Visitors to my studio

sweet little girls knitting on the stoep.

Jo and Ruth had my gran mesmerised, and the undivided attention of the little girls. Nice to see aspiring spinners of all ages. :)

Come on Granny, you can do it!

Belinda browsing through the merino laces and the banana yarns.

thank you everyone for visiting my shop and making my day so special!

My studio

My studio has opened... here is it...

I will post more pictures, once my adsl is fixed.

:)

FIBRE AND WOOL CLUBS

SEASONAL SOCK CLUB

I am really excited to launch my sock club, I have been planning this for a while and finally have the details sorted out..

Each season I choose a photo/painting as my inspiration and then dye up the wool based on my interpretation. The photo will be sent to you to see and you will then choose to opt in or opt out. Once eveyone has confirmed I will then dye the wool, each ball is 120g -20g more than usual so that knee highs /shawls can be knitted- and will come with 10g of co-ordinating imported luxury sock wool. These wools will be dyed using more time consuming dye methods with the intention of creating ‘yarn art’

This season the photo is of agathpanthus and the luxury wool is 70%merino and 30% peace silk.

photo courtesy of denizyildiz :)

The cost is R150 per season and this includes postage. I will be dyeing it next week so If you would like to join in the fun then let me know and I can dye for you at the same time.

Skeins are dyed side by side as one skein for maximum matching so I you want to double up then this will be possible.

Co-ordinating plain colours available on request in 25g or 50g or 100g balls.

And some exciting news for spinners, I will also be dyeing ROVING in the same colours. 100g Superwash merino and 50g tussah silk and it also cost R150 -incl postage- per season.

Dyes used are professional colorfast/fade resistant acid dyes.

Items are machine washable cold, gentle dry or lay flat to dry.

I look forward to dyeing for you all.

Sheep shearing

A farm close by has been shearing there sheep this week, today was the lambs turn so we went along to observe the process and buy some wool from the fleece.

Terri showing her children how the sheep shearing is done.

Once the sheep are sheared and the shearer picks up the entire fleece and moves it to the sorting table.

The fleece is then tossed and sorted into different grades

With my spindle I did a quick spinning demo, the shearers were more interested than the children. It was nice to have them watch me.

The children enjoyed the bales of wool.

And Pirate Caleb helped me carry the bounty home.

Baaa Baaa - Thank you for your lovely wool - We will wash it, card it and knit something special with it.

Spinning daze!

I have been in a spinning daze! I have been having so much fun and am so thankful that I have such great fibres in my fibre box [erm shelf... erm ok I admit it, it is a cupboard of fibre!]

So to celebrate the giveaway of my hand-dyed sock wool on Naturalsuburbia.blogspot.com , I have decided to offer a 10% discount on my handspun etsy listings. Here they are...

[if you are wanting one then send me a mail on dehningc@gmail.com ]


Crystal Beaded Silk Merino 2ply yarn
Sooo pretty! AND ITS SOLD!

I had such fun with this one, it is a beautiful blend of silk, 19,5 micron merino and crystal beads.Weight:51g [1,8oz]Length: approx 110m. The merino is hand dyed in a warm mushroom tone and the silk was hand dyed in a warm pink, blues with the odd bit of golden sun peeking in.The crystal beads are a soft pink - they tone in perfectly.The result is a subtle colour way with great character.I can also spin some more of the mushroom merino to be used with this skein.

INDIAN SUMMER:

52g of yummy chunky hand-spun.

Very soft and yummy!

19,5 micron hand-dyed Merino blended with a goober ball bought from Heartstringsbydee. Please pop by her shop and support her, she is so helpful and so kind!Here is a link to her shop. http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5068697 her baby is having open heart surgery so every sale helps with unexpected expenses.

ESTY PRICE: USD 19

RAND PRICE: R 170

ALPACA MERINO BLEND

It is a VERY soft skein of alpaca/wool with sweet lil' petrol coloured beads.

Weight: 43g [[1,5 oz]

Length: approx 75m [appox 70 yards]

The Merino is super soft 19,5 micron South African that has been hand-spun and hand-dyed.The alpaca is From the Western Cape province of South Africa and has a low micron count [under 22 micron] . The brown is the fleeces natural colour.

This yarn is a treat!

Can be used for felting projects.

ESTY PRICE :USD17-00

RAND PRICE: R150-00

We love Wool Crafts

Today we visited the Stellenbosch WALDORF School and came home armed with some imported fleece.

Kalla lay on the couch and felted a string for Tigger [our new kitty] and Oliver to play with.



Thomas needle felted a ball for Tigger while she waited on the couch.

And I had a blast on the spinning wheel!

Happy Valentines Day everyone!!!!!!