Darkness makes Stars Shine Brighter

A Luminous Gothic Blend

What a whirlwind of a week again: Lots of dyeing, LOTS of spinning and also heaps of research and development for exciting things to come..I hope !! There are so many ideas I like to share with you but I will have to keep my mouth shut….not because I want to keep the tension going but because well, as withy everything R&D related , the science may not work, something might go wriong and I will end up with nothing. Unlike this week!!! This week was awesome: For all of you who have followed me for a long time: I have had about two different Gothic Blends. Why? Because I LOVE GOTHIC (I AM A COLOURFUL Goth myself…lol)and I love black but I also love colour. So I started out with a blend a looooong time ago with black silk, blended with white and grey merino and bunny and Tencel. Ticked all the boxes of being nice but it was just a tad too…eh…colourful. I needed something with a BANG! Then I thought up Galaxy Bunny with the deep black wool blended with sari silk.. Great ! but the silk was too..eh….muted for what I had dreamt of. Still a super nice awesome blend (see those hop for more of that) but yeah, I wanted a BIG BANG of colour and shine combined with a deep dark black . And that’s when this Gothic blend was born. I hope you will all like it as much as I do.

I did a little test skein, because you never really know how a top spins up until you do: and I was blown away with how much depth and darkness and light and colour it had ! Spins up gorgeous as a lace weight (my test skein was 9grams with a meterage of 65meters: laceweight).

emerald forest with the hand spun test skein

After that going well, I dyed up about 10 colourways for you to browse through on the website (www.ixchel.com.au) and go to the What’s new section: you cannot miss it…lol .

I also blended some pretty amazing fibres this week from our angora bunies together with mink, yak, silk and cashmere to spin some heavenly yarns for those of you who do not spin. They can out as a 4ply/fingering weight and with quite a lot of meterage . So Smoochy soft it should be illegal…lol Here are some photos

The Indigo yarns are dyed using true indigo (homegrown ) and the rock lobster ones are dyed with woad and cochineal.

close up, these yarns have about 180-215meters per 50 grams, 

so about a 4ply fingering weight.

Also, The IxCHeL Art Journey club sign ups for the next round starting in October are open now ! So, if you want to be part of some awesome fun and receiving a yarn, batt or fibre lovingly hand dyed and inspired by a unique artwork : Please sign up ! You will receive a fluffy parcel every month with an extra surprise too ! 

All the information on all the clubs you can find further down on this blog and on the website (www.ixchel.com.au)

And : don't forget there is TWEED YARN, sock yarns, angora yarns and lots of different tops  and so , so much more on the online shop !!!! Go check it out! It’s fun to hop around and look at all the fluffy goodies! You may even be tempted to add something to your cart !

To order: 

Go to www.ixchel.com.au and click on the “What’s NEW!” section on the home page. 

Select the product you want , click on the colour you like and “add to cart”. Easy ! 

No more waiting for me to answer you when you message me! Of course you can still message me as well. This is all of us still trying to figure things out and I am very approachable and enabling as usual !

Have some questions? Please let me know and email (hop@ixchel.com.au) or message me ! Always happy to enable !

Gothic Tops

Super fine Deep Black Merino 70% Mulberry Silk 30%

100+ gram tops      AU$28

Emerald Forest Nymph

Haunted Meadow

The wizards)

Vampire Party

Witches

Pumpkin King

Indigo

Woad

Gothic Rainbow

Dark Side




And so many more !!! Please go to the shop and browse to your hearts content ! Have fun !

IxCHeL club sign ups for 

October, November and December 2022

 are now open !

Here are some photos of the previous clubs: 

January 2022 Batt Club

January 2022 Fibre club

January 2022 Yarn Club

June 2021Club

June 2021Club

November 21 Yarn Club

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 October, November, December 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 #53 and receive your special hand dyed top :)) for three months (October, November and December 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 #53 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 October, November, December 2022

Every month for three months (October, November and December 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 sock weight 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, November and December 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 October, November and December 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 order or ask any questions: 

1. Go to www.ixchel.com.au

2. You can email me on hop@ixchel.com.au
3.. Message me on facebook or Instagram where I am @ixchelbunny


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

 RABBIT ON !