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Spinning in Scandinavia with Silja Devine: Bokedala Suri Alpaca – Breeding suri alpacas in Sweden.

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I first met Anne Line Scheele of Bokedala Suri Alpaca last september when I was at the big norwegian meet-up in Lillehammer. She and a fellow Swedish spinner had travveled for 12 hours to be part of the meet-up! We both took classes with Ester Rodgers aka Jazzturtle together and we had a lot of …

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Spinning in Scandinavia with Silja Devine: Norways endangered sheep breeds

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Autumn days are shearing days many places in Norway. And that makes this a perfect time to tell you about some of the Norwegian sheepbreeds. Norway has several breeds of sheep:   Blesetsau, Dala sheep, Finnish landrase, Fuglestadbrogete sheep, Old Norwegian spelsau, Old Norwegian sheep, Grey Troendersheep, Merino, Norwegian White sheep, Norwegian Peltsheep, Oxford down, Rygja …

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Spinning in Scandinavia with Silja Devine: Featured Artist “Ullhuldra”

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Nina Marion Fevang aka “Ullhuldra” is a norwegian felt-artist. She is usually seen wearing bright vivid colors and she always does amazing work with yarn, needles or hook and with felting wool and other materials. She is a down to earth kind of person, with a good eye for design, texture and color. I have …

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