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october 3, 2007
new to me Hey, it's all green things this week so far...
More mystery yarn from Clara of Knitter's Review and the forthcoming The Knitter's Book of Yarn
These next two yarns are, according to Clara, "bast fibers". I had to look that up! My fingers have some guesses, but I haven't actually worked with any of these fibers before. My hands like soft. They can find alpaca, no problem. They looooove alpaca. Rhinebeck is usually all about me touching something, liking it and then discovering that it's, yup, alpaca. It's never a bast fiber, I can tell you that! But it was cool to finally read about what bast fibers are and how they are produced because I've been reading this Czech book to the boys for years about Little Mole (Little Mole cartoons are shown on a popular German kids' program) and how he gets help from all the animals in the woods to make some trousers out of flax. Flax - a bast fiber!
Look, he combs out the fiber on hedgehog!
The spiders spin it, the hardworking ants build and work the loom, the crayfish cuts it and the weaver bird sews everything together.
Yarn makes people (and cute woodsy creatures) happy. posted by alison at 9:43 am | in
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I studied abroad in Prague while in college and watched my share of Little Mole. (Even picked up a Little Mole doll at the local Tesco.) Great stuff! How cool is it that Little Mole is crafty as well? Posted by: sara at October 3, 2007 9:57 AMI loved the little mole when I was a kid! Especially his cute voice :) And I've seen the cartoon episode with the trousers, soooo sweet!! Posted by: Helene at October 3, 2007 10:09 AMThe pink & green yarns look like angora or an angora blend to me. I love the yarn guessing game - you're the 3rd or 4thblogger who's posted about the yarn they've received. The other bast fiber could be hemp too. Posted by: Donna at October 3, 2007 10:11 AMThat is one adorable little book! I may have to look for that. Posted by: Cate at October 3, 2007 10:11 AMThanks for the book tip. I'll have to look for it. A great gift for children with fiber loving parents. Posted by: Sheila Z at October 3, 2007 10:18 AMI have to have this book. Posted by: melissaknits at October 3, 2007 11:02 AMI watched the Little Mole when I was a kid and loved him. Thanks for sharing this. I will have to look for this book now. Posted by: Elisabeth at October 3, 2007 12:07 PMI loved the little mole, when I was a child, now my children love it. I got the book when I was about 20 years and visited for the first time the former GDR in a little museum of Sorbic handcraft. Posted by: Beate at October 3, 2007 1:45 PMI love how satisfied Mole looks with his pockets. Reminds me of when little kids discover pockets (my 2yo did today). Posted by: heather t at October 3, 2007 2:46 PMI have that book too! I've had it since I was about 6 or 7 I think ( I'm now 43)I refuse to get rid of it as my kids loved the stories and I hope one day to read them to my grandkids (If I ever get any) Does your book have the dog that steals honey and the messy little girl who's house runs away from her too? Posted by: Ella at October 3, 2007 3:04 PMOOOh I sooo love the mole, I grew up with it and now my daughter likes him too. Posted by: Sibylle at October 3, 2007 3:32 PMOh, we just had that one as a Finnish translation from the library a few weeks back. My daughter loved it! :) Posted by: Kristel at October 3, 2007 3:41 PMOh my goodness! That book looks adorable. Where did you get it? I just did a search on Amazon and they don't have it listed. Posted by: chancy at October 3, 2007 3:46 PMI still love Little Mole, originally it is called in czech "Krtek". You can get here various stuff about him , Tshirts, bags, small suitcases, pencils, soft toys etc. Funny to see it oversea :) Posted by: Eva at October 3, 2007 3:47 PMChancy, we bought the book in Prague. I couldn't find it on Amazon (even German Amazon) either. Good luck hunting it down! Posted by: ALISON at October 3, 2007 4:33 PMoh! how cute! How adorable! Your blog is always full of stuff that touches me. Is this book in English? I'd love to get it. Posted by: donnac at October 3, 2007 7:40 PMOh, I remember Little Mole while living in Prague! What a wonderful city and how I miss it... Posted by: charmaine at October 4, 2007 6:45 AMThat book is sooo cute! I especially love the pockets on Little Mole's pants in the very last picture! Posted by: Lindsey at October 4, 2007 10:39 AMwe love Pawli!! my German SIL has copies of the cassettes that we can only watch when we're in Europe on visits... they're so cheery and devoted to ideals of co-operation... thanks for the reminder ;-) here is a story about the author: Wow, kelli ann, thanks for the link!! :) Posted by: ALISON at October 4, 2007 4:33 PMI think you can find the books on english amazon, mostly in german, and also some in english can be found on czech bookstore site www.kosmas.cz .. they deliver internationally, but not sure their site is in english .. Posted by: Eva at October 5, 2007 7:00 PMoh wie loved this little mole when my children were small and we all looked him at tv. oh wie loved this little mole when my children were small and we all looked him at tv. I have also grown up watching the Little Mole as a child and have also introduced him to my children. How lovely to see it appear on your blog. CK Posted by: CK at October 9, 2007 10:09 PM |
. These are soooo soft and fuzzy. While I was trying to figure out what they are, I realized that I don't really know too many fibers that give yarn a lovely halo. I'm betting these are probably some fabulous fiber that I've never seen before like qiviut or something. Yuuuuuummmmmy.
