Smelling the Roses...

The world can be a strange place… it still is…In Beijing somebody is selling fresh air in a can, come to think of it, when going up to Macchu Picchu you could actually buy oxygen in a balloon so just the packaging changed…and in England somebody found what some newspapers called “whale vomit” worth over $150.000,- ! It’s ofcourse special “vomit” called ambergris and not your run of the mill cat hairballs. (It’s actually caused by the whale not being able to digest all of the cuddlefish it ate…)…Although it smells horrible on its own….it is a very important element in the perfume industry, where it is used to create a musky undertone scent and makes the perfume last longer while wearing it.

 The perfume industry is really a fascinating business….makes me want to read Perfume by Patrick Susskind again. I did delve into the Secret of Perfume a while back and it is just amazing how it all evolved and works.

Natural musks have all but one been banned from being used because it causes skin problems, jasmine can only be used in a very low % also because of the fact that so many people are allergic to it, so they are replacing lots and lots of scent elements with manmade scent “chemicals. The strange thing is that all things are “chemical” ofcourse even the natural essences…if you know what I mean…Why would anybody in their right mind want to dab an animals secretions from the nether regions(=musks) on their neck? It sounds absurd but still lots of people do it..not necessarily because they know what it is but because it is all part of a package called perfume that will make you smell “nice” or more “desireable”…the whole scent thing is amazing…and more important than you might think.

Just imagine when you would not be able to smell anything!….and this does happen ! Lots of people who have had the misfortune to be in a car accident for example had their sense of smell robbed from them. Michael Hutchince from INXS was one of them before he was catapulted into melancholy and ultimately suicide. When your sense of smell is not working anymore your sense of taste also goes out of the window: an apple will taste just like a potato! Imagine that! and more importantly it is directly linked to depression. Not being able to smell changes your whole way of life. You will not be able to smell that there is a fire somewhere or that your dinner is burning or food is off for that matter. So it is more important than you think to “smell the roses “…

It is already the first of February! The “slight” murmur of panic is starting to get louder and louder as the Bothwell Show is getting closer and closer. And there is still so much to do !!!! The whole house is filled with hand dyed fibres and yarns to be labelled and packed and there’s a big mountain of things still to be dyed and spun. Twenty six days to go before I hop on a ferry to Tasmania with my Tardis filled to the brim. I have never been to Tasmania but I have heard that it is a magical place. I am so looking forward to spending some quality time there. Preparations are on their way for Bothwell (march 1.2 and 3) and also a meet up with the Kingston Spinners and knitters group on Tuesday the 5th of March. It is going to be so exciting ! and ofcourse I can’t wait to meet up with good friends !


On offer on this weeks shopblog is a new upgraded GaGa! Top blend with added cashmere! YUM!!!! Also a new blend of angorino and flax for some fun spinning and some very luscious silk ! Enjoy !

How To Order from this Shop blog

 until the website www.ixchel.com.au is up and running –which will be sooooon-ish!-yeah yeah start laughing will ya.....You can email me on ixchel at rabbit dot com dot au or message me on facebook or ravelry where I am Ixchelbunny. I will email you right back with all your order details and payment methods. Any questions? Please don’t hesitate to ask! Always happy to enable.

Payment : direct bank deposit, card or paypal ! easy !

(((HUGS)))

Charly

GaGa! Bunny TOPS

A  blend of Blue faced leicester, angora bunny , cashmere and glitz for that little bit of extra bling in your project

100grams+    for  AU$24

Orchid

Lark Spur

 

Sweet pea

Hummingbird

Rose

Kangaroo Paw

Waratah

Show me your teeth

Crocus

The IxCHeL GaGa ! Neutral Semi Solid Colour Range

….and don’t they look absolutely stunning together !

Heather

Duck Egg

Forest

Dreamy pink

Vampire Mix TOPS

A Fun blend of deep crimson blood red Angorino, a cloak of superfine merino in deep black  and a splash of vampire teeth…eh..I mean bleached flax…lol

100grams+    for  AU$24

Vampire bunny! O-oh!

Vampire Mix Tops

Two Tone Silk Tops

A beautiful mulberry silk in two natural colours blended together to create a romantic yarn.

50grams+    for  AU$23

Two Toned Mulberry silk

Dates to Remember:

THE FAMOUS BOTHWELL SPIN IN, Bothwell, Tasmania   

Friday March 1st, Saturday March 2nd and Sunday March 3rd.

I will be there with as much fibres and yarns and batts and tops and wooshes and badges and more as I can pack into my Tardis ! I will also have some very special spindles with me and some exquisite Fiberific! Nostepinne and ChiaGoo knitting needle sets and Fiberific! stitch markers : they are so cuuuute ! , not to mention Art Yarns , pre felts, needle felting, angelina and much much more ! There are still spots on the ferry and Im sure that you can jump on a plane as well, although I wouldn’t recommend swimming: it gets a bit cold in the Bass strait…

Kingston Spinners Tasmania Spin in!

Tuesday March 5th, Kingston Spin In.  9.30am-13

Uniting Church  42 Jindabyne Road, Kingston beach, Tasmania

A fun bunny get together and I am planning something special :)

It is going to be FUN!

McClelland Spinnes and Weavers Show 
Wednesday March 13th, from 10 til 3pm

with a Peter Rabbit theme this year! The McClelland Spinners and weavers are located in the most exquisite of places: in the McClelland sculpture park near Frankston (McClelland drive, Langwarrin, in the craft cottages on the grounds. The park is a great place for a wonderful lunch , walking around enjoying all the sculptures and visiting the gallery) .

I will be there supporting their wonderful group and the Peter Rabbit theme ofcourse ! and bringing heaps of fibres, yarns and goodies !

For any questions contact Betty Dyer the secretary of the McClelland Spinners and weavers or me

IxCHeL Fibre Farm Spin in  with the Lara Group Spinners

Saturday March 16th.  11am-16

IxCHeL fibre farm

Hand knitters guild Mini Wool Show

Date and place to be announced soon ! This is a not to miss fibre fun opportunity!

BENDIGO SHEEP AND WOOL SHOW!

Friday 19th of July, Saturday 20th of July and Sunday 21st of July

This is the Ultimate Fibre and fun mix of them all! There will be lots of new things on offer at my IxCHeL stall ofcourse, with prizes to be won and lots of fun to be had!

This is the place to support farmers, fibre producers and independant "Indie" dyers and crafters and have some great fun discovering new things and even win prizes !

In the flower Power Bunny Shed there will be some extra surprises and new things happening as well, including …this is so exciting!!!!: you can see and try out new spinning wheels from a wonderful new fibre fanatic fiberific! vendor ! Don’t miss seeing these new beauties! And ofcourse there will be lots more demos and wheels and spindles on offer as well in the flower power Bunny shed !
There is a woolcraft schedule available at the farm or you can email Dot : Dotv5@optusnet.com.au. Entries for your fiber art closes on June 14th and there are lots of prizes to be won! Our little IxCHeL fibre farm is sponsoring sections 24 and 25 so get started on your entry to win some very yummy stuff !

Any questions or requests?
Contact me on Ravelry where I am Ixchelbunny, message me on facebook

or email me on Ixchelbunny@yahoo.com.au or ixchel@rabbit.com.au

RABBIT ON !
 ((hugs))

Charly

Under Pressure

Spinning Pure Luxury while wearing an evening gown 
and doing acrobatics..

why not multi task and look gorgeous at the same time I say..;)

The world can be a strange place… when I was checking on fires and news in general this morning I found that goats took up a prominent spot in the odd news bit. One goat apparently got booked in Sydney by a policemen for eating a flowerbed and got acquitted. The policemen failed to book the owner and instead booked the goat..as if the goat cared one must ask, but the owner was happy that the goats name was cleared and he didn’t have to pay the $450 fine.

The one goat mention that really got me was one in Norway of all places. A road tunnel in northern Norway will be shut for several weeks after a 27-tonne truckload of sweet goat's milk cheese caught fire. How can cheese catch fire I ask you? But..okay… flames engulfed the tunnel last week and gasses from the melting load hindered firefighters. It took four days to put it out ! Four days to put out goat's'cheese!  The driver was not hurt and no other vehicles were in the 3.6-kilometre tunnel at the time. Lucky!... The tunnel near the small Arctic municipality of Tysfjord, some 1,350km north of the capital, Oslo, likely will be closed for two more weeks ! Well, there you go. Cheese is more dangerous than you think!

In the meantime in Australia…the temperatures have been soaring again near 40C and, there is a mere 65.000 hectares burning in Victoria near the Alpine National Park. Lucky there is a cool gust today with some rain and cooler temperatures, but the high winds are not helping I’m sure.
Living in a very high fire risk area like we are, you always have to be on your toes. On the other hand, with Bothwell Spin in only a month away I am working very hard to be able to offer the Tasmanians some special IxCHeL goodies. So, I won’t be making this blog a very long one: I have to get back to the dyepots ! I do have something very very special to offer all of you loyal blog readers and all I can say is this:

"Life is too short to play with bad fibres or bad men", somebody told me once. So, here is my latest super Luxury blend top that is going to make you drool. I can say this with certainty, because I have seen the reactions of people who have had the privilege to ...eh..."test cuddle" them…lol

Oh and why did I call it No5? Well, because there are 5 totally luscious fibres blended in this Pure Luxury Top :)  Enjoy !

How To Order from this Shop blog

 until the website www.ixchel.com.au is up and running –which will be sooooon-ish!-yeah yeah start laughing will ya.....You can email me on ixchel at rabbit dot com dot au or message me on facebook or ravelry where I am Ixchelbunny. I will email you right back with all your order details and payment methods. Any questions? Please don’t hesitate to ask! Always happy to enable.

Payment : direct bank deposit, card or paypal ! easy !

(((HUGS)))

Charly

PURE LUXURY TOPS

A wonderful luxurious blend of Bison, Yak, Angora Bunny, Cashmere and Tencel
This stuff is AWESOME! and one of a kind! It is exclusive, extravagant, pure  luxury..hence its' name :)
If you want to get your hands on some of this very limited edition : act fast , there is a very limited supply!

50grams+    for  AU$22

Life on Mars

Ziggy Stardust

 

Golden Years

Modern Love

Under Pressure

Heroes

Let’s Dance

Suffragette City

Dates to Remember:

THE FAMOUS BOTHWELL SPIN IN, Bothwell, Tasmania   

Friday March 1st, Saturday March 2nd and Sunday March 3rd.

I will be there with as much fibres and yarns and batts and tops and wooshes and badges and more as I can pack into my Tardis ! I will also have some very special spindles with me and some exquisite Fiberific! Nostepinne and ChiaGoo knitting needle sets and Fiberific! stitch markers : they are so cuuuute ! , not to mention Art Yarns , pre felts, needle felting, angelina and much much more ! There are still spots on the ferry and Im sure that you can jump on a plane as well, although I wouldn’t recommend swimming: it gets a bit cold in the Bass strait…

Kingston Spinners Tasmania Spin in!

Tuesday March 5th, Kingston Spin In.  9.30am-13

Uniting Church  42 Jindabyne Road, Kingston beach, Tasmania

A fun bunny get together and I am planning something special :)

It is going to be FUN!

McClelland Spinnes and Weavers Show 
Wednesday March 13th, from 10 til 3pm

with a Peter Rabbit theme this year! The McClelland Spinners and weavers are located in the most exquisite of places: in the McClelland sculpture park near Frankston (McClelland drive, Langwarrin, in the craft cottages on the grounds. The park is a great place for a wonderful lunch , walking around enjoying all the sculptures and visiting the gallery) .

I will be there supporting their wonderful group and the Peter Rabbit theme ofcourse ! and bringing heaps of fibres, yarns and goodies !

For any questions contact Betty Dyer the secretary of the McClelland Spinners and weavers or me

IxCHeL Fibre Farm Spin in  with the Lara Group Spinners

Saturday March 16th.  11am-16

IxCHeL fibre farm

Hand knitters guild Mini Wool Show

Date and place to be announced soon ! This is a not to miss fibre fun opportunity!

BENDIGO SHEEP AND WOOL SHOW!

Friday 19th of July, Saturday 20th of July and Sunday 21st of July

This is the Ultimate Fibre and fun mix of them all! There will be lots of new things on offer at my IxCHeL stall ofcourse, with prizes to be won and lots of fun to be had!

This is the place to support farmers, fibre producers and independant "Indie" dyers and crafters and have some great fun discovering new things and even win prizes !

In the flower Power Bunny Shed there will be some extra surprises and new things happening as well, including …this is so exciting!!!!: you can see and try out new spinning wheels from a wonderful new fibre fanatic fiberific! vendor ! Don’t miss seeing these new beauties! And ofcourse there will be lots more demos and wheels and spindles on offer as well in the flower power Bunny shed !
There is a woolcraft schedule available at the farm or you can email Dot : Dotv5@optusnet.com.au. Entries for your fiber art closes on June 14th and there are lots of prizes to be won! Our little IxCHeL fibre farm is sponsoring sections 24 and 25 so get started on your entry to win some very yummy stuff !

Any questions or requests?
Contact me on Ravelry where I am Ixchelbunny, message me on facebook

or email me on Ixchelbunny@yahoo.com.au or ixchel@rabbit.com.au

RABBIT ON !
 ((hugs))

Charly

You harvest what you sow...

It is still hot…yesterday it was in its 40Cs again and you know you are in trouble when you start fantasising about penguins and visiting Antarctica, while standing in front of the freezer grabbing that last icy popsicle with “emergency”written on it. Still, I have been spinning angora….I wish I could have spun it in the freezer but alas, we couldn’t fit… The big push to get ready for Bothwell Spin in March 1-3 is on! There is so much to dye and spin, so heatwave or not, the show must go on! When its this hot here , living close to the forest can be dangerous: everything is tinderbox dry and it only takes a tiny spark to have everything light up like a Christmas tree. It is amazing how many bushfires destroy hectares and hectares and it can be quite scary especially when you see is inching up closer and closer. We have been very lucky this year but the season is far from over. Lots of energy and water has been poured over the vegetable garden that is going great apart from some kales that now have been decimated by green caterpillars unfortunately..but I do not spray chemicals on my veggies …instead I handpick the green monsters off and ….yes I know it is cruel..feed them to the chickens….. Since I started the vegetable garden and planted heaps of seedlings, started plants from seeds, saved seeds and replanted again..it is magical to see things grow and its alos amazing how much we have actually saved shoppingwise ! We need a lot of greens for our bunnies and growing it yourself, knowing that there are no chemicals used is so rewarding. Even if you do not have a large plot , even a balcony can provide you with an opportunity to grow some of your own food and yes, it does taste better I guarantee it ! I have made huge pots of pesto from my abundant crop of basil and there will be tastings ofcourse tomorrow at the bunny spin in. I have to admit I added more garlic , our herb infused oil and our own chillies as well to give it that extra bite :Yum! Here’s the recipe for those who want to give it a go: 1 cup of packed basil leaves freshly picked (preferably in the morning. I always pick everything in the morning herb wise because the heat has not yet evaporated any essential oils ); ¼ cup of pine nuts, ½ cup of olive oil, sea salt, 60 grams of grated parmesan cheese, chillie flakes( for the adventurers)…. Blend it all together in your foodprocessor or, if you don’t have one like me, use a stick blender.. Mine almost burnt out though but then again I did do a lot and it was HOT! Lol Once you make your own pesto you will never touch the supermarket stuff again ! Great on toast, as a pizza base and on pasta…well on everything really ! Enjoy!

Basil Harvest

This week I offer you a very special blend: bunny bison bliss! A blend of Bison, angora, cashmere, superfine merino and tencel. It is super soft and makes an amazingly beautiful special yarn. Also some very nice 3ply angora yarn with a stunning 400meters per 50 grams ! yum!

How To Order from this Shop blog

 until the website www.ixchel.com.au is up and running –which will be sooooon-ish!-yeah yeah start laughing will ya.....You can email me on ixchel at rabbit dot com dot au or message me on facebook or ravelry where I am Ixchelbunny. I will email you right back with all your order details and payment methods. Any questions? Please don’t hesitate to ask! Always happy to enable.

Payment : direct bank deposit, card or paypal ! easy !

(((HUGS)))

Charly

BUNNY BISON BLISS TOPS

A wonderful magical blend of Bison, Superfine Merino, Angora Bunny, Cashmere, Tencel

50grams+    for  AU$17
 

Fire Dragon-sold-

Velvet

 

Babe

 

Dream state

Prairy Poem

 

Bushland sunshine-sold-

Indigo

Bumblebee party

Flutter -sold-

Monets garden

Pure Angora yarn 3ply

An amazingly soft pure angora hand dyed 3ply yarn with 400meters per 50grams! ! feels super soft and does not leave any fluff on your clothes !

50grams+ AU$22
 

Mad Hatter

Blue Caterpillar

Alice in Wonderland

Flamingo Dance

Dates to Remember:

THE FAMOUS BOTHWELL SPIN IN, Bothwell, Tasmania   

Friday March 1st, Saturday March 2nd and Sunday March 3rd.

I will be there with as much fibres and yarns and batts and tops and wooshes and badges and more as I can pack into my Tardis ! I will also have some very special spindles with me and some exquisite Fiberific! Nostepinne and ChiaGoo knitting needle sets and Fiberific! stitch markers : they are so cuuuute ! , not to mention Art Yarns , pre felts, needle felting, angelina and much much more ! There are still spots on the ferry and Im sure that you can jump on a plane as well, although I wouldn’t recommend swimming: it gets a bit cold in the Bass strait…

 

Kingston Spinners Tasmania Spin in!

Tuesday March 5th, Kingston Spin In.  9.30am-13

Uniting Church  42 Jindabyne Road, Kingston beach, Tasmania

A fun bunny get together and I am planning something special :)

It is going to be FUN!

McClelland Spinnes and Weavers Show 
Wednesday March 13th, from 10 til 3pm

with a Peter Rabbit theme this year! The McClelland Spinners and weavers are located in the most exquisite of places: in the McClelland sculpture park near Frankston (McClelland drive, Langwarrin, in the craft cottages on the grounds. The park is a great place for a wonderful lunch , walking around enjoying all the sculptures and visiting the gallery) .

I will be there supporting their wonderful group and the Peter Rabbit theme ofcourse ! and bringing heaps of fibres, yarns and goodies !

For any questions contact Betty Dyer the secretary of the McClelland Spinners and weavers or me

 

IxCHeL Fibre Farm Spin in  with the Lara Group Spinners

Saturday March 16th.  11am-16

IxCHeL fibre farm , Gilderoy

 

 

 

Hand knitters guild Mini Wool Show

Date and place to be announced soon ! This is a not to miss fibre fun opportunity!

BENDIGO SHEEP AND WOOL SHOW!

Friday 19th of July, Saturday 20th of July and Sunday 21st of July

 

This is the Ultimate Fibre and fun mix of them all! There will be lots of new things on offer at my IxCHeL stall ofcourse, with prizes to be won and lots of fun to be had!

This is the place to support farmers, fibre producers and independant "Indie" dyers and crafters and have some great fun discovering new things and even win prizes !

In the flower Power Bunny Shed there will be some extra surprises and new things happening as well, including …this is so exciting!!!!: you can see and try out new spinning wheels from a wonderful new fibre fanatic fiberific! vendor ! Don’t miss seeing these new beauties! And ofcourse there will be lots more demos and wheels and spindles on offer as well in the flower power Bunny shed !
There is a woolcraft schedule available at the farm or you can email Dot : Dotv5@optusnet.com.au. Entries for your fiber art closes on June 14th and there are lots of prizes to be won! Our little IxCHeL fibre farm is sponsoring sections 24 and 25 so get started on your entry to win some very yummy stuff !

Any questions or requests?
Contact me on Ravelry where I am Ixchelbunny, message me on facebook

or email me on Ixchelbunny@yahoo.com.au or ixchel@rabbit.com.au

RABBIT ON !
 ((hugs))

Charly

Exciting Plans and Bunny Cloud Wishes

a Bunny Cloud

The new year started off with a bang ! Or should I say a heatwave and unfortunately for a lot of people a time of bushfire threat. To all of you in Tasmania and New South Wales where the fires are still raging through tinder dry forests and bush or grass lands ; please stay safe ! Let’s hope a cool change with rain will come soon ! Let’s hope for lost of bunny clouds ! We had our rain and cool change which has definitely made it easier to stand over the dyepost and prepare pigments ! preparing blends and spinning yarns in 42C heat was no picnic either so I am very grateful it is a bit cooler .

On another note:
At the start of the New year I do what everybody does: looking at the calendar and see whats planned for the year to come. Well people, it is going to be a HUGE year this year ! My calendar is filling up fast with shows, markets, spin ins, work shops and more! I have added new dates to the “dates to remember”section at the end of this blog for you. Synchronise calendars ! lol

Exciting news break : I AM GOING TO BOTHWELL! I already signed up last year but I can tell you now: I am going with my Tardis packed to the brim!
Preparations for the Bothwell spin in are in full swing: new blends prepped, ready for the dyepot new yarns being spun, batts and woosh fibres are slowly but surely being organised , mini skeins and sock yarns are next. The Bothwell Spin in is an awesome bi-annual event in Bothwell Tasmania. This year they are celebrating their 35th year reunion and it is going to be HUGE FUN! There is so much on it would be hard to put it all in this blog so I will give you the link to have a look at right here: www.bothwellspinin.com.au

There is ofcourse the ;longest thread competition (the one who spins the longest plied thread from 10grams of fleece!), there is even a yarn bombing event organised !, there are demonstrators and ofcourse lost of fabulous fibres and yarns to be cuddled and adopted into a good home ! It is going to be fun ! So, don’t delay, book your tickets for a fun journey to a magical island Tasmania !

But whats happening now! I hear you say: Well, I have dyed some more of my new IxCHeL blend Angel Bunny Tops : since they were so popular last week ! This week I have dyed them variegated and the colours have come up so beautiful. it is hard for me to stay away and not immediately put them on my spinningwheel ..lol Also some Glitz tops , great for creating some bling in your yarn, just add a tiny bit to your batts or tops while you are spinning them and Tada! You will light up in the dark so to speak. You can make it as LOUD or subtle as you want, but I love the way that this Glitz, or trilobal nylon which its also called just adds a bit of extra interest to yarns and batts.

The Angel Bunny Blend is a wonderful mix of blue faced Leicester tops with angora bunny, Cashmere and Tencel. Tencel is a plant fibre. It’s made out of wood pulp and it makes a wonderful fibre to spin and wear. It shines like silk, is soft, strong and very purlescent. It adds a wonderful element to the softness of the cashmere and bunny and strengthens the shine of the blue faced Leicester wool. All in all : it is another IxCHeL blend I am extremely over the moon about. I have also redyed some of the long colour repeats and semi solids of last week, so have a look at last weeks blog and don’t hesitate to order from last weeks offering as well.  

How To Order from this Shop blog

 until the website www.ixchel.com.au is up and running –which will be sooooon-ish!-yeah yeah start laughing will ya.....You can email me on ixchel at rabbit dot com dot au or message me on facebook or ravelry where I am Ixchelbunny. I will email you right back with all your order details and payment methods. Any questions? Please don’t hesitate to ask! Always happy to enable.

Payment : direct bank deposit, card or paypal ! easy !

(((HUGS)))

Charly

ANGEL BUNNY TOPS

A wonderful magical blend of Superfine Blue faced Leicester, Angora Bunny, Cashmere, Tencel

100grams+    for  AU$24
 

Lothlorien

Radagast
(my favourite wizard in the Hobbit movie with his chariot of bunnies ..lol and I must admit these woodland greens and that dash of rusty orange is just gorgeous as well !)

 

Misty Mountain

 

Thorin Oakenshield

Valinor
 

Elven King

Bilbos Birthday Party

GLITZ TOPS

A great fibre to add to your batts or directly to your spinning to add that little bit of pezazzz! And bling ! Glitz is a man made fibre also called triloabel nylon, it adds strength to your handspun (so great for blingy socks!) and it reflects the light in such a way that it resembles spinning in little diamonds into your fibre. A little bit of diamond glitzz will go a long way ! 

50grams+    for  AU$12
 

rainbow

lonely mountain

Royal Blue

Elven Magic

Thranduil (will make your yarn look like mythril..lol)

Lavender fields – a wonderful purple going into a dusky blue ! yum!

Dates to Remember:

Bunny Spin in at the Ixchel Fibre Farm (11am-4pm)
Every Third Saturday and every fourth Thursday of the month!
Saturday JANUARY 2013 19th, 11am-4pm

Thursday JANUARY 2013 24th, 11am – 4pm

Bring a plate to share your wheel or spindle, knitting or crochet, yourself and a smile and have a fun day out amongst bunnies and friends !
Please contact me to secure a spot !
Bunny food like cabbage, bok choi or broccoli is always welcome as well ! : the bunnies will cuddle you more for it  !

 

THE FAMOUS BOTHWELL SPIN IN, Bothwell, Tasmania   

Friday March 1st, Saturday March 2nd and Sunday March 3rd.

I will be there with as much fibres and yarns and batts and tops and wooshes and badges and more as I can pack into my Tardis ! I will also have some very special spindles with me and some exquisite Fiberific! Nostepinne and ChiaGoo knitting needle sets and Fiberific! stitch markers : they are so cuuuute ! , not to mention Art Yarns , pre felts, needle felting, angelina and much much more ! There are still spots on the ferry and Im sure that you can jump on a plane as well, although I wouldn’t recommend swimming: it gets a bit cold in the Bass strait…

McClelland Spinnes and Weavers Show 
Wednesday March 13th, from 10 til 3pm

with a Peter Rabbit theme this year!
The McClelland Spinners and weavers are located in the most exquisite of places: in the McClelland sculpture park near Frankston (McClelland drive, Langwarrin, in the craft cottages on the grounds. The park is a great place for a wonderful lunch , walking around enjoying all the sculptures and visiting the gallery) .
I will be there supporting their wonderful group and the Peter Rabbit theme ofcourse ! and bringing heaps of fibres, yarns and goodies !
For any questions contact Betty Dyer the secretary of the McClelland Spinners and weavers or me
 

Hand knitters guild Mini Wool Show

Date and place to be announced soon ! This is a not to miss fibre fun opportunity!


BENDIGO SHEEP AND WOOL SHOW!
Friday 19th of July, Saturday 20th of July and Sunday 21st of July
This is the Ultimate Fibre and fun mix of them all! There will be lots of new things on offer at my IxCHeL stall ofcourse, with prizes to be won and lots of fun to be had!
This is the place to support farmers, fibre producers and independant "Indie" dyers and crafters and have some great fun discovering new things and even win prizes !
In the flower Power Bunny Shed there will be some extra surprises and new things happening as well, including …this is so exciting!!!!: you can see and try out new spinning wheels from a wonderful new fibre fanatic fiberific! vendor ! Don’t miss seeing these new beauties! And ofcourse there will be lots more demos and wheels and spindles on offer as well in the flower power Bunny shed !
There is a woolcraft schedule available at the farm or you can email Dot : Dotv5@optusnet.com.au. Entries for your fiber art closes on June 14th and there are lots of prizes to be won! Our little IxCHeL fibre farm is sponsoring sections 24 and 25 so get started on your entry to win some very yummy stuff !
Any questions or requests? Contact me on Ravelry where I am Ixchelbunny,

message me on facebook

or email me on Ixchelbunny@yahoo.com.au or ixchel@rabbit.com.au

RABBIT ON !
 ((hugs))

Charly