samples

I'm sending more samples to be in february sample box over at Phat Fiber. I hope they will get delivered on time.
Opat posielam vzorky do Phat Fiber, juuuu

experimental sample batts

I made these batts out of all the samples that I could find in my wool closet (I actually have a wool room, about that another time). Dyed to my liking, as I love gray, taupe and such colours :) Experimental sample batt no.1 contains throwers' silk waste, merino, tussah silk, camel down and bit of cashmere.

Nove 'balicky vlny' ktore som vyrobila zo vsetkych vzoriek chlpov ktore som nasla v mojej vlnkovej skrini (ja mam vlastne vlnkovu izbu... ale o tom inokedy). Tento balicek obsahuje hodvabny odpad, marino, hodvab, tavu a kasmir.

I spun a little sample on my drop spindle, I love the uneveness of the yarn, caused by silk waste, which is lumpy bumpy super tangled fibre. It makes a lovely rustic yarn, I think. I can't wait to spin this baby into lace weight singles

Spriadla som vzorku na mojej 'spindle' co je taky primitivny nastroj na pradenie vlny, netusim ako sa to po slovensky vola a ci to vobec ma nazov. Strasne sa mi paci aka je ta vlnka hrbolata, to je sposobene hodvabnym odpadom, co su vlastne strasne zamotane vlakna, ktore sa vytvaraju ako odpad pri spracovani hodvabu.

Experimental sample batt no.2 contains filature silk waste (different kind, even worse than throwers' silk waste), some merino, angora, wee bit of silk and a good bit of alpaca. I have almost 150g. Again, this will make highly textured yarn.

Tento balicek sa sklada z ineho druhu hodvabneho odpadu (este podradnejsi odpad), trochu merina, trochu angory, este menej hodvabu a dost vela alpaky (to je ako lama). Mam skoro 150g. Z tohto bude opat vysoko texturovana (hrbolata) vlnka.

This is my new spindle, super light and tiny, around 20g I think. I love it for spinning saples of various fibres. There's cashmere fibre in the picture. mmm, just like spinning clouds. It has 14-15(!) micron count. I'm hoping to have cashmere top and batts available in the shop very soon. I loved this sample I got from my supplier and will be getting more.

Toto je ta moja nova 'spindle'. Akurat som na nej priadla kasmir, mmm. To je ako priast oblaciky. Tento kasmir ma okolo 14-15 mikronov, co je uplne uaaau, super hebke. Silno dufam, ze budem mat kasmir v ponuke v obchode uz coskoro.

Here are the smples I've spun on the spindle so far, from left merino/angora, pure angora (absolutely awfull, I won't name the seller), then cashmere, and mohair/merino.

A tu je par vzoriek, co som spriadla na spindle, zlava merino/angora, cista angora (strasne chlpy pouzlene), potom kasmir a moher/merino.

Sweater progress

Oh my, it goes quicker than I expected! knitting of the body done, I have started sleeves and I am almost half done with those too.
Tento sveter sa strikuje takmer sam, telo hotove, rukavy su takmer v polovici.


This lovely fibre is from webfootwoolies on etsy, lovely seller and wonderful fibre. Blend of angora rabbit, alpaca, and llama. Fuzzy and with a sprinkle of sparkly angelina fibre, I love it! It seriously drafted by itself! I made single ply lace yarn (I'm all about single ply lace yarns recently).

Angora, alpaca a lama chlpy od webfootwoolies, mmmm. A takuto vlnku som z toho spriadla, mmmm.

Little progres on Wing of the moth shawl, I devoted all my knitting time to the sweater.
Skoro ziadny progres na Wing of the moth saliku, vsetok strikovaci cas som venovala svetru.

I have spent today dyeing. I'm soo exhausted :) But it was a time well spent, I have managed to dye over 3 kilos of yarn. I updated the shop today with previous batch, and next update will follow shortly (humid irish weather, it takes ages to dry). But I'll have new base yarns! Silk/merino in thickish lace weight and scrumptious blend of cashmere and silk in lace weight, yum! Here are the wet yarns.

Dnesok som cely den farbila vlnky a nafarbila som viac nez tri kila. som uplne vycerpana, ale stalo to za to. Aj som dnes supla nove vlnky na etsy z predosleho farbenia, dnesne vlnky este schnu, ale supnem aj tie ked to vyschne (vlhko v irsku sposobuje velmi dlhe schnutie vlniek). Ale mam nove typy vlniek ueeej! Hodvab/merino taka tensia ako ponozkova, na cipku a tak a a potom najlepsia najmaksia zmes kasmir/merino, mnam! Tu su vlnky ako schnu.

Carding

my new most favourite thing to do
moja nova oblubena cinnost

Batts

For the first time, Hedgehog fibres has spinning batts in stock! Five sets so far ( I didn't know that carding a batt is such a laborious job!) So these are hand-carded on my drum carder, and the fibre is also hand dyed, check them out in the shop

Hedgehog fibres ma teraz novy produkt, taketo 'balicky' vlny na pradenie, zatial iba pat, je to makacka :)

The sweater

I have agreed to knit my boyfriend a sweater. He picked out lovely yak yarn and pattern is EZ's seamless saddle-shouldered sweater. Now he can't wait. I told him, that it is a big project and that it will probably take few months, but he's so excited. Must... knit... fast :)

Slubila som frajerovi, ze mu ustrikujem sveter. Vybral si vlnku (z yaka), vybral si vzor (Elizabeth Zimmermann seamless saddle shouldered sveter) a teraz sa nevie dockat. Aj ked som niekolko krat pripomenula, ze mne to bude trvat asi tak rok kym to dokoncim, on sa tak strasne tesi, ze az. Musim strikovat velmi rychlo. Od-te-raz!

I also started beautiful Wing of the Moth shawl by (very talented) Anne Hanson of Knitspot. I am using one of the yarns she suggests for the pattern, Douceur et Soie, kid mohair/silk blend. I was lucky enough to be able to trade two of my sock yarns for 4 fluffy balls of this yarn. How great is Ravelry? I really hope I'll be able to finish the shawl with this yarn, it is fluffy and difficult to knit and all. but I love fuzzy mohair shawls and scarves

zacala som aj trojuholnikovy salik, Wing of the Moth od takej talentovanej tety, Anne Hanson z Knitspot. Strikujem to dokonca s vlnkou ktoru ona odporuca, Douceur et Soie, moher/hodvab. Som to vymenila za dve moje ponozkove vlnky. juchu Ravelry je super. Silno dufam, ze budem schopna dokoncit tento salik s touto vlnkou. je chlpata a zle sa snou strikuje a mam stale pocit, ze mam plny nos tej vlnky. Ale moherove saliky sa mi prevelice pacia

This will become warm bed socks for my grandma. my handspun yarn, 100% merino
a totok budu ponozticky pre babicku, ktorej je v posteli zima na nohy. rucne spriadana vlnka, 100% merino