I'm a sucker for vintage yarns

Wolle-Seide from Busse
Wolle-Seide from Busse

... and Busse yarns from Nördlingen (where I have family) is one of my favourites.

 

The last Busse yarns I got were these lovely brown wool-silk blends - made in the BDR (so they have to have been made pre-1990!). I usually wouldn't knit with silk, but I might make an exeption here.

 

Any ideas what I could make with it?

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Knitting goals 2012 review - and no goals for 2013!

I did knit a shawl in 2012

Did you remember I set myself knitting goals in January 2012? Well, me neither..! I have to admit, I completely forgot all about these sometime during the first half year of 2012. But nonetheless I did make some progress though, just look:

 

So the plans were as follows:
Knit...

  1. a poncho for my husband
  2. I did this! Photos to follow.

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The inherited stash Final Part

Yorn Boutique Alpaca

Phew! I'm almost through documenting all the yarns my friend gave me a week or so ago when she decided she's not going to knit anymore! Look at my previous posts to see it all. In this post I'll show the alpaca and angora yarns, plus the loot I am going to give my Mum.

 

First let me show you the five 20 gram balls of wine red alpaca yarn. It's not very soft actually but feels more like mohair. Not sure what I will be making with this yarn yet.

 

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A friend gave me her whole stash

All the new yarn, just for me!

I mean, her whole stash! She said a decluttering bug bit her and got all her stash together and asked me if I'd like to have it. Well, I can't say no to yarn!

 

So a few days ago she brings me this huge bag full of yarn! I mean, it was like Christmas! I immediately emptied it on the floor and went through everything. It was mostly yarn from the 1990's, a lot of cotton and cotton blends but also some acrylics, viscose and wool. I took the time to photograph the yarn I'm going to keep -let's see what was there.

 

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H+H Cologne - My first time at a craft industrial fair

Icord dress by Wendys
Lang yarns yak dress

Last night I got a call from a friend of mine, a knitting instructor and a friend of a yarn shop owner, who happened to have free tickets to the H+H Cologne, a huge, international trade fair, ans asked me if I would like to come along tomorrow (that is, today, Saturday). I was thrilled and of course agreed.

 

So this morning we took the train to the Cologne fair and entered the fair with little expectations.

 

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