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Friday 27 January 2012

Oh happy day!

There are days when even postman is welcome! Now, if you are dog owner, you are thinking we got box full of treats. Sadly, not that happy day. This is the happy day when fibre comes. So, if you are one of my Longnosed Yarn followers and fan of fluff, you can understand my exitement.
Yes, all those favourites are there. Baby camel, angora, alpaca... and cashmere blends. Mongolian cashmere is somewhere on the way as well! I do have a hill of fluff and will spend weekend dyeing! So, keep an eye out for pics of colourfull fibre some time next week! 6kg of fibre! I can swim in it! Especially if I add the 8,5 kg of Shetland which arrived all the way from Moon last week (well, it did feel like it since there was some madness on post offices before Xmas when I originally ordered it).
So thanks to Jamieson & Smith for their patience with my endless emails asking if they got it back yet or if they know where has it gone. They have been most helpfull and calm about one fibreholic from Germany.

Thursday 26 January 2012

Milk protein fibre? :-O! Hybrid beads? :-O! Does it sound like sci-fi?

I love spinning milk protein. Now, if you are not spinner or picky knitter you might not know what I am talking about...
Milk protein fibre is really made of milk! Now the process is very complex, of course, but yes, you can do it. And no, I have not heard of fibre made from gin and tonic yet, sorry....

And what are hybrid beads? Well they call them hybrid as they are made in combination of technologies of two bead nations. One classic one- my homeland Czech Republic, and one very modern one- Japan. Together they have created a new type of bead and call it hybrid. It is made by TOHO in Japan and the beads in question are just.. just... well amazing!


Now in my shop !