Wellspring of energy
Rises in the body’s core
Tap it and be sustained
Channel it, and it will speak.
Den Ming Dao
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It is hard to believe that just a month ago, we were lamenting for Spring, and then all of a sudden, here it is, in all it’s glory!
Spring is a busy season for me. So much to do……..so little time. I have so enjoyed reading the stories of the Maryland S&W festival and I wish that I had time to read them all………….but bunnies need to be sheared, soap and hand cremes need to be made, angora needs to be dyed and the yard is begging for attention………….busy, busy, busy!!! But isn’t it a wonderful kind of busy?
The highlight of my weekend, was receiving this incredible yarn from Judy. One is her handspun singles, in her flowerbasket colorway and the other is a scrumptious green merino/silk colorway. I fell in love with Judy’s beaded yarn and she offered to duplicate it for me. Judy was concerned that it did not come out exactly as the beaded yarn, but as a dyer, I know just how hard it is to duplicate a dye job and how can you not love this green?? Judy, I LOVE it!!!
Last week, I asked if anyone could explain the difference between the 2 bunnies in the picture. Leslie, guessed correctly. One is a fawn and the other is a lilac. Lilac is the dilute of chocolate, but it is a very subtle difference at this young age. Our little lilac girl is peeking out from behind the yarn in the above picture. If you have time, go and visit Leslie’s website. It is a little slice of life in Virginia and it is one of my favorites!. Her style of writing is reminiscent of John Boy Walton’s narrations. I so enjoy it!
Lilac is one of my favorite colors in the rabbitry. Being a dilute, it is subtle…..but oh so pretty. The little girl in the basket above, is a full sister to this girl, as this was a repeat breeding here. Truffles was one of the 4 bunnies who received a haircut today. As you can see……she has scrumptious fiber!
Tomorrow, I will start dyeing all of this angora, in preparation for the June Fiber Frolic, in Windsor, Maine. It is a fun fiber event and this year, Alden Amos is visiting and teaching a workshop. It promises to be a fun filled weekend and I look forward to seeing familiar faces. Stop by and say hello!!!
The Woolen Rabbit 
hey I am a toiletries maker too
soap/lotion/handbalm
I used to be moderator at handcrafted soap forum.
and I have a small soap biz.
!
btw, the bunnies are so very cute as usual.
hahahaha
and tomorrow I am going to the goaties and the sheepies….
the last time I will be able to for about two months.
I will miss them so much
vi
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Hey-I just popped over from a comment about seeing John Hiatt at a Robert Cray concert in Lowell. That is where my husband and I first saw him! Could we have been at the same concert? It was one of our first forays away from our babies, I remember loving the concert, but being eager to get back to them. This has brought back those memories. Two summers ago we saw JH open for Cray again up at Hampton Beach. Only that time we went FOR JH, not necessarily for Cray. We just love him.
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Gorgeous handspun! We had Spring for about a week here, enough for flowers to come out and tease, and now it’s cold again. Another week or so…
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Hey Kim, I just signed up for a workshop at the Fiber Frolic (for dyeing) so I’ll make sure to find you! Cute bunnies, as usual. 🙂
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AH, such cute Bunnies! That fiber is truly scrumptous looking! I can’t wait to see all your new fibers!
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Ooh, I wish I had all that angora right here so I could roll around in it.
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Well, now. How cute is she? Hard to tell which I like better… her cute little face poking out, or the scrumptious yarn from Ms. Judy herself!
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Oh love the bunny in the yarn basket, how cute is that!
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intolerable cuteness!!!
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Looks like your spring is catching up with mine. Isn’t it wonderful? Judy’s greens are heavenly, just like the new leaves!
I think I have a lilac in Joy’s litter; hope it’s a doe so I can keep it!
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I’m signed up for the afternoon Amos class. Perchance we’ll be wheel neighbors?
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I love stopping by your blog with my morning cup of coffee. You always make me smile…. How adorable is that little bunny peeking out around the yarn. The yarn is incredible. Can’t wait to see what you make with it. We went down to 28 degrees last night. I thought about you nestled up there in the mountains. I was hoping to go to the NH sheep and Wool this weekend. But, funds are not going to allow it the year. These new glasses have seen to that.
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