Cherry Blossom Time

Cherryblossom fluffiness !

My head is exploding. For the first time in a long time, I have no idea what to write. Not because nothing happened, or I am bored or nothing is going on, but just the opposite. Here are some of the musings going on in my head at the moment....

There are so many things going on, so many projects to tackle, so much paperwork (Oh curse thee bureaucracy and paperwork!!) , so many ideas!!! 

I feel like I have need of at least two more heads, five more sets of hands and legs. And, to make things even more surreal, at the same time , I have a wish for more time, more peace, more …time to explore, more time to breathe and more time to sit and reflect and relax. Much of that has totally gone in my life and to tell you the truth, pandemic or zombie apocalypse or not, there has been none of that latter stuff. On the contrary : it has been more time trying to navigate the intricacies of bureaucracy and trying get things to work.

I need more time! ...and also a smidgen (is that a word???! lol) to sit down and do absolutely ..N.O.T.H.I.N.G/....  although I think that is totally unattainable for me....I cannot remember ever doing nothing....lol

...

or being bored....

bit I do need more...just a little more....

More time needed to cope with all the bureaucratic and transport dramas and lags in delivery and coping with all the mayhem.

I am grateful to have my sense of humour and my ever lasting sense of tackling anything and anybody ! Never in my whole life would I have thought that my sense of humour together with my rebellious artistic tendencies, would be the two qualities which would allow me to survive with a bit of a smile (and a bang with my head on the desk every now and again) LOL

I have no idea if this is sustainable, especially since I have already experienced at least two relatively recent  "Lazarus" moments in my life (one being surviving cancer ...twice... and the second being literally my  heart stopping in 2019)… 

All in all, I am still the energizer bunny and I‘m still stepping up to fulfill this role, especially at Easter of course. There will be some changes made this year especially , but more about that late this year.

 First I would like to say that I am extremely happy to be part of the Handknitters Guild Show again this year at the Coburg Town hall on the 15th AND 16th of MAY !!! It will be SO GOOD AND HUGE, they expanded the show to take place over TWO days no less ! Brilliant ! More time for all of us to dabble in fluff and yarn! Fingers crossed that COVID will stay far away and we will be okay, but there will be COVID safe procedures of course , otherwise I would not even consider it ! What is most important is that we keep everybody safe and happy !

I will put more information out on my facebook and Instagram closer to the date and the links as well, showing everybody where to book their tickets.

I am doing my utmost to produce as much as I can and spin and dye as much as I can, but please be aware that although most of you probably are unaware of this, but animals , lots of animals have been impacted by the terrible and devastating virus as well: Bunnies are susceptible very much and mink as well ! 

Mink populations all over the world have been devastated by Covid 19 ! Millions have died.....Which means that I will not have as big a supply of my handspun angora yarns and bunny mink yarn as I usually have. This is what a pandemic does. It does not only impact human lives, it impacts everything. The world and all its species are connected. It’s a chain….if one part of the chain is impacted and crumbles, another one experiences the same effects or even worse. 

Everything that we experience now, climate wise and virus wise, there is a species that will feel the impact of that as well. The chain at the moment is not as strong as it used to be. 

We all may feel fragile and exposed, but at the same time there are so many other species that are also impacted. I have always felt connected to Mother Earth, the need for sustainability and that is why you will probably never ever see me as a big brand or exploding on the market with heaps of products. I will never see so called “Exponential growth” because, in my philosophy “exponential growth” is like an “Outbreak”: unsustainable and doing more harm than good. 

So, On this “good Friday” if there is anything I reflect on it is trying to do good, be sustainable and make people happy, not with abundance or an overflow, a cornucopia of too many things, but with something to cherish, to love and to hold in your heart, like a beautiful memory of fleeting cherry blossoms in Spring that put a smile on your face.

In April , almost every second of every day will be spent spinning my angora yarns and angora blended yarns, dyeing the IxCHeL Sock yarns and DK Gaia yarns, to create stock for the May show. After that, I will need a big rest for sure, unless I want to fall over again ! LOL I am planning a fab range of SEXY SCIENTIST colourway yarns again too ! So keep watching this space !



To order: email or message me on facebook or Instagram, quoting the colourway and the quantity you would like, together with your postal address and I will get right back to you with all the payment details.

Blue Faced Leicester Silk Cashmere Tops

hand dyed      100g          AU$26

Cosmic Wave  1 LEFT

Dragonfly in Amber SOLD

Cherry blossoms   SOLD

Razzmatazz   4 LEFT

Night Sky (Dyed with Japanese Indigo, triple dipped)

4 LEFT

Ghost Town   SOLD 

(this colourway looks STUNNING with the Night Sky colourway !)

Gothic Velvet 2 left

Rainforest Magic  4 LEFT

Lost    6 LEFT

To order: email or message me on facebook or Instagram, quoting the colourway and the quantity you would like, together with your postal address and I will get right back to you with all the payment details.

To order: email or message me on facebook or Instagram, quoting the colourway and the quantity you would like, together with your postal address and I will get right back to you with all the payment details.

IxCHeL Tweed Yarn  

Hand dyed

Super soft lambs wool 70% and Kid Mohair 30%

Spun singles, fingering or sock weight yarn

+/- 200meters/218yards

50grams      1.76oz

AU$18

Botanical dyes 

(dyed with Eucalypt, Madder root, Walnut, Elderberry, Indigo,Acorn)

Indigo

Jewels

NEW NEW NEW NEW colours !!! 

 IxCHeL Tweed Yarn 

Super soft lambs wool 70% and Kid Mohair 30%

Spun singles, fingering or sock weight yarn

+/- 200meters/218yards

50grams      1.76oz

AU$16

Nephrite Jade 

 (A beautiful deep sage green colour with fun blue, lime and salmon speckles)

Grevillea + new ! 

 A vibrant raspberry pink tweed with deep purple, lime and soft pink speckles)

To order: email or message me on facebook, Ravelry or Instagram, quoting the colourway and the quantity you would like, together with your postal address and I will get right back to you with all the payment details.

IxCHeL Tweed fingering weight yarn

Super soft lambs wool 70% and Kid Mohair 30%

Spun singles, fingering or sock weight yarn

+/- 200meters/218yards

50grams      1.76oz

AU$16

Great Barrier Reef

Leafy Seadragon

Flying Fox

Airlie Beach

Sea Mist

Amethyst

Wattle
(A beautiful sunshine yellow that goes so well with the kookaburra the silver grey)

Kata Tjuta           BACK IN STOCK !!!
(an intense pure red that goes well with the Kookaburra and the Wattle and the Amethyst colourway and soooooo  many others)

Kookaburra
(a beautiful silver grey with ochre accents that complement the dingo colourway)

Dingo
( A beautiful warm honey ochre with pops of royal bluebell, kingfisher and kangaroo paw)

Dusky Grevillea
(a gorgeous raspberry base with pops of royal bluebell, flowering gum, grey and daintree)

Flowering Gum
( a gorgeous medieval warm red with bright red, kookaburra and fern forest accents)

Fern Forest
( a deep forest green with accents of bright red, dusky purple and daintree) )

Jacarandah 
( a fabulous deep purple with accents of royal bluebell, daintree, grevillea and kingfisher )

Wombat
( a fabulous deep walnut brown with accents of dingo and kookaburra)

Kangaroo Paw 
( a fabulous warm orange with accents of fern forest, royal bluebell and grevillea and dingo )

isn’t it gorgeous how the Kangaroo paw knits up?! )

Royal Bluebell 
( a deep blue with accents of flowering gum, kookaburra and fern forest )

Wallaby
( a warm light brown with accents of soft blue and kookaburra)

Daintree ( a soft green with accents of fern forest and dingo)

Kingfisher 
( a fabulous Turquoise blue with accents of fern forest, kangaroo paw, Jacaranda and Grevillea)

Landscape dyes

 100g tubs   AU$12
250 g tubs AU$27

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.

All my contact details are here:

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 to be found at the end of this week’s blog entry. 
Have a fun weekend !!!

How To Order:

1. You can email me on ixchelbunnyart at gmail dot com  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.
4. message me on Instagram 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.

Keep your eyes out for any news on the 

ixchelbunny Instagram feed and the IxCHeL facebook page!!

 RABBIT ON !

((hugs))

Charly