Wine and Wool

Yesterday was an adventure of wine tasting and wool spinning. A local winery was a great setting for demonstrating to the public and getting acquainted with some new fiber people.

Tivy Mt Vintners.

Cool in the shade.

Knitting and wine do go together.

Although it looks like the wine made her do it, she did not have a drop.

Using my Diz

I wish I had taken a picture when I first opened the fiber bundle. Guess I was just too excited to get started! This is the Aqua Fresca colorway from Lisa Souza. Zen Top. 50% Merino, 25% Tussah Silk, 25% Bamboo. The fiber was a bit compacted from dyeing. I opened the fibers and then stripped lengths and opened them even more. I am using a diz that I made from cow horn.(available in my etsy shop soon) Can't wait to start spinning. I love this fiber.

After opening a bit.


Through the diz.


See how it smooths the fiber.


Fiber *nests* ready to spin.

I have only just started the prep. This basket will be quite full when finished.

Pictures of etsy items

New on my blog is a slide show of items from my etsy shop. http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheLaceShepherdess Hope you enjoy viewing. I am working on a variety of diz to add to the shop soon. Cow horn is traditional so that I what I am using. Messy and smelly, but I think it will be worth it.

Back from the fiber mill

Six Coopworth and Shetland fleeces back from the mill. More coming. I am in the process of putting this mountain into manageable portions and then into storage. It feels so good in my hands. Cannot wait to sit and spin. I will be offering some of this loveliness in my etsy shop...keep checking.

New Shop

I did it! Today I opened a shop on etsy. I am feeling my way and will be adding things as I go. I am sure that there will be some tweaking of things for a while. This is exciting and scary too. If you want to take a look the addy is http://www.etsy.com/shop/TheLaceShepherdess

Better I hope

The first picture in the former post was pretty bad. The lighting was not so good coming from above. I also found out that black takes a lot of bandwidth? pixels? Whatever it is, it is not so good. Now I need to rethink some of the photos that I have taken for my etsy shop. One cannot just slap some pictures up and expect good results. Now let's see if this is any better..................
Hope to get the shop going soon.

More playing with photos

These were taken indoors with light from above.

Coopworth X Scottish Blackface

Coopworth. Her name is Mocha.

Jacob wool. Felicia and daughter Amy combined.