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Petting Zoo - handspun baby camel, silk, merino and angora yarn

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:53:03 -0500

$36.00
Imagine cuddling an angora rabbit. Or watching a little baby camel. Or petting a little merino sheep. Zoos are closed in winter so this cuddly soft yarn can give you some kind of substitute. Believe me, you just want to cuddle it all night.

The handspun yarn is a mixture of baby camel, silk, merino and angora. It comes in two skeins.

100 g / 3.52 oz
227 m / 248.33 yd
12 wpi

The flying Spaghetti Monster - handspun artyarn FSM

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:49:09 -0500

$42.00
As a (slightly...) nerdy physicist of course I am familiar with Pastafarianism and I am very proud to present you my interpretation of His Noodliness.

Handspun merino yarn from white and rusty red/red handcarded merino. Spun to a twoply with very long tails. It contains handmade brown felt balls to resemble the meat balls. I also created two eyes from polymer clay but couldn't find a way to attach them to the yarn directly, so I just add them seperately and you can decide how to add it to your finished work in the end. I tryed with some wire, but they were too heavy for the thin wire I had.

It would make a really great scarf or hat, but it is also very decorative in its current state as a skein of yarn.

65 g / 2,3 oz
53 yd / 48 m

Created in a home without pets and free of smoke

Ramen!

Peacock - handspun artyarn with glass beads and sequins

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:54:12 -0500

$42.00
For this yarn I got the inspiration when I was shopping for beads. I saw those faceted black glass beads who where shiny and iridescent with blue and green and instantly thought about a peacock! So I collected some more green, iridescent rocailles and multifaceted sequins, spun a blue-ish (blue, black, turquoise) and a green/brown-ish batt of extrasoft merino fiber, with some sparkle from angelina and spun this stripey single yarn.

151 m / 166 yd
89 g / 3,1 oz
ca. 12 wpi

Created in a home without pets and free of cigarette smoke!

Event Horizon - handspun merino art yarn inspired by Stargate

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:33:05 -0500

$30.00
Kawoosh - the familiar sound of an opening Stargate. Since my favourite colour is blue I am always thrilled about the colour play of the event horizon. It inspired me. This is my interpretation of this lovely shimmmering pool.

The yarn is made out of different shades of merino, mixed with blue angelina and plied with silver metallic yarn.

My always bugging camera managed to get the colour right in the first picture. The others are too turquoise, but show the structure very well.

It was created in a smoke free environment.

225 m / 246.15 yd
50 gr / 1.76 oz
15 wpi

Jingle Bells - Handspun artyarn with little bells

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:07:18 -0500

$42.00
Jingle bells, Jingle bells, jingle all the way, oh what fun it is to ride in a one horse open sleigh...

Did I mention I love this time of the year? And I love spinning winter yarns. Here comes "Jingle Bells" - right, with real jingly little bells.
It is a handspun yarn from white and multicolored red and green merino fiber. I plyed it with a silver metallic thread and a white thread which holds little silver snowflake sequins, red and white pompons and red and green bells.

A scarf I made from a similar yarn (with different snowflakes and additional ribbons) and some additional white merino yarn can be seen here:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3092/3188291602_d9caa88b41_b.jpg

90 m / 98 yd
90 g / 3,2 oz
8 wpi

Created in a home without pets and free of cigarette smoke!

Stained Glass - handspun merino yarn

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 08:19:40 -0500

$39.00
I always liked Tiffany Lamps and stained glass windows. It's just this colorful, bright glow when the sun shines through the high windows of a cathedral which amazes me most. And a Tiffany lamp is still something I would like to get some day.

I was inspired to spin this colorful bulky yarn, to create something cheerful in these cold and grey days. It is made from a hand carded batt in bright colors of red, yellow, blue and green. I plyed it with a contrasting black merino thread.

97 m / 108 yd
115 g / 4,1 oz
6-7 wpi

Created in a home without pets and free of cigarette smoke!

Natural born Pink - handspun natural dyed silk merino yarn

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:50:48 -0500

$39.00
This yarn may appear ordinary at the first look, but it is not! First, the fibers are hand dyed by natural dyes, a mix of cochenille and red sandal wood. They come in two different shades of rose and pink, one a bit darker than the other one, and it is a very interesting color which is not so often to be seen in commercial dyed yarns.
Secondly, it constists of one string of merino, and one string of pure tussah silk. This gives the yarn a special shine and quality. The silk took up the dye a bit different than the merino, so there is even more color variations in that.

98 m / 107 yd
96 g / 3,4 oz
8 wpi

Created in a home without pets and free of smoke

Romulan Warbird Mittens - handknit from handspun merino yarn - STAR TREK

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:50:48 -0500

$65.00
As a big fan of science fiction and fantasy I love to make inspired yarns. The yarn for these mittens was inspired by the Romulan Warbirds as seen in Star Trek - The Next Generation. They are mighty starships of the Romulan race and are able to cloak themselves to become invisible. The yarn includes merino fiber in different shades of green, as a dark forest green with stripes in yellow green and a faint shade of green, randomly distributed yellow glass beads resemble the windows. Black merino fiber and clear glass act as the space background.

This yarn is knit up to a warm pair of mittens in medium size. But as they are stretchy, they would also fit lager hands.
Dimensions are (unstretched):
9.5 cm width at the fingers
18 cm from the beginning of the palm to the tip
9 cm hem before the beginning of the palm
The thumb measures around 6 cm from the gusset to the top and is ca. 3.5 cm wide.
The gusset is shaped with increases to make them as comfy as possible.

Created in a home without pets and free of smoke!

Green Green Green - handspun natural dyed silk merino yarn

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:50:47 -0500

$37.00
Here is another plant dyed yarn - and as you may guess it's green! I dyed it with Goldenrod, and the fiber is a very soft blend of merino and tussah silk. The color is a very nice pale bright green. Oh, did I mention, it's green?

83 m / 91 yd
78 g / 2,8 oz
8 wpi

Created in a home without pets and free of smoke

Happy Onion - handspun handdyed natural dye yarn

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:58:39 -0500

$49.00
This is something special! The fibers for this yarn were dyed with plants! The radiant orange and yellow - one could also say bronze and gold - comes from onion skins (that was a long job to collect them!) and the green is from St John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum). This is not just helpful against depression but also for making yarn green and it, also, was collected by myself. You see, the colors can only make you happy!

The yarn is 3ply and the colors come in alterning stripes.

12 wpi
112 yd / 102 m
1,9 oz / 55 g

Luthien Tinuviel - handspun artyarn inspired by Tolkien LotR

Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:38:28 -0500

$45.00
I browsed through paintings from Ted Nasmith and John Howe (very pretty Tolkien inspired works!) and I came across their illustriations of Lúthien Tinúviel, who shortly appears in a song Aragon sings in the Fellowship of the Ring and which I always liked.

So I spun this yarn from 3 different batts for that scene of Lúthien dancing in the forest, silver starlight sparkling in her shadowy hair.

It consists of black (merino, alpaca, black angelina, some white silk, silver thread and clear bohemian glass beads), blue (blue & grey merino, golden sequins and blue bohemian glass beads) and green (merino and wensleydale, light green bohemian glass beads and green leaf sequins) stripes.

209 m / 228 yd
110 g / 3.9 oz
12 wpi

Created in a home without pets and free of cigarette smoke!

The very hungry Caterpillar - handspun artyarn

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:15:11 -0500

$42.00
I spun a very hungry caterpillar:
Day 1: The hungry caterpillar eats through a single red apple.
Day 2: The caterpillar eats through 2 green pears.
Day 3: The caterpillar eats through 3 purple plums.
Day 4: The caterpillar eats through 4 red strawberries.
Day 5: The caterpillar eats through 5 whole oranges.

I carded green/turquoise/black merino into 4 different shades of green and spun it (with some red merino at the beginning) to a stripy yarn. For the fruits I included wooden beads in different colors (and the corresponding amount ;))
I also created two eyes and some brown legs from polymer clay and spun the fiber together with a brown hairy commercial yarn.

61 m / 67 yd
77 g / 2,7 oz
8 wpi

Created in a home without pets and free of cigarette smoke!

Watermelon - Handspun artyarn handcarded merino

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:51:58 -0500

$29.00
What is better in hot summer to bite into a cool, sweet and juicy watermelon? Eating it without messing up the clothes with the sticky juice perhaps.
I also liked the combination of green and pink, so I spun this yarn. It is made from two handcarded batts, the one in different shades of green and some yellow, the other one of handdyed pink merino fiber, some tussah silk and some white/bright green merino. I spun them into stripes and included also little brown wooden beads to resemble the seeds.

88 m / 96 yd
54 g / 1,9 oz
10 wpi

Created in a home without pets and free of smoke

Pink Daisy - Neck Tube

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:34:16 -0500

$29.00
It's getting summer outside! But still it can be a little chilly. A thick scarf is surely too much - what now?

This knitted neck tube might just be the thing! It's light and breezy due to the drop stitch pattern, but also cuddly and keeps your neck warm. The yarn was handspun as a single from silk-merino blend and extra soft merino fiber, the pink and yellow was even handdyed. Pink daisies inspired this yarn, and there are also three little needlefelted daisies spun-in.

Two items are available, each measures about 7.5 x 9.5 inches, circumference 19 inch (unstretched).

Created in a smoke- and pet-free home.

Black Glass - handspun handdyed artyarn with silk - OFFER

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:33:44 -0500

$49.00
"The Mountain of Black Glass" - third volume in Tad William's fantasy series "Otherland", which leads the heroes and heroines through countless realms in a virtual reality on their dangerous adventures. They travel to the black glass mountain, where they hope to find answers on the strange happenings in the real world.

2 ply of extra soft coal-black merino fiber and hand-dyed dark grey tussah silk. The yarn contains black sparkling angelina fiber, black multi-faceted sequins and black facetted bohemian glass beads.

~ Otherland Offer ~
This yarn belongs to the Otherland ArtYarn series, begun with "Golden Shadows" and "Blue Fire". The "Silver Light" is following. If you buy two yarns of this series, you get $5 off, for 3 yarns you get $10 off, and if you take them all 4 you get $15 off.

92 m / 100 yd
84 g / 3 oz
10 wpi

Created in a home without pets and free of smoke!

Green Rainbow Shawl - handknit triangular shawl from mohair yarn

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:33:43 -0500

$112.00
This gorgeous and big shawl will keep you warm in this time when it's still freezing outside but on the same time it will cheer you up with its stunning colors. It is basically green with a color gradient of rainbow colors in yellow, fuchsia, violet and teal.

The yarn is a commercial italian brand designer yarn of 60% mohair and 40% acrylic. Due to the high mohair content it is a little bit scratchy, but then you probably won't wear it to the bare skin all the time. It is machine washable, but I would recommend to be very careful with that and wash it by hand to be sure it doesn't change. The yarn is also good for sheep wool allergics!

The shawl is handknit to a big triangular shawl featuring garter stitch which makes it even more warm and cozy and so it is wearable on both sides as it looks the same either way. On the two short edges there is a lacy border with holes. The rainbow colors repeat themselves in straight stripes.

Dimensions:
2,20 m wide, 1 m high, 200g

Created in a home without pets and free of smoke!

Twisted Walnut - handspun handdyed natural dye yarn

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:33:43 -0500

$53.00
This yarn is made of wool fiber which was dyed with walnut shells. Two different shades of brown - medium brown and beige - were spun separately and then plyed to a 2-ply yarn. I only used the handspindle for spinning, so this is almost as basic as it can get.

The walnut shells were collected by myself last autumn and because of their content no chemical treatment for dying the fiber was neccessary.
There may be some remnants of the dyeing material in the yarn, but it is hardly noticable.

If you fancy the simple and natural, this is just the right yarn for you!

12 wpi - heavy yarn, worsted weight
208 yd /190 m
3 oz / 87 g

This yarn was created in a home free of smoke and pets.

Walnut Stripes - handspun handdyed natural dye yarn

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:33:43 -0500

$49.00
This soft 3-colored merino yarn is dyed with walnut shells in three different shades of brown. I collected the shells myself last autumn and dyed fibers in medium brown, light brown and beige. The colors are very nice and give an interesting mix, it looks like white coffe.

Completely without chemical treatment! Because of the contents in the walnut shells, no chemicals for etching the fiber and fixing the color are needed.
There may be some remnants of the dyeing material in the yarn, but it is hardly noticable.

Handspun into a 3-ply yarn with stripes.

12 wpi, worsted weight yarn

140 yd / 125 m
2,2 oz / 62 g

This yarn was created in a smoke- and pet-free home.

Triad - handspun and handpainted silk merino yarn

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:33:10 -0400

$35.00
If you are into Fantasy literature, I recommend you the "Green Rider" series by Kristen Britain. They are one of my favourites! In her book, she features a board game called "Intrigue". Two players play against each other, using red and blue pieces with different abilities (queen, king, spy, messenger...). Also a third person can join, then it's called a triad. The third person uses green pieces, and has now the choice if he or she wants to form an alliance with one of the other players to fight the other, or if he/she has other plans, in fighting them both for winning in the end. The heroine of the stories is a lousy player by the way ;)

But even if you don't read at all, maybe you still like the idea? Or the yarn? It's a dance of three colors - light green, ruby and blue, handpainted with professional dyes.
The fiber is a shining, super soft silk-merino blend, spun to a 2-plyed thread with 8 wpi (bulky).

80 yd / 75m
1,6 oz / 46 g

The yarn was created in a smoke- and pet-free environment

Something blue - handspun blue yarn, sequins and glass beads

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:33:10 -0400

$39.00
Blue is one of my favourite colors, so I decided to use my new drum carder, grab some fibers in shades of blue and see what I get out. I kind of felt like that weird exotic bird who collects blue things to impress the females.

This is a single yarn from merino, handdyed alpaca and linen fiber, all in blue, and it contains sequins in two different sizes and shades of blue, and also blue glass beads of two different kinds.

78 g / 2,8 oz
135 m / 148 yd
ca. 10 wpi

Created in a home without pets and free of smoke!

Sparkling Christmas - handspun yarn

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:31:56 -0400

$30.00
When I was a little child I remember my grandmother opening the door on Christmas Eve and behind it a living room smelling of ginger bread and a huge sparkly christmas tree in the dim light (Christmas is celebrated on the evening of Christmas Eve in Germany). And of course, presents ;-).

So, I like sparkly stuff around Christmas and so, of course, some sparkly Christmas yarn was a must. Simple (two shades of red merino with lots of green angelina) but very nice.

This yarn is handspun and created in a smoke free environment.

Pic 2 shows the exact colour, the large one is a bit too light.

127.30 m/139.22 yd
60 g/2.11 oz
9 wpi

China Jade

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:21:40 -0400

$35.00
It emerges from the far east cooking pots and jumps right into your hands...well, nearly.
Here comes some soy silk (a side product of the Tofu production) handdyed in slightly different shades of palish green.
The yarn is handdyed and handspun and 100 % soy silk. Soy silk is entirely vegan and incredibly soft, so it can is perfect for wool allergics and those who do not like wool because it can itch sometimes.

On the pics the light summer green appears yellow. It is not. I could not make other pics. There is no yellow in it. Why it appears that way...who knows.

It was created in a smoke free environment.

131.10 m/ 143.37 yd
200 g/ 7.05 ounce
11 wpi

Blue Fire - handspun merino silk art yarn - OFFER

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 06:32:24 -0400

$49.00
The "River of Blue Fire" is the second volume in Tad Williams Otherland-series. It is set in the near future when the internet has evolved to a virtual-reality network. A secret group of rich people even started to build a network that feels completely real. They created many worlds where they live out their fantasies, some based on classic novels like Alice in Wonderland or the Wizard of Oz. The river of blue fire is the river which flows through this whole universe, but is also the frontier between the single simulated worlds. In order to leave one world and get to the next, the heroes in this book must find the gateways which are connected to the river.

Like its sister, the "Golden Shadow", this yarn is a two ply of soft merino fiber with handdyed pure tussah silk. The shining silk is dyed in different shades of blue, the merino is mostly dark blue, but contains some thick parts in lighter tones. There are also dyed mohair locks and multi-faceted blue sequins in this yarn. About 8 wpi because of the thick strands.

~ Otherland Offer ~
This yarn belongs to the Otherland ArtYarn series, which consists of 4 yarns. If you buy two yarns of this series, you get $5 off, for 3 yarns you get $10 off, and if you take them all 4 you get $15 off.

110 yd / 100 m
2 oz / 55 g

This yarn was created in a home free of pets and smoke.

Striped Socks - handspun merino yarn with synthetic fiber

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:14:54 -0400

$42.00
What's more important in this cold weather than being warm and cozy? One thing to keep your feet warm and you healthy and happy are knitted socks.
This yarn is a durable 3ply of extra soft merino fiber, carded together with about 30-50% of synthetic fiber to enhance the lifespan of your finished garment. The latter comes in shades of brown/red and bright beige which add interesting color variations to the merino fiber.

Through the plying it will knit up in thin stripes of white and dark red. The yarn is enough to create a pair of short ankle socks or slippers.

138m / 150 yd
100g / 3,5 oz
10 wpi

Created in a home without pets and free of smoke.

Snowy Forest - handspun merino winter artyarn

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:14:54 -0400

$36.00
What is more delightful than a stroll through a winter forest in sunshine? The clear, fresh air, the special glow through the reflected sunshine on the snow, little avalanches going off the trees, the tracks of wild animals which are easy to see... As you may have guessed, this is my favorite season and here comes another yarn to celebrate it and have a piece of this scenery for yourself.

Handspun thick & thin bulky yarn in shades of green and brown extrafine merino, plied with a shiny green metallic and white thread, at some parts plied with a thickly spun white merino single. It contains little green and white glass beads and felted fir trees.

61m / 67 yd
85g / 3 oz

6-7 wpi

Created in a home without pets and free of smoke!

Icequeen - handspun merino angelina yarn

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:10:05 -0400

$25.00
This winter was the first since a couple of years where it actually got really cold in Germany again, including frozen rivers, lakes and cars. I love this time of years because despite freezing the moment I step out of the house you can also have a good look at ice. Simple frozen water. In all its shades and shapes. And it is magnificent. Especially, when it comes in different shades of blue that are sparkling in the sun. This is what this yarn is about. Different shades of blue, sparkling.

This yarn is spun thinly but irregularly, the fibers are a blue and white merino and angelina mix. It was created in a smoke free environment.

15 gr / 0.53 oz
94.5 m / 103.38 yd
16 wpi

Snowmelt - handspun merino art yarn with glass beads

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:10:04 -0400

$35.00
I'm dreading for spring. I've had enough winter and now I am ready for a new round of the seasons. So to prepare a smooth for spring I spun the snowmelt - the perfect combination of fading winter and rising spring.

The yarn is spun out of super soft white and different shades of green merino, partly handdyed, plied with a silver metallic thread and topped with light green glass beads. It is two plied, comes in two skeins and was created in a smoke free environment.

100 m / 109.36 yd
110 gr / 3.53 oz
ca. 5 wpi

Spark Chamber - handspun merino glitter yarn - geek nerd physics

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:37:04 -0400

$36.00
I really like particle physics and one of my favourite particle detectors is the spark chamber. Though it's already quite old-fashioned I always love to watch the little violet lightnings appear and race through the dark wall, indicating that a muon made its way from its origin in a particle cascade in the atmosphere to the earth's surface (due to its relativistic speed, otherwise it would have died after some
microseconds, but I shut up now and spare you the details and calculations).

Single yarn from extrasoft black merino with sections of handcarded merino fiber in violets with angelina sparkle fiber. The glitter and the black yarn is not easy to shoot, but I hope you get an impression.

104 g / 3,7 oz
120 m / 131 yd
ca. 9 wpi

Created in a home without pets and free of smoke!

Skunk - handspun merino black and white yarn

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:27:29 -0400

$21.00
No, skunks are not my favourite animals. No, this yarn does not smell like one of them. And no, it is not made out of skunk fur. The simple explanation for this name is that the black and white merino reminded me of a skunk tail whenever I was holding it in my hand while spinning it.

The yarn is a simple thin black and white merino yarn.

It was created in a smoke free environment.

40 gr / 1.41 oz
129 m / 141.12 yd
12 wpi

Contradictions - handspun merino silk Irish sheep yarn

Sat, 26 Sep 2009 14:27:29 -0400

$23.00
I love a bit rough fiber - the Irish. And of course the smooth, soft merino silk mixture. And especially the combination of it! This is why I spun this yarn.

The yarn is spun irregularly in a smoke free environment. It comes in two skeins.

30 gr / 1.05 oz
48 m/ 52.51 yd
7 wpi

Soft Glacier - handspun merino

Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:52:00 -0400

$22.00
The glaciers of the world are diminishing every day more - so it's time for a little "protest yarn": a handspun art yarn made out of white undyed merino, with a green thread and green little pearls to symbolise the growing green round the glaciers.

The yarn is a thick'n'thin single, but the difference between both parts is not that big.

Created in a smoke free environment!

80 m / 87,52 yd
50 gr / 1,76 oz
10 wpi

Fluffy Cloud - handspun merino art yarn with mohair curls

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:42:59 -0400

$30.00
Lying down in the grass and watch the clouds above you move and form pictures of dragons, whales or horses...I was always astonished how far yet how near the clouds were. This yarn is made out of extra fine merino wool, topped with some mohair curls and mixed with a bit of blue and pink merino wool to emphasize the shining through sky and the shade a cloud can take during sunset. It is a ply with silver metallic yarn, partly in thread plying.

It was created in a smoke free environment.

80 m/ 87.52 yd
40 gr/ 1.41 oz
9 wpi

The last picture should just give you an image of the size of the skein. The picture is redder than it should be thanks to my red curtain. Pictures one till three show you the real colourway.

Calendula Scarf - handknit from handspun merino yarn

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:41:46 -0400

$69.00
Vivid shades of green, soft merino, green wool locks, gleaming highlights of orange and yellow silk/merino blend, and handmade bobbles of the latter make up the yarn for this extraordinary scarf. It was handspun with a commercial thin green auxiliary thread which holds the randomy distributed pompons. Through the washing they became felted but this adds to their charm.

The scarf is knit on big needles in a loose pattern and is airy but still warm. It measures unstretched 160 cm (63 inch/1.75 yd) + alltogether 28 cm in fringes (11 inch) and is around 16 cm wide (6.3 inch).

Created in a home without pets and smoke!

Colorful Autumn - handspun handdyed merino yarn in stunning colors

Sat, 29 Aug 2009 08:38:11 -0400

$39.00
On a sunny autumn day you can see all kinds of colors, but the most prominent is the golden brown of falling leaves.

This two ply yarn, made of hand carded autumn colored merino fiber and handdyed merino in a shade of yellow/brown/orange, brings to you the feeling of this great season.

Numerous glass beads in brown, orange, green, yellow and red add a special glow to the yarn.

75 m / 8 2yd
92 g / 3,2 oz
9 wpi

This yarn was created in a home without pets and free of smoke.

Rustic Green - handspun natural dyed yarn

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:45:58 -0400

$42.00
This is some special yarn from local German sheep breeds Milchschaf and Rhönschaf, the green was plant dyed with goldenrod, the grey is natural color. I bought the fleece at a craft fair last autumn and spun it to a 2ply. The fiber is just a little bit coarser than the usual merino, but it still contains a bit of grease and sheep smell. But it's not unpleasant, just a bit different. It reminds me a lot on traditional bavarian costumes, the men often wear grey and green jackets called "Janker", so this yarn has a very rustic feeling.

240 m / 260 yd
125 g / 4,4 oz
9 wpi