Monday, July 24, 2006

Gotland Fleece


Cor/Colour: Light Grey
Composição/Composition: 100% lã Gotland / 100% Gotland
Tenho/I have: 100 g

Origem/From: Ebay UK: Pure Inspiration.

Notas/Notes: Descrição do vendedor/Vendor's description: "This is a beautiful soft fleece with a curl in the staple and is a light grey colour

Spin up to make a lovely fine yarn for hand knitting or weaving or ply with other fibres.

The fleece has been washed"

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Monday, July 17, 2006

Hand Dyed Wensleydale Fleece


Cor/Colour: Blue Heaven
Composição/Composition: 100% lã Wensleydale / 100% Wensleydale wool
Tenho/I have: 200 g

Origem/From: Ebay UK: Pure Inspiration.

Notas/Notes: Descrição do vendedor/Vendor's description: "Wensleydale fleece has a gorgeous lustre and a long spiral staple.
This lovely fleece will spin up into a wonderful yarn to use in hand knitting or weaving.
The fleece can also be used in felting."

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Summer Storm Hand Dyed Wool Fleece


Cor/Colour: Summer Storm
Composição/Composition: 100% lã / 100% wool
Tenho/I have: 300 g

Origem/From: Ebay UK: Pure Inspiration.

Notas/Notes: Descrição do vendedor/Vendor's description: "This lovely, soft fleece will spin up into a wonderful yarn to use in hand knitting or weaving.The fleece can also be used in felting."

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Hand Dyed Kid Mohair Curls




Cor/Colour: Lemon Shades + Soft Purple + Moorland Summer
Composição/Composition: 100% mohair
Tenho/I have: 100g Lemon Shades + 100g Soft Purple + 100 g Moorland Summer

Origem/From: Ebay UK: Pure Inspiration.

Notas/Notes: Descrição do vendedor/Vendor's description: "This fleece has a beautiful lustre which shines through the dye and into the finished work. Use to spin into a lovely fine yarn or leave in the curls for a designer yarn. Use in felting to add depth and texture to your work. Whatever you choose to do with this lovely fleece you wont be disappointed with the results."

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Fuschia Fantasy Hand Dyed Wool Fleece


Cor/Colour: Fuschia Fantasy
Composição/Composition: 100% lã / 100% wool
Tenho/I have: 100 g

Origem/From: Ebay UK: Pure Inspiration.

Notas/Notes: Descrição do vendedor/Vendor's description: "This lovely, soft fleece will spin up into a wonderful yarn to use in hand knitting or weaving.The fleece can also be used in felting."

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Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Black Alpaca roving



Cor/Colour: Preto/ Black
Composição/Composition: 100% alpaca / 100% alpaca
Tenho/I have: 200 g

Origem/From: Ebay UK: brusedbrother.

Notas/Notes: Descrição do vendedor/Vendor's description: "This baby alpaca fleece has been professionally cleaned and carded into rovings ready for spinning. It comes from "Contraflow Rio" the young black female in the picture above. The fleece can be spun on its own to make good quality yarn or can be spun with natural fibres such as silk or merino."

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Friday, June 02, 2006

Mystery roving



Cor/Colour: Castanho acinzentado escuro irregular / Tweedy dark grey-brown
Composição/Composition: 100% lã de origem desconhecida / 100% wool, origin unknown
Tenho/I have: 39 g

Origem/From: Vinha com fusos que comprei numa troca aqui. / Came with the spindles I bought on a trade here.

Notas/Notes: Com textura forte mas não áspera. Esponjosa e irregular, mas interessante e gosto dela. / Strong texture, but not harsh on skin. Spongy and irregular, but interesting. I like it!

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Roving Romney x Texel (Firefly Farm)



Cor/Colour: Laranja / Orange
Composição/Composition: 100% Romney x Texel
Tenho/I have: 34 g

Origem/From: Vinha com fusos que comprei numa troca aqui. / Came with the spindles I bought on a trade here.

Notas/Notes: .. / ..

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Mohair roving



Cor/Colour: Laranja / Orange
Composição/Composition: 100% mohair
Tenho/I have: 53 g

Origem/From: Vinha com fusos que comprei numa troca aqui. / Came with the spindles I bought on a trade here.

Notas/Notes: Macia e sedosa. / Soft and silky.

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Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Lorna's Laces Wool Top





Cor/Colour: Aslan
Composição/Composition: 100% lã / 100% wool
Tenho/I have: 273 g

Origem/From: Get Knitted.

Notas/Notes: .. / ..

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Thursday, April 06, 2006

Merino indigo/ Indigo merino




Cor/Colour: Indigo
Composição/Composition: 100% lã Merino / 100% Merino wool
Tenho/I have: 48 g

Origem/From: Alpaca Spinner.

Notas/Notes: Macio e sedoso./ Soft and silky.

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Grey Alpaca roving



Cor/Colour: Cinzento mesclado com um pouco de castanho/ Grey with a bit of brown mixed
Composição/Composition: 100% alpaca / 100% alpaca
Tenho/I have: 99 g

Origem/From: Alpaca Spinner.

Notas/Notes: Muito muito macio e sedoso./ Very very soft and silky.

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Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Lãs pintadas à mão/Handpainted wool yarns



Cor/Colour: Laranjas e amarelos torrados + rosa, lilás e branco sujo/ Oranges and darkyellows + rose, lilac and dark white.
Composição/Composition: 100% lã australiana / 100% australian wool

Total: Alaranjada/Orangy slub DK: 2 meadas/2 skeins = 106 g / 164-180 m
Rosa e lilás/Rose and lilac 4-ply sock yarn: 2 meadas/2 skeins = 105 g / 320-340 m

Outra informação/ Other info:

Tensão/Gauge: .. sts*. rows = 10*10 cm = 4"*4"
Agulha/Needle: Sock 4-ply: 3 - 3.5 mm. Wool slub DK: 4 - 4.5 mm
Cuidados/Care: Provavelmente é melhor lavar à mão. / .

Origem/From: Oferecido pela Sharon, minha SP7, proveniente de The Natural Dye Studio./Gift from Sharon, my SP7, originally from The Natural Dye Studio

Para fazer/ To knit: A amarela: Lizard Ridge. A rosa: Meias ou outra coisa. Nota: lãs pintadas à mão com mordentes e corantes orgânicos./The yellow: Lizard Ridge. The pink: Socks or other things. Note: handpainted wools with organic dyes and mordants.

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Merino azul/Blue merino



Cor/Colour: Azul céu (mais bonito que na foto)/Sky blue (prettier than in the photo)
Composição/Composition: 100% lã Merino / 100% Merino wool
Tenho/I have: 59 g

Origem/From: Oferecido pela Sharon, minha SP7, e proveniente de Kraft Mania./Gift from Sharon, my SP7, and originary from Kraft Mania.

Notas/Notes: Muito macio e sedoso./ Very soft and silky.

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Lã Falkland branca/White Falkland roving



Cor/Colour: Branco natural/Natural white
Composição/Composition: 100% lã Falkland / 100% Falkland wool
Tenho/I have: 116 g

Origem/From: Oferecido pela Sharon, minha SP7, e proveniente de Kraft Mania./Gift from Sharon, my SP7, and originary from Kraft Mania.

Notas/Notes: Macio (menos que merino, mas macio). Não pica. / Soft (less than merino, but soft). Does not scratch.

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Monday, January 23, 2006

Lã em cor natural/Natural coloured wool

Fibra para fiar./Roving to spin.

Cor/Colour: Natural.
Composição/Composition: 100% lã (não sei a raça de ovelha) / 100% wool, do not know the breed
Tenho/I have: 70-80 g

Origem/From: Presente da/ Present from Ana Paula.

Notas/Notes: Macio. Não pica. / Soft. Does not scratch.

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Monday, January 02, 2006

Merino roving


Fibra para fiar./Roving to spin.

Cor/Colour: Rhodesian
Composição/Composition: 100% lã Merino / 100% Merino wool
Tenho/I have: 98 g

Origem/From: Handpaintedyarn.

Notas/Notes: Muito macio. Não pica. / Very soft. Does not scratch.

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Sunday, December 30, 1990

Fusos / Spindles






Roxa/Purple (EBay): 71 g / 2.5 oz
Kraft Mania: 60 g / 2.11 oz
Ashford: 36 g / 1.27 oz (2 fusos/2 spindles)
Kokovoko round top (oak): 17 g / 0.60 oz
Koovoko flat top (cherry): 18 g / 0.64 oz

Total: 6

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