindle Allena send me, it is a gemstone and a wooden one she make. I will have this for sale in my shop also.

Gemstone spindle the yarn is spun from a batt Allena send me.

Wooden spindle from Allena, I used that one to spin and ply the yarn.

Creative blogger.

I have got a award from Dolci, thank you so much. Creative blogger, so now I have to write a little bit to show that I have been creative 8)

But first I have to give this award further to 4 other, this is so difficult. Since there is so many wonderful creative blogger around in the blog world. So therefore I give this award to all your creative blogger.

I have been spinning up the Corridale I bought from Spinnvilt, BFL&Sherino from Allena, angora&cashmere, merino&cashmere, angora and BFL. Since all of this skeins was white, I decided to doe some dyeing 😛 Some of this skeins are spun on my Little Gem II and the rest on the drop spindles.

The skeins are hanging to dry.

Wool: BFL&Sherino from Allena
Weight: 288 gram / ap. 10 ounce.
Length: 414,83 m / 453,67 yards
WPI:17
Dyed with Wilton’s

Wool: Corriedale from Spinnvilt.
Weight: 100 gram / ap. 3,5 ounce.
Length: 167,63 m / 184,33 yards
WPI:20
Dyed with Wilton’s and easter egg dyes.

Wool: Angora&Cashmere 3 ply.
Weight: 72 gram / ap. 2,5 ounce.
Length: 161,24 m / 176,33 yards
WPI:27
Dyed with Easter egg dyes.

Wool: Angora 100%
Weight: 141 gram / ap. 4,9 ounce.
Length: 410,87 m / 449,33 yards
WPI:29
Dyed with Wilton’s black.

Wool: Merino & Cashmere
Weight: 36 gram / ap. 1,3 ounce.
Length: 145,70 m / 159,33 yards
WPI:29
Dyed with Wilton’s black.

The lace socks are finised, my first english pattern; Fiber Trends – Lupine Lace sock pattern.

I have also finally started on Pretty as a Peacock Shawl, this is my first lace shawl. English pattern and not the most easy on, so I wonder what I am thinking on and to be honost. I have already knitted wrong two times, I thought I was finish with chart B. Then I was missing 5 stictes and took up a lot of rows, then I started again. But when I check the pattern, I so that something was wrong and yes, oh dear. I had began on the wrong row, so I just had to take up all the rows and start again from row 46. But know I have control again

Wish me good knitting luck on my following journey 😛

Here is the Merino&Silk blend from Fiber fleece artist I bought from Garnkorga in Sweeden, the quality for that price is not worth it. The wool had felted a little bit so it was small neps in and therefore I am not satsfied over the quality. Here is the photo of the yarn.

Oh, I almost forgot to write about the most important news, I have got a new drop spindle. A Kundert Birdseye Maple, Wenge, Zebra on Walnut Whorl, I love it. Despite of the weight, it is 1 oz it don’t feel so heavy at all. It is in very good balance and spin forever, I have got a new spindle in my favorite collection.

And some secret news; HK Spindles & Fiber what is that? Stay tune more will come soon 😆

More spindle and Figgy Pudding arrived.

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 😀

More fiber in the house.

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 😀

Birthday, drop spindle, fiber.

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 8) the fiber is merino&silk blend from Highland Cottage.

Latest news spinning and more drop spindle.

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 8)

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.

Spinning and knitting.

Finish with some lace yarn I have been spinning, I love spinning lace but it takes it’s time.

Here is merino:

Wool: 18 mic merino from Wollknoll in Germany.
Weight: 83 gram / ap. 3 ounce.
Length: 412 m / 450.50 yards
WPI: 46

Doe you think this was thin? 😛 just wait to I tell you about Optim, hi hi.

I begin to spin the Optim Nancy – Chameleon Colorworks send me, she told me to predraft it lightly then it would spin like butter. She has right, it spin like butter – I love it. But it is also so easy to spin lace, to easy because if the 18 mic merino is 46 WPI I wonder what this will be since one single tread is thinner.

It has also done some knitting, May that is the LYS owner at To Damer are now selling yarn from SWTC and I bought some Karaoke. That is 50% soysilk and 50% wool, it is very soft and wonderful to knit with. I was going to knit My So Called Scarf pattern, but the yarn is a single tread so it fluzz up very easy. So then I just knit 1 k and 1 p, it was enough with 3 skeins since I used 40 sts.
I gave the scarf as a birthday present to my sister, as you can see I was not quite finish so I knitted it finish at the party 😛

Ellie is know 6 weeks pregnant and she is beginning to be big 🙂