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Shawl blocked! I went to my lys to get some lace wires but they were all out so the edges of my shawl are a little bumpy. They said they’d call me...
New Zealand Corriedale Tops - Animal Shades IN STOCK!
IN STOCK! Great for needlefelting, wet felting and spinning… weights available from 10g to 1000g.
The Corriedale sheep have a lovely soft, pure white fleece with a great handle for the spinner and produces a very nice soft yarn. This wool is also very suited to wet and dry needle felting, because it is not quite so ‘super’ soft as Merino and it felts up easily.
The Correidale sheep has been bred over time from a combination of Lincoln and English Leicester rams on Merino ewes, so the wool has a wonderful quality to it and a good lustre. It also takes to chemical and hand dying well.
Count: 25-28 micron/Bradford 56-58, Staple: 10 - 17cm Weight: 100g (approx. 390-410cm length)
http://www.sarastexturecrafts.com/new-zealand-corriedale-tops—-animal-shades-8173-p.asp
It’s always nice to see a process from start to finish with a customer, which is a rare thing when you work online. So it’s great to be in touch with a customer of mine from the Somerset Guild’s Talk back in March.
In the blog post about the day you can see Anita spinning away on Dartmoor, another of my colourways. Below are the pictures Anita sent me for my new Polwarth base in colourway Indian Summer (the base will soon be in store!)
It looks like it’s spinning up nice and fine.
I wonder what it will become?
Thank you for sharing!
Sara x
A big thank you to Rosy Retro and everyone who took part in the SAL KAL, we had a fabulous time and really got inspired to knit from our handspun. Here is some of the work;
Top Left to right - Pia’s Dreambird Shawl using my hand dyed Cheviot and Hebridean fleece. Alex’s Ishbel shawl in my colourway Pansy. Steph’s Leaving Cowl in my Alpaca Pansy.
Middle left to right - My Batt Droppings Poncho using my batt waste and grey Ryeland. Elaine’s Raspberry Chocolate Pink Cardi using my Merino Blend and another dyed purchased elsewhere. Alex’s Handspun Norie in my Shetland colourway After the Storm.
Bottom left to right - Tab’s shawl using Polwarth bought from Fibre Fancy on Etsy. Muriel’s Shetland Vanter Mittens in my colourway After the Storm. Marilyn’s Drift Away shawl in my Merino Tencel Blend Malachite.
The prizes have been claimed and I think we are all now insipred to work more with our handspun.
COMING SOON! Tour de Fleece on Ravelry… I will be hosting a team this year, so please join teh group here… http://www.ravelry.com/groups/saras-texture-crafts and let’s get spinning together with knitting,weaving,crochet to follow in the months after.
Sara x
Here’s the list;
- Batts – Red, Orange/Yellow and Purple options have been added.
- Hand Dyed Blended Tops – I have some new bases to work with on custom order and will have a few ready to go stock items available too. The bases are; BFL/Trilobal, BFL/Silk, Merino/Bamboo, Merino/Nylon (great for socks, not so great for felt making), Merino/Silk and Merino/Tencel. Colours fresh in stock are BFL/Sparkle Bluebell Woods and Merino/Tencel Malachite.
- Knitting Sundries – Stitch Holders to Cable needles and knitting calculators.
- New ZealandCorriedale – New Animal Shades in stock.
- Other Hand Dyed Tops include – Merino in After the Storm, BFL in Tourmaline and Anenome, Falkland in Dartmoor and After the Strom, Jacob in Bluebell Woods and Rusty Gate and finally Shetland in After the Storm.
- Sock Yarn Collection! Yes, it’s finally here and I have two bases to choose from. Other bases will follow later on.
You can find all of these in the shop at www.sarastexturecrafts.comfrom the date above. So mark your diary and come join me.
If you want to see more of the shop update details and see items in the ‘flesh’ so to speak. Check out my next podcast episode at www.dreaminginfibre.blogspot.com
Sara x
Next Update Due: 7th June 2013.
The next episode is up and show notes can be found at www.dreaminginfibre.blogspot.com
In this episode I discuss Wonderwwol Wales 2013.
You can also find this on YouTube, Blip.tv and iTunes.
Sara x
This is the Ravelry Project Page… http://ravel.me/SarasTextureCraft/skk
I’m quite aware that I look overly pleased with myself… and yes, to be honest I am. I love knitting with Handspun! Why, oh why I don’t do it more often I just don’t know… I’ll have to get the wheel out and remedy that.
In the meantime I do have some hand spun yarn waiting to be knit… the pattern search begins!
The SAL KAL continues until May and everyone has really got stuck in… I can’t wait to see more finished pieces.
I’m planning the next SAL KAL as I type.
Sara x
