Look to the Stars

Looking at the moon

Bendigo show is huge and all consuming..as a fibre artist and farmer it means a huge deal to us a to survive and to let people know what we are doing , what our ethics and dreams are and how it all connects to ..well…everybody in the craft community. We are nothing without each other. As soon as we start to focus on the “I” there s no “us” no growth , no sharing no growth.

I don’t know if this philosophy of mine has anything to do with the fact that I do not have any kids…nothing to do with “hand over to your  own blood or be precious of my genetics” but it has everything to do with a community, us, people, tribe,as a whole.

Somehow, maybe,  that makes me less “precious” , more prone to the belief that life is finite, nothing lasts unless..UNLESS.. WE SHARE! Yes..share..don’t ‘TM’ don’t "copyright" don’t be precious about it is something “I” made ‘I’ is a unit, “I’ is 1…one has never made anything..it needs a community, a village, a tribe..to make things work and grow. We do not grow by building walls and fearing: we grow by sharing and love. We grow by passion and compassion. I know it is heavy with laws and profit but I ask  of  you one thing: what will survive? compassion or greed?

This year has swept me into turmoil. I have lost a lot of fibre friends and friends in music. So many souls gone…. not sharing their knowledge into this reality anymore..gone! and this week yet another has left this realm : Holly Egg (Braddock) my friend from Florida who was a generous soul always wearing a smile and sharing and I miss her. One of the first Fibre Artist Rebels. There are no words really to describe the loss of Holly or one of my other friends Elizabeth taken away wayyy too early. Too soon. It hurts. And at the same time it totally enlightens about the short time we have on this planet…in this life..and all it makes me want to do is shout and say “ LOVE!!!!!” “do what you love and do it often!!!” “INSPIRE!!!” “TEACH” “ SHARE” do not monopolise for your own short benefit..ever.really?? feel the rhythm of your heart beat… Life is tooo short to try and “own” anything.. Please share and give freely…be compassionate and most of all LOVE what you are and what you do !

Here’s  a big cheer to so many angels that have shown the way

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Have a fun weekend and please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions! You know me: I always love to enable!

All my contact details are to be found at the end of this week’s blog entry. Have fun and stay warm!!

Angel Bunny Tops   

Blue Faced Leicester , Angora, Tencel, Cashmere,
 100grams AU$24

zombies and mermaids-sold-

velvet-sold-

rainbow-sold-

Party Time-sold-

mushroom-sold-

Missy-sold-

Kangaroo Paw-sold-

Doctor Who 4th Dr-sold-

Bush Flowers-sold-

Dates to put in your Calendar !!

JULY

OCTOBER

2nd of October
Black n Coloured Sheep FIELD DAY  in Cranbourne!

Landscape dyes 

 100g tubs   AU$11 

Want to dye your own with easy to use acid dyes? I have been selling these Landscape dyes at my workshops and shows for a long time :  They are extremely easy to use and come in great shades.
Just contact me with the name of the colour you are after and I will get right back to you.

Have a creative week!

Please don't hesitate to contact me at any time if you have any questions okay? : Always happy to enable.

All my contact details are here:

How To Order:

1. You can email me on ixchel at rabbit dot com dot au or ixchelbunny at yahoo dot com dot au
2. Message me on facebook or 
3. Message me on www.ravelry.com  where I am Ixchelbunny.

I will email you right back with all your order details and payment methods.

Any questions? Any custom orders for yarn or dyeing fibre? : Please don’t hesitate to ask! Always happy to enable.

Thank you so much for your help and support !

 RABBIT ON !

((hugs))

Charly

Energizer Bunny

Part of Bendigo show IxcHeL Stall (yes…part of !!!!..lol there’s more !)

Bendigo show 2016 was AMAZING!!!! it only took about a 6 hour set up......and a year of preparation.....lol

I could not possibly think of more superlatives to describe it but it was out of this world! Not only did I get to meet all my fibre friends (or friends in firbre) but I was very privileged to do a talk about being a bunny carer and bunny hairdresser and most of all someone that survived because of fibre and craft.

This is something that does not get a lot of airtime normally because let’s face it, most people survive on medicine, drugs (the good kind..lol) and other stuff. I, on the other hand, I can honestly say, that when all logic eluded me and life was just too hard, fibre saved me and my bunnies ofcourse ! So yes, it was scary (let me repeat that SCARY to be in front of heaps of people in a fancy lunch setting, being me (meaning wearing buny ears and wearing my hell bunny dress outfit with my handknitted super fluffy bunny cardi, talking about…well..my life…lol it wouldn’t have been half as scary if I had more time (10 minutes is hardly enough to talk about my story..lol) and if I had notes. However, being the chaos charmer I am,, notes would have been lost on me so I made it up a I went along..until they gave me the sign that my time was up and I was about to be carried off the stage by a huge merino sheep with a whip….lol Then back to the stall (I am still very sad I missed the desert which was a chocolate something not to be missed apparently..lol)

So here I am , back at the farm and it is life as usual : bunny care, farm work and trying to keep everything going and preparing clubs and updates. No rest for the wicked. I have to admit I had 1 PJ day: Monday! Paul told me to take it easy and did not let me do anything (the sweetheart)…

I don’t want to keep you waiting too long for this update (which is already later than usual) because there is a awinner to be announced !!!!!

The winner of the Bendigo 2016 Lottery Draw is (drumroll)

 Peta McMurray !!!!!!!!!! 

Thank you so much for visiting my stall and yes!!! You are the winner of a fantastic IXCHeL Prizepack !! I will send it out to you on Monday ! Congratulations Peta !!!!!

There’s a lot going on here at the farm: and yes, the clubs have already been prepped and getting their dye bath and they will be ready to ship by the end of next week and there is so much to announce as well such as new rare sheep breed adventures and more, but that is next weeks update. This week, for all of you who could not make it to the Bendigo show here is something to sink your teeth into: Alpine Glitz with the amazing Valais Blacknose sheep!! Those super cute sheep that melt your heart and will have your spinning wheel purring in no time!

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Have a fun weekend and please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions! You know me: I always love to enable!

All my contact details are to be found at the end of this week’s blog entry. Have fun and stay warm!!

Alpine GLitz Tops   

Valais Blacknose rare sheep , eco merino, glitz, Cashmere, Angora bunny
 100grams AU$25

zombies and mermaids-sold-

woad-sold-

velvet

sunflower winter-sold-

rainbow-

magic mushroom-sold-

Heather-sold-

Green Grass

Ghostbuster-sold-

Dandelion Love

Sunny Day-sold-

Suffragette-sold-

Dates to put in your Calendar !!

JULY

OCTOBER

2nd of October
Black n Coloured Sheep FIELD DAY  in Cranbourne!

Landscape dyes 

 100g tubs   AU$11 

Want to dye your own with easy to use acid dyes? I have been selling these Landscape dyes at my workshops and shows for a long time :  They are extremely easy to use and come in great shades.
Just contact me with the name of the colour you are after and I will get right back to you.

Have a creative week!

Please don't hesitate to contact me at any time if you have any questions okay? : Always happy to enable.

All my contact details are here:

How To Order:

1. You can email me on ixchel at rabbit dot com dot au or ixchelbunny at yahoo dot com dot au
2. Message me on facebook or 
3. Message me on www.ravelry.com  where I am Ixchelbunny.

I will email you right back with all your order details and payment methods.

Any questions? Any custom orders for yarn or dyeing fibre? : Please don’t hesitate to ask! Always happy to enable.

Thank you so much for your help and support !

 RABBIT ON !

((hugs))

Charly

Hopping to it Bunny Bendigo Style !

Hopping to the Sprint !

7 days to go til Bendigo show. Well not really because I have to get everything ready by Wednesday in time to set up on Thursday and believe me: there is a LOT to set up !!

All the dyeing is pretty much done except for a few technical little dyeing session tomorrow, so then it is all about braiding, labeling, badge making, paperwork and signage. There is always more left to do and I always feel that I do not have enough but I bet I won’t have enough room if push comes to shove..lol

The “thank you for being a superbunny parcels have been packed so everybody wearing bunny ears will get a nice pressie !!  and do not forget that everybody spending over $75 will go into the draw to win an amazing prize! Just like every year at Bendigo.

These last few days before the car is packed with all the fluffy Bendigo goodies feels like a last sprint to reach the finish line after running a marathon for the last few months non stop. It is a huge undertaking ! For some things like the the handspun yarn: I start spinning as soon as Bendigo is over for next years Bendigo.  It can look like I am this happy go lucky bunny with green ears on but I am quite serious about enabling…lol…besides it is very important: important because this is what I do. t's my  job, my life , my income, the way the farm can stay alive. People often tell me “ I don’t know how you do all this” ….I do: I work almost non stop…lol

With all this in mind and the mad scramble for Bendigo next week, I hope you will not hold it against me that I will not put up any fibres or yarns on this blog for you to snaffle: Time is not my friend at the moment..and I have still so much to tackle..It is totally and utterly mental..!! If you would like me to custom dye or spin anything for you or you can’t make it to Bendigo: please contact me! I will do my best to be a good enabler. Custom dyeing or spinning jobs will obviously have to wait til Bendigo.

Have a fun weekend and please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions! You know me: I always love to enable!

All my contact details are to be found at the end of this week’s blog entry. Have fun and stay warm!! And HOPE TO SEE YOU SOON AT BENDIGO SHOW !!!

Dates to put in your Calendar !!

JULY

Friday July 15th- Sunday 17th, 9am-5pm

Bendigo Sheep and Wool Show

THE event of the year !!!! Not to be missed!! I will be there in the Flower (Power Bunny) Shed again with heaps of new goodies, hand dyed and hand spun, IxCHeL new blends and rare sheep breed adventures and much much more ! Including a world first of something AMAZING AND FUN!!!!! GUANACO and many more rare breed fibres and yarns !It will be out of this world !!!!

OCTOBER

2nd of October
Black n Coloured Sheep FIELD DAY  in Cranbourne!

Landscape dyes 

 100g tubs   AU$11 

Want to dye your own with easy to use acid dyes? I have been selling these Landscape dyes at my workshops and shows for a long time :  They are extremely easy to use and come in great shades.
Just contact me with the name of the colour you are after and I will get right back to you.

Have a creative week!

Please don't hesitate to contact me at any time if you have any questions okay? : Always happy to enable.

All my contact details are here:

How To Order:

1. You can email me on ixchel at rabbit dot com dot au or ixchelbunny at yahoo dot com dot au
2. Message me on facebook or 
3. Message me on www.ravelry.com  where I am Ixchelbunny.

I will email you right back with all your order details and payment methods.

Any questions? Any custom orders for yarn or dyeing fibre? : Please don’t hesitate to ask! Always happy to enable.

Thank you so much for your help and support !

 RABBIT ON !

((hugs))

Charly