Going to your happy place

Happy Weekend !

Lots has been going on again her at the “fluffy funny farm”…lol All the November clubs have been shipped ! WOOOHOOOO! Giving you a sneak peek later in this blog. 

Lots of custom spinning done as well and heaps of dyeing . I have watched another movie (long overdue: : “Ma Rainey's Black Bottom” with the amazing Chadwick Boseman and Viola Davis. Both performances are OUT OF THIS WORLD! What a screenplay and I can just imagine what the original play must have been like to see in person. 

 I had the privilege to watch one of my absolute fav actors (Derek Jacobi) performing in the play “ Breaking the code “ at the Royal Albert Hall in London WAYYYYYYYYYYY back in the late 1980s (later to become a movie where his part was played by Benedict Cumberbatch). The play “Breaking the Code” by Hugh Whitemore, about Alan Turing, was written with Jacobi specifically in mind. 

 Anyway, I digress….typical…. If you have not watched “Ma Raineys Black Bottom” , please do. It is a piece of art. The acting is superb and heartwrenching; the blues music absolutely awesome. 

What else has been happening? Well, I had a dinner date with my best girl friend after months and months of not seeing one another, so that was super nice ! 

I had to take our van to the panel beater because of a ding , not my fault so not my bill to pay…lol and oh yeah, lots of reading while plying and spinning. 

I finished reading two books : “Tidepool” by Nicole Wilson (a very nice debut novel set in Victorian times in a seaside spooky town..a bit of a spooky thriller with a twist). Lots of fun to read. 

Then I finished “Read between the lines” by Rachel Lacey, a romance novel set in New York about two women finding true love in a bookshop, but that one (I felt at least) was a bit disappointing because the plot was so reminiscent of the movie “You got mail”….. 

Now I am back into my more non fiction mode though, picking up in the middle of where I left off last week with “Weird Dinosaurs” by John Pickrell, an award winning journalist and former editor of the Australian Geographic magazine. Weird dinosaurs is about all the weird and wonderful new dino discoveries. This one will take me a bit longer not because it is non fiction, but because it is in paperback and it is so much harder to turn the pages while spinning yarn than turning pages on a kindle…lol 

 Here are some of the custom spun yarns I have spun and plied:

These customer orders were extremely special because some (like the vicuña) are fibres and fibre blends I will probably have a very hard time getting my hands on again. Finite, precious resources of rare breeds. 

To custom spin these was a privilege and took a long,long time. 

Each skein you see in the photos weighs about 50grams or more . 

Here is the information per skein : 

Vicuña blend :53 grams. 353 metres 

Camel bunny silk cashmere dyed with Woad: 55grams. 220metres 

Guanaco dyed with indigo: 2 skeins with 240 metres each💕 

Black bunny skeins: 2 skeins total 479metres 

Precious guanaco blend: 2 skeins total 459 metres. 

I originally set out to ply all of them in one day but I gave up with two skeins to go

 at 3am when my head almost hit the spinning wheel 🤣 

so it took one and a half day of full on plying. 

Spinning art yarn is so much faster 🤣

Here is a sneak peek of the November Club batt club in the making. I will post photos of the fibre and yarn and batt club on Instagram and facebook next week. So, if you are not following me on those platforms yet, please do. You can find me there as ixchelbunny and IxCHeL Yarns and Fibres. 

This weekend will all be about dyeing the December club which I really want to get shipped out before the end of November. May the weather gods bring me some sun shine please !!! drying fibre and yarn is so much easier when the sun shines !

Tonight’s update is all about two fabulous fluffy offerings: Blue Faced Leicester Cashmere and Silk tops and pure Mulberry Silk tops. Silk is amazing to spin as a single and then ply with. It gives the yarn drape and shine and that little bit of extra wow factor. Of course you can spin and ply it on its own as well, but I love plying two different fibre blends and colourways together too. Anything goes !

Sign ups for the next round of IxCHeL Art Journey Clubs (January, February, March 2022) has started again! You can find all the information below this week’s update offerings .

Have lots of fun browsing tonight's blog !

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. 

IxCHeL Blue Faced Leicester Cashmere Mulberry Silk Tops

+/- 100+ grams AU$26

Razmatazz  1available

Rainforest Magic   2 available

Rio Carneval. 2 available

Bee Sanctuary.  SOLD

Night Sky.  Sold

Lost. 5 available

Happy. SOLD

Gothic Velvet.  1 available 

Cosmic Wave.    SOLD

Gothic Velvet Rose.    SOLD

Natural

IxCHeL Mulberry Silk Tops

+/- 50-60 grams AU$26

Natural

Moon Flower
SOLD

Summertime  4 available

Rainbow and Unicorns
SOLD

Dragonfly in Amber
SOLD

Wood Nymph.   SOLD

Velvet and Gold
SOLD

Psychedelic Peacock
2 available

Zombies and Mermaids
SOLD

IxCHeL club sign ups for January, February, March 2022 are now open

 Here are some photos of the previous clubs.

August 2021 Fibre Club

Aug 21 batt club

August 2021 Yarn Club

June 2021Club

June 2021Club

Note to all International club members:
All international club parcels are now being shipped with tracking and expedited. 
There is an option if you want all three of your clubs to be shipped together to save on shipping cost:  Just ask me for a postage quote !

IxCHeL Fibre Club January, February, March 2022

The subscription is for a period of three months and you will receive one special hand dyed and special blended top/roving per month

All the tops will be hand dyed and will be especially made for the members of IxCHeL Fibre Club ! Price to join the IxCHeL Fibre Club #50 and receive your special hand dyed top :)) for three months (January, February, March 2022 ) is AU$78 + postage (parcel post or airmail). AND there are good value double and triple serves available !!!

For Australia : single serve $78+$30 postage (parcel post), double serve $150(save $6) +$30m postage or triple serves $225 (save $9!) + $30 postage

For New Zealand : single serve $78+$45 postage (parcel post) double serve $150(save $6) +$45 postage

For USA + Canada: single serve AU$78+AU$60 (Airmail) double serve AU$150+AU$60; triple serve $225 (save $9) + AU$60postage

For UK,Europe, rest of the world: Single serve AU$78+AU$78 (airmail) Double serve AU$150+AU$78; triple serve $225 (save $9) + AU$78postage

 For Asia: Single serve AU$78+AU$57 (airmail) Double serve AU$150+AU$57; triple serves $225 (save $9) + AU$57postage 

If you want to receive a fibre surprise every month then join the IXCHEL FIBRE CLUB #50 now. Numbers are strictly limited ! Payment via direct deposit or credit card or paypal. Just PM or email me your details.

 The IxCHeL Yarn Clubs January, February, March 2022

Every month for three months (January, February, March 2022 ) you will receive: enough hand dyed luscious yummy yarn to make a pair of socks or a lush shawl or scarf of course! (the hand dyed yarn will be exclusive for the Ixchelbunny SOCK-IT-TO-ME Yarn CLUB and will range from a sockweight yarn (a 4ply/fingering weight yarn); Every month a sock or scarf 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 or scarves extra long ! 

For Australia : single serve $96+$30 postage (parcel post) double serve $177( save $15!!) +$30 postage

For New Zealand : single serve $96+$45 postage (parcel post) double serve $177( save $15!!) +$45 postage

For USA + Canada: single serve AU$96+AU$60 (Airmail) double serve $177 (Save $15!!) +AU$60 

For UK,Europe, rest of the world: Single serve AU$96+AU$78 (airmail) Double serve $177 (Save $15!!) +AU$78

For Asia: Single serve AU$96+AU$57 (airmail) Double serve $177 (= Save $15!!!) +AU$57

Numbers are strictly limited ! Payment via direct deposit or credit card or paypal . 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 Payment via direct deposit or credit card or paypal. Just PM or email me your details

IxCHeL Funky Bunny Batt Clubs October, January, February, March 2022

Here are all the details. Just pm me when you have any questions or want to be part of the funky bunny batt club Movement ;-) Welcome to the blingy dark side ;-D The subscription is for a period of three months and you will receive one special hand dyed funky bunny batt per month to the value of AU$40 or more . The batts will range in weight from 140grams to 170grams with luxury fibres like camel , angora, cashmere, silk, yak, llama even wallaby and bison, and rare breeds !!!! 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 ! 

Sign up now and you will receive an IxCHeL Hand dyed , super luxurious funky bunny batt for January, February, March 2022

Price to join the IxCHeL Funky bunny for three months is :

For Australia : $114+$30 postage (parcel post)

For New Zealand : single serve $114+$45 postage (parcel post)

For USA + Canada: AU$114+AU$60 (Airmail)

For UK,Europe, rest of the world: AU$114+AU$78 (airmail)

For Asia: AU$114+AU$57 (airmail)

If you want to receive a fibre surprise every month then join the IXCHEL FUNKY BUNNY BATT CLUB now. Numbers are strictly limited !

Payment via direct deposit or credit card or paypal. Just PM or email me your details.

To become a member just email me on ixchelbunnyart at gmail dot com or message me on facebook or Instagram. More on how to order the clubs and anything from this update later in the blog in the section “how to order”

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 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)

SOLD

Making new batch soon! 

Grevillea + new ! 

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

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)

(Out of stock but more coming soon !)

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? Any questions about custom orders: spinning or dyeing orders: Always happy to enable. 

How to Order: email or message me on facebook, Ravelry or Instagram, quoting how many tops, yarns or clubs you would like, together with your postal and email address and I will get right back to you with all your order and payment details. 

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

Shipping :  I am still working and mailing the parcels out fast as humanly possible :-) All orders received and paid for of the Friday updates, will be shipped first thing monday morning. We do daily post office runs (if necessary). The recent AusPost changes to parcel pickups from businesses therefore does not apply to us because WE deliver your parcel directly to our nearest AusPost hub.

Seeing that there are currently lots of Covid cases, especially in NSW ain VIC, there can be some AusPost sorting centres that do not have enough staff so there will be delays in getting the parcel to you. As soon as your parcel is shipped you will receive an automatic email from AusPost with the tracking number so you can see where your parcel is and the approximate ETA. 

Overseas deliveries are highly impacted by the very low amount of planes out of Australia t the moment and the very high pressure on AuPost. Please be patient during these pandemic times. We do our utmost to keep everything running smoothly on our end and if you have any questions: please do not hesitate to ask. Always happy to help! 

Stay safe! 

Keep crafting !

Be Happy !

Stay Awesome !

Keep your eyes out for any news on the 

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 RABBIT ON !

((hugs))

Charly