I know you would think that I should be making more spring and summery type items and accessories by this time. I am thinking spring and summer as well. However the weather isn’t exactly agreeable. We got more snow over the weekend. So I thought I would make some beautiful angora socks. I [...]
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Deyaneria on April 12th, 2013
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I’ve been dyeing all weekend to see these. Ok not really but I have been dyeing all weekend. I have some new yarn types and new fiber for the shop so how about some Yarny/Fibery Goodness Eye-candy!!!!!! These yarns are all 100% bamboo. There are more colors available at The Fiber of [...]
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Dwayne and I spent most of Saturday wrangling goats into the stand and combing cashmere!!!! Most of the goats were already shedding their coats except for Serena ….I think she will be ready in a about a week!!!!! We were able to get 3 out of 4 goats [...]
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I was hoping to work on my U-neck School Girl Vest. However, events had left it abandoned, languishing on the table waiting for me. The goats are losing their coats so I have to hoard the cashmere before they rub it all off on the fencing. I planned to start yesterday. I bundled up and headed out to the barn. [...]
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Continue reading about Fantastic Fiber Friday – Karakul, Yarn, and Cashmere
Karakul have very distinctly colored fleeces. The lambs are born black with wavy curls and as they grow the curls open and the color begins to lighten. There is amazingly wide range of shades going form black, silvery blue grays, to golden tan,red-browns, white with other colors and pure white. Interestingly [...]
The Karakul may be the oldest breed of domesticated sheep. Archeological evidence indicates the existence of the Persian lambskin as early as 1400 B.C. and carvings of a distinct Karakul type have been found on ancient Babylonian temples. Although known as the “fur” sheep, the Karakul provided more than the beautifully patterned silky [...]
No…. I’m not carding the sweater after blocking it……whew…… just wanted to get that confusion out of the way. I’ve been steam blocking and pulling into the correct measurements. Here is a unblocked sleeve. Looks much better blocked. Amazing the difference it makes. Since I block on the wrong side I had to [...]
