A Honey Bee Kiwi 3

I has been a full two days full of spinning, blending batts and I have managed to finish decorating my Kiwi 3 Spinning Wheel. While I still have the bobbins to go, I am happy with how it has turned out.

I have been blending up a storm and there are some yummy batts now available in my shop and more to come. 

I have also managed to spin every day of my #lizgreenarts365 challenge! This is today's spin progress to celebrate using my wheel again.

Happy Crafting!

Liz :-)

Fibre Batts and Spinning

Got to love it when technology doesn't work and posts don't load! So, Take two!

I have been blending fibres with a friend today and there are a few Deluxe Fibre Batts in the pipeline for the next few days. Here is a taster...

And for Day 9 of my #lizgreenarts365 challenge...

And Day 10...

Back tomorrow with some more yummy things!
Happy Crafting!
Liz :-)

Day 8

I'm excited how this is plying up, Day 8.

Happy Crafting! 
Liz :-) 

Dyeing for Lace

I was so very excited that some of the Yarns I have been dyeing this week are now dry and ready for sale in my shop. While there are still many batches left to dry from the week, my favorite one so far would have to be this Magic Splash. I love how the colours have come out and the subtle gradient effect in the yarn, perfect for a Lace shawl.

And I was excited to finish the fibre I've been spinning on my spindles, next step plying! 

Day 7

Happy Spinning! 
Thanks for your support! 
Liz :-) 

Day 6

Another short and sweet for Day 6, nearly finished my first fibre sample...

Happy Spinning! 
Liz :-) 

Spinning Spindle

It has been a crazy day dyeing more yummy yarns and delicious fibres am I'm hanging out untill they are ready to share with you. I managed to get a fair amount of spinning done on the second spindle, so much so that for a while there time seemed to just disappear. So here is to Day 5 and looking forward to tomorrow!

Happy Spinning!
Liz :-) 

Day 4

Short and sweet, Day 4 #lizgreenarts365 

Happy Spinning! 
Liz :-) 

Tour de Fleece Fibre Challenge Boxes

It has we an long afternoon playing with colours and fibres and putting them all together into some very exciting Fibre Challenge Boxes, perfect for those who are going to be participating in the Tour de Fleece 2019 in July and are yet to decide what they might be spinning.

Tour de Fleece Fibre Challenge Box - Rainbow, Single Scoop - 250g

These boxes are just amazing and the hard work of choosing the fibres and preparing them has been done, so they are ready to just spin! Each Tour de Fleece Fibre Challenge full of different fibres and coordinating colours, with 18 samples for each of the days, a Deluxe Fibre Batt and some Deluxe Rolags for the two challenge days, and an extra sample and yellow fibre to spin on the last day to announce Victory! There are a few different colours now available for sale in my shop.

I have also had a chance to do some spinning to complete Day 3 of my #lizgreenarts365 Challenge. Not long to go to finish off this first Corriedale sample! 

Happy Crafting!
Liz :-)

#lizgreenarts365 Challenge

I may have been a little quiet of late here on my blog, but there are lots of exciting things happening behind the scenes here at the Liz Green Arts Studio in Eagle Point Australia. But in saying that, I thought I would kick start my creative mojo back into gear with a #lizgreenarts365 Challenge! 

A couple of times now I have started to spin 365 days in a row, yet with all the unexpected chaos and life changing events of the last couple of years, I have never finished a full year... yet! Yet I found each time I stopped spinning during each of these challenging times, I got to the other end and wished I had just picked up the spindle or sat at the wheel and just kept spinning. Quite simply, spinning has become a part of my life so much now, that if I had had the courage to just keep spinning, I probably would have been able to get through the challenging times so much easier. 

So, even though it isn’t the start of a year traditionally, I thought as today is a special Birthday, and I'm not saying which one, I figured this was as good a start of a year as any. I would try again to spin every day for a whole year, Birthday to Birthday, with an extra day thrown in for the leap year. Also, as an added bonus, it would get a little practice in before the Tour de Fleece Starts in July. 

Details of my 365 Challenge:

• Dates: The challenge runs from 31st May 2019 - 31st May 2020, Birthday to Birthday, so if I make it through to my next birthday, there will really be an achievement to celebrate!
• My Requirements: To spin everyday for 365 days straight (plus that extra leap day), spinning on a spindle, wheel or what ever I can get my hands on to turn fluff into yarn!
• Share: I will be tagging my photo's and projects using #lizgreenarts365 and I'll be sharing them here on my blog and on social media. If you like, you can follow my progress on any of the links below:
• Facebook Page (via Instagram)
• Ravelry Group
• Instagram

If you would like to take up the #lizgreenarts365 challenge, I welcome any followers, just use the #lizgreenarts365 tag when you share and feel free to join me in my Ravelry group. If you don't spin but still want to take up the challenge of creating every day, then just pick a craft to do everyday for the duration of the challenge - this challenge needs to be personal to you so you can push through the hard days to the end!

So, here is my Birthday present to me and to Day 1 of Spinning!

Spinning "Natural Fusion" Corriedale Fibre on my FWA Spindle

Happy Crafting!

Liz :-) 

Too Busy Spinning!

I can't believe the time has flown! I have been so busy spinning I kept forgetting to share my progress of the Tour de Fleece with you! So here is the photo's for days 11 - 19 of spinning along with the Tour de Fleece this month!

Day 11

Day 12

Day 13

Day 14

Day 15

Day 16

Day 17

Day 18

Day 19

I have a couple more photo's, but they are still be on my camera! I shall return with more yummy Spinning and fibre photo's soon!
Thanks,
Liz :-)

www.lizgreenarts.etsy.com

Day 10 Tour de Fleece - Spinning A Rainbow

Day 10

Well today's short little Tour de Fleece spin was the start of this "Rainbow" 50/50 Superfine Merino/Mulberry Silk top that I got a chance to dye over the weekend. 

 

It is so silky and squishy soft it justs wants to spin itself!

It is very fine though, so it might be a long spin, but a worthwhile one :-) The white Silky Merino is currently available in the shop and I'm hoping to get some more dyed this week, so keep an eye out for it! 

Thanks for looking! 

Liz :-) 

www.lizgreenarts.etsy.com

Tour de Fleece - Day 8 & 9

Day 8
I started to spin a "Snowflake" Deluxe batt today, but didn't quite get it all done.

Day 9
Today was a challenge day and I wasn't quite sure what I was going to do until my daughter decided for me. She was teething, so my goal became quite simply to finish the "Snowflake" Deluxe batt in between cuddles. It was a challenge! but I got there in the end! I'm leaving this one as a singles to make her some squishy finger less mitts.

 I also managed to dye this in the process, so I thought I might spin this for Day 10 :-)

Happy spinning everyone!

Tour de Fleece - Day 6 & 7

It has been totally crazy in the studio over the last to days with lots of things happening, dye pots going (so keep your eye out for some yummy new things!), drum carder rolling and the wheels have been spinning too! So here is a quick "fly by" update :-)

Day 6

 Day 7

Lots more to come over the next 24hrs so stay tuned!
Happy Spinning!
Liz :-)

Tour de Fleece - Day 5

Another day of successful spinning and more yummy handspun yarn! Now many who know me and follow my spinning will know I'm more of a purple and bright colours girl when it comes to choosing fibre to spin, but I really LOVE how this simple, yet natural coloured batt spun up. I simply love it and may yet spin some more! Now that is saying something!
Day 5

 

I have also been busy planning and working on something really exciting! But you will just have to wait till tomorrow to see what yummy things are going to be released soon in my shop! If I told you now it would spoil the secret ;-) Lol!

So happy spinning everyone! 

Until tomorrow!

Liz :-) 

www.lizgreenarts.etsy.com 

Tour de Fleece, Day 3 & 4 - The Spinning continues...

Another two days of the Tour de Fleece and the wheel, spindle and the drum carder have all been spinning! Here is a snapshot of the highlights :-)

Day 3
I continued on with a WIP Spin, "Love Sparkle" Rolags, only two left to go!

New heavenly soft "Snowflake" Deluxe Mini Batt, only superfine 17micron and finer fibres used, and some yummy Mulberry Silk! Now available in my shop :-)

Day 4
I was blending up some more of these "Cookies N Cream" Deluxe Mini Batts and I was loving it so much I just had to start spinning one :-)

 

Day 5 starts in just under 2 hours (yes it is nearly midnight here in Aus!) and there will be some other yummy fibrey things released tomorrow, along with an update on the spinning progress!

Happy Spinning!

Liz :-)

Thank you everyone for your continued support!

Tour de Fleece - Day 2

Day two of the Toure de Fleece and the blending and spinning continues! New "Pixie" Deluxe Mini Batts are to just stunning!

A quick spin and the batt was turned into some delicious singles, ready for plying.

 But what to ply it with? it just goes to show how important picking a plying thread is. I experimented with a purple metallic thread, a variegated green metallic thread and also plying it back on itself. It was amazing how different the 3 mini skeins turned out!

Once that was finished I was itching for some more, so I spun up some more of the "Silver Wool Blend" so I could finish plying my "Passion" spin I started just over a year ago!

Another productive day blending and spinning away! I can't wait to see what gets created tomorrow! 

Happy Spinning everyone!

Liz :-)

www.lizgreenarts.etsy.com