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Shop Update: Sweater Lots, Corriedale, Shetland, Gotland, Eshu, North Ronaldsay, Manx Loaghtan, BFL, Whitefaced Woodland

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Colorways: Across the Sea, Blue Texel, Brave, Copper Kettle, Darkest Night, Deep It’s Not Easy Being Green, Deep Paprika, Falling In, Purple People Eater, Rosy Finch, Sapphires in Silver, Secret Copse, Turquoise and Lapis, Witching Hour, Sapphire Surprise

Fibers: Corriedale, Shetland, Gotland, North Ronaldsay, Manx Loaghtan, BFL, Whitefaced Woodland, Wensleydale, Eshu

And a pattern: Ganesh

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Lots of fun stuff, and Across the Sea, Deep Paprika, Witching Hour in 2lb lots of Corriedale, Manx Loaghtan, and Shetland respectively! Also a giant 2.5lb batch of an Eshu colorway (Secret Copse)!

And finally, a pattern! A men’s sweater pattern in size small through extra extra large! Suitable for knitting in Eshu, or Berrocco Ultra-Alpaca. See the next post for a full post on the pattern. Can be purchased direct from me or through Ravelry

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Gobo says, “YAAAY SNOOOOW More snow? More snow?”

Gobo

That’s all for now!

~The Gnome
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Small Shop Update: Phouka, Dorset

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Fibers: Phouka, Dorset

Colorways: Corundum Crystals, Emerald Depths, Leopard Frog, Painted Lady, Bering Strait, Citrus, Deep Sea, Green Frog, Heather and Gorse, Soft Rust, Swamp Thing

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Small update. Hope to get more stuff up soon!

Super Gobo says, “Up up and away!”
Gobo

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~The Gnome
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Shop Update: Shetland, Dorset, East Friesian, BFL, Iktomi, Phouka

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Fibers: Shetland, Dorset, East Friesian, BFL, Iktomi, Phouka

Colorways: (Androids Dream of) Electric Sheep, A Walk Through a Glade, Along a Mountain Path, Amethyst, Brushed Copper, Cotton Candy, Deep Burgundy Wine, Fieldmouse, Forest Walk, Fruit Salad, Greener Pastures, Nebula, Rain Wet Stone Wall, Spice, Summer Swimming, Sunbeam, Swamp Thing, Upon the Sea, Woodpecker

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A note that two of the skeins of Iktomi have odd yardages, one high one low. My supplier mislabeled the yardage so it took me a while to figure out what to do that would work out evenly. Future skeins will be 680yds/622m (unless you ask for more/less, which I can totally do for you). And a photo of just the Iktomi because I actually did something like a full spectrum. And it shows the colors pretty well, in some ways better than individual photos.

Iktomi

Think that’s about it! Mokey says, “He’s finally running with me agaaaaain. More running? More more?”
Mokey

That’s all for now!
~The Gnome
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Shop Update: Lots of new stuff!

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Ok we’ve got…

Fibers: Exmoor Mule/BFL, Charollais, Shetland, Columbia, Targhee, Jacob, more Texel, and the new yarn Kappa (Alpaca/Wool)

Colorways: Achlyos, Blooms on the Heath, Bluebird of Happiness, Brassworks, Cardinal Flower, Cotton Harlequin, Dahlias, Edge of Midnight, Garnet Ore, Golden Vanity, Green Grow the Rushes, Greener Then You, Iku-Turso, Into the Green, Iron Sky, It’s Not Easy Being Green, Lapis and Malachite, Maplewood, Midnight Magic, Mud Season, Nectarine, Old Copper Kettle (fiber and yarn), Owlet, Purple Emperor, Rodeo Rose, Rose Red, Sunrise, Swamp Thing, The Deep Magic, The King in Yellow, Upon the Sea

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Like I said, new yarn! Kappa. This is a lovely soft, squishy, half alpaca half wool yarn. It’s quite nice and knits up warm squishy and delicious. I’ve got some other things to do, but I hope to post something knit with it soon. There’s a pattern I’m designing for it.

Charollais: Originating in France, Charollais is a downs type breed. Not merino soft, but this batch is beautifully dense and quite soft. Soft enough for almost all next to skin wear. A lovely wool from some happy sheep in Canada!

Columbia: This was one of the first U.S. breeds! They have soft, lofty wool very reminiscent of their Rambouillet predecessors. This is an excellent wool for spinning up delicious squeezable next to skin wear! Often considered a “medium” wool, I would classify it as “fine” especially this particular batch!

Oh, and I never talked about the Texel I put up last week. There’s more up now.

Texel: A Dutch downs wool, with great loft and memory. These sheep are big and boxy, bred mostly for meat and thus often looked over for their lovely springy wool! Reminiscent of Dorset to me. The yarn spins up surprisingly soft and very lofty even if you spin it worsted (though this is a carded prep so it won’t be “pure” worsted).

This is a three-ply worsted spun on a spindle, yarn. Thoroughly thwacked.

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That’s all for now! Sorry the update went up so late, it took me longer than expected!

Gobo’s been crashed out against my foot
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That’s all for now!
~The Gnome
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Shop Reopened

The Shop has reopened after Rhinebeck!

Fibers/Yarns: Phouka, Romney, Tunis, Wensleydale, and Perendale!

Colorways: Asters, A Meeting at Midnight, Across the Garden, Bryophyta, Chestnut, Chai Tea, City Sunset, Coreopsis, Dogwood, Evergreen, Frog Hop, Gold Mine, Goldenrod, Heart of the Fire, Indian Corn, Iris, Land and Sea, Luna Moth, Moose, Pocket Change, Rhubarb Cobbler, Saffron, Squash Vine, The Flame Rises, Swamp Thing, The Flickering Flame, The Lawn Needs Mowing, Tidepool, Vinca, Waterfall!

The Flame Rises
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Also, the Exmoor Horn Mule is here. I’ll start dyeing it shortly. Also there will soon be a full report on Rhinebeck and the Adventurous Backpacking Trip.

That’s all for not!

~The Gnome
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