Thursday, December 10, 2009

Finally a fibre update ..and a partridge in a pear tree...

For the last week I have been trying to find the right speed for recovery...sometimes it is like taking three steps forward and then three steps back. I somehow managed to strain a muscle so much that when walking I looked like Quasimodo, til Paul finally confined me to bed for a whole day!!! and then the day after it was okay again. Somehow, since I lost the use of my belly muscles since the op, I had been "over using"and "over extending"some others and presto: Quasimodo bunny was born...lol
I have been asked to come back to hospital for a routine check etc next Tuesday and I guess check ups will be the order of the "trimester"for another 5 years until it is official that all is good.
In the meantime more sock knitting and spinning some angorino/camelbunny tops on my new Majacraft Rose wheel , which is heaven to spin with :)
Fibre Hagrid aka Paul has been a huge help: he has been feeding all the animals, grooming and clipping the bunnies as well amd don't worry: The bunnies are doing well :) All the girls in the studio are having a ball :) Skye is the leader of the pack and the Olympic champion of high jumping fences....I swear she is probably half goat...lol..the way she can jump over a fence that is easy 5 times her own height! I gave up confining her to quarters and she now roams almost the whole house (if we forget to close the doors...lol).
I have been preparing an update with some spindles and fibres and yarns and this will be the last product update of 2009. I have not been able (ofcourse) to do any major spinning or dyeing yet and that will have to wait til 2010. Amazing really how 2009 has flown by! Anyway, I did do some spinning on my new Majacraft Rose wheel (some baby camelbunny and angorino) an dI am loving it! Such a sweet spin ! And ofcourse i have been doing, yes, you guessed it, some more sock pattern designing and sock knitting! Most of all I have been busy sarting the signing up season for the funky bunny batt club#4 !, the Sock it to me yarn club #2 and last but not least the Ixchel Fibre club#4 starting in January 2010. All the info to join up is right here, just email me or pm me on http://www.ravelry.com/ if you want to secure a spot !

Ixchel Fibre Club #4
The subscription is for a period of three months (January, February and March 2010) and you will receive one special hand dyed top/roving per month to the value of AU$20 !
All the tops will be hand dyed and will be especially made for the members of Ixchel Fibre Club ! Every month you will receive a surprise blend of hand dyed tops and an extra surprise !

Sign up now and you will receive an Ixchel Hand dyed special top in january , february and March! Price to join the Ixchel Fibre Club #4 and receive your special hand dyed top + surprise :)) for three months is AU$60 + postage (parcel post or airmail). AND double snd triple serves are available !!! So in short:

For Australia :
single serve $60+$13.95 postage (parcel post)
double serve $120+$17
triple serve $155+$17

For USA + Canada:
single serve AU$60+AU$28 (Airmail)
double serve AU$120+AU$47
triple serve AU$155+AU$47

For UK,Europe, rest of the world:
Single serve AU$60+AU$33 (airmail)
Double serve AU$120+AU$56.10
triple serve AU$155+AU$56.10

For Asia:
Single serve AU$60+AU$26 (airmail)
Double serve AU$120+AU$39
triple serve AU$155+AU$39

If you want to receive a fibre surprise every month then join the IXCHEL FIBRE CLUB #4 now. Numbers are strictly limited ! Deadline for signing up for fibre club #4 is December31! And the first installment is going to be shipped out in the last week of January:)
Ixchel Sock it to me Yarn Club#2
It is here! All thought out and organised and ready ! The Ixchelbunny SOCK-IT-TO-ME Yarn CLUB! #2 :-) What is the deal? hmmm it is sooo good and fun and sockaliscious you just will HAVE to join :) Here are the details:
Every month for three months you will receive:

enough hand dyed luscious yummy yarn to make a pair of socks; (the hand dyed yarn will be exclusive for the Ixchelbunny SOCK-IT-TO-ME Yarn CLUB and will range from a sockweight yarn or a 3ply or a 4 ply);

some yummy extras to make your socks extra sockaliscious :)

some very nice tea or coffee blends to make your sock knitting even more yummy :)

and last but not least:
Every month a new sock pattern, tips and instructions !
Now is that GOOD or is that GOOD ??! :) I will even offer a double serve for those of you who like their socks long :)

Here is the nitty gritty:
For Australia :
single serve $78+$13.95 postage (parcel post)
double serve $130 (= one skein FREE!!!) +$17

For USA + Canada:
single serve AU$78+AU$28 (Airmail)
double serve $130 (= one skein FREE!!!) +AU$47

For UK,Europe, rest of the world:
Single serve AU$78+AU$33 (airmail)
Double serve $130 (= one skein FREE!!!) +AU$56.10

For Asia:
Single serve AU$78+AU$26 (airmail)
Double serve $130 (= one skein FREE!!!) +AU$39

Numbers are strictly limited ! Deadline for signing up for the Ixchelbunny SOCK-IT-TO-ME Yarn CLUB! is December31! And the first installment is going to be shipped out in the last week of January2010, last week of February and March:)
Payment via direct deposit or credit card. Just PM or email me your details :))
By the way: you don’t HAVE to knit socks if you don’t want to.. the hand dyed yarn is amazingly nice for scarves, cowls, beanies and even tops ! Anything goes :)
btw planned for this sock club #2 is an extra super special installment featuring “flat yak bunny feet”-yarn ! something sooo delish and special it is out of this world! :)


Ixchel Funky Bunny Batt club #4
The subscription is for a period of three months (January, February and March!) and you will receive one special hand dyed top/roving per month to the value of AU$32 . The batts will range in weight from 100grams to 150grams with luxury fibres like camel , angora, cashmere, silk, yak, llama even buffalo and wolf ! is on the cards for the next funky bunny club!! )
All the batts will be hand dyed and will be especially made for the members of Ixchel funky bunny Club ! Every month you will receive a HUGE luxury funky bunny batt and an extra surprise !
Sign up now and you will receive an Ixchel Hand dyed , super luxurious funky bunny batt in January, Febuary and March 2010! Price to join the Ixchel Funky bunny #4 :)) for three months is AU$96 + postage (parcel post or airmail). So in short:

For Australia : $96+$13.95 postage (parcel post)
For USA + Canada: AU$96+AU$28 (Airmail)
For UK,Europe, rest of the world: AU$96+AU$33 (airmail)
For Asia: AU$96+AU$26 (airmail)

If you want to receive a fibre surprise every month then join the IXCHEL FUNKY BUNNY Batt CLUB#4 now. Numbers are strictly limited ! Deadline for signing up for the funky bunny batt club #4 is December 31! And the first installment is going to be shipped out in the last week of January 2010:)

Ixchel Product update!

Hand dyed Angorino Tops (150g/AU$22)
Blue snowflake -SOLD-
Donder -sold-
Cupid -sold-

Hand dyed Mulberry Peace Silk tops (50g/AU$23)
Christmas Carol
Rudolph the bluenosed dolphin -sold-
Prancer -SOLD-
Dancer -SOLD-
Blitzen
Rudolph -SOLD-


Mulberry laceweight yarn hand dyed (1250m/100g/AU$35)
Pear tree
Santas Elves
North Pole -1 left-
Mrs Santa Clause
Plum pudding


Handspun 8 ply peace silk 50g/AU$14 (250m/100g)
snowflake


Blue faced Leicester Bunny Sockweight yarn (90-100g/AU$26/+/- 345m)
Christmas crackers
Christmas Carols-1 left-
Partridge
Ebenezer-sold-
Dasher
Comet (X marks the spot sock colour-see first photo on blog) -SOLD-
Vixen
Jingle Bells-SOLD-

Shetland Bunny Sock weight yarn (90-100g/+/- 300m/Special $15)
Sleighride -sold-


Spindlemaker Drop spindles made from Australian woods
Budgeroo whorl/stringy bark shaft 28g AU$40
Jarrah Whorl Huon Pine shaft 53g AU$50
Jarrah Whorl sassafras shaft 51 grams AU$50

hope you had fun virtually cuddling the yarns spindles and fibres :) Have a wonderful week and see you again next friday ! Hugs to all :)

1 comment:

waterfall said...

Ya-Hoo! so glad to see you back in action! We are all grateful to hubby for the good care to you and to the bunnies!

I intend to link to you in my new blog, too!