New fibres and yarns to celebrate the new year

Happy weekend everybody and welcome to the first shop update of the new year!

And, what an exciting update it is with something for everybody!
I filled my holiday break with lots gand lots of experimenting, blending and spinning. Spinning yarn is my happy place. So, to give my back a much needed break during the holidays, I spent it spinning, carding, blending and not a lot of dyeing. I kept the dyeing reserved for last week to do a restock of lots of blends and of course the January clubs! 

Here, I will show you the teaser label and a look at what an inspiring artist who has done so much important work not only in art, but also ecology and entomology! 

 

 I am dyeing the January clubs at the moment. Once everything is ready to ship I will post another teaser on my social media so please make sure you are following me😉

This week’s update is filled with something for everybody, whether you are a spinner or a knitter or a felter or love wood turned crafty things! 

There are new luxurious Guanaco blend tops, Soft and puffy Rambouillet tops, shiny and curly Wensleydale tops, guanaco handspun yarns, new Wallaby batts, new Nøstepinne to make centre pulled balls with (check out the Camphor Laurel ones: they are magical!) and last but not least: new hand spun angora bunny cashmere and silk in a fabulous new colourway “Snow Gum”. There are these beautiful, majestic eucalypts in the high country in Australia called “snow guns” with the most amazing multi coloured bark, which I wanted to mimic: the Snow White of the angora bunny, combined with the ochres, blues and moss greens, even some pinks of the snow gum tree bark. I’m super happy with how the yarns turned out and I hope you will love them as well!

You can find all these in the “what’s new” collection on the IxCHeL shop here: https://ixchel.com.au/collections/whats-new

2025 is going to be filled with new blends, new colourways and exciting new projects. If only there were 50 hours a day I always say 🤣 and remember, although there are so many things happening in the world that are disturbing, painful and can add so much stress to one’s life, please remember to do something for yourself and/or for others: spending time to learn a new craft, or just sit and relax with something you love to do like spinning or knitting or weaving, can make all the difference in the world. See it as replenishing your battery.

I also post on social media so to see more, please follow me on Instagram, Threads or Bluesky🦋 and Facebook where I am Ixchelbunny. I can’t wait to see what you are all creating with your fibres and yarns, so please don’t forget to tag me so I can see!

Wishing you a fun and relaxing, crafty weekend ! 

Big hugs,

Charly

Happy New Year

 

Happy New Year to all of you !✨

Thank you for making last year amazing ✨ Whether you bought our hand dyed fibres or yarns or hand spun or spindles, or, supported us by showing your enthusiasm for all the crafty fluff and stuff: you all have made our world brighter 🌞Even when I was struggling with physical stuff and also mental doubt -as all creatives do I guess- you have showed me kindness, love for all things fluffy and colourful fluff and yarns I created. You’ve made my job the best in the world and I am super grateful to all of you. 

Let’s make 2025 a year of more Crafty Adventures, more Fun and explore new things to learn on the way. 

I am planning to give you new fibres and blends and yarns on shop updates again every week of this year, Paul has new spindles and exciting new inlay stones on his agenda as well and of course there are the fibre, yarn and batt clubs every month as well. To hand dye yarn  and fibre spin, blend, card and think of something exhilarating to offer all of you on a weekly basis is no small task! Kinda like running a marathon every week, but so much fun getting to the finish line and then starting it all again with a sparkle in my eyes, to see how I can do better next time.

I have been asked what shows I will be doing this year and if I would be at the Bendigo Show. Well, I think after “running weekly marathons” for 21 years now, parts of my body are shouting in my ear that doing a triathlon is out of the question🤣 In 2025 you can find me at the Handknitters guild show again in Coburg, which will be held in May/June. The exact dates and times will of course be shared here and on social media! No other shows are planned at this time, but anything can happen I suppose, but I will definitely not be doing big 5day wool shows/events anymore. I am very sorry to disappoint you, but it takes a huge amount of work and strain on my already failing body, on top of what I’m already doing on a weekly basis and I’m happy to know my limitations I guess…

I have so many plans, so many desires to do more painting and designing, weaving, spinning and knitting too. As usual there are only 24 hours in a day while my brain seems to think there are at least double that amount of hours. I guess that’s the blessing of being an optimistic neurodivergent: time is amazingly relative🤣 like the Freudian slip I made typing “shop updates will be at 8pm ADHD” instead of “8pm AEDT” : forget about time zones and daylight savings rules, just let ambiguous chaos and possibilities rule 😜

There will be shop updates, restocks etc happening every week as usual during our “holiday period” but the first big new exciting hand dyed blend shop update with a rare breed! will be happening on Friday January 17th at 8pm AEDT. There will be heaps of new colourways too and some pretty awesome yarns as well ! It’s all happening ✨ 

You can find it all on www.ixchel.com.au and if you cannot find what you’re looking for: contact me via email or my socials and I will always be happy to help and enable!

Keep creating, keep making AND please share and tag me ( @ixchelbunny or #ixchelyarnsandfibres ) so I can see it and a lot of others too! 

 Let’s Laugh and Celebrate all things creative and fun and fluffy together this year! 🐰✨🐰

Big hugs,
Charly