hygge – Lavender Hill Hippie

Scrumpdillyicious

March 6, 2017March 16, 2019 Lavender Hill

It’s done! yippie! hurrah! bells are ringing kind of good! Of course I don’t know why I’m so happy! Is it because these bright colours are so very joyful…or is because I’m FREE to start my next blanket! (That’s already on the hook BTW…stayed up late last night just so I could begin a new project)…but first I really MUST revel in this one…so bright and cheery on these overcast (I cannot wait for spring to be here) kind of days…

Finished blanket measures 134cm x 192cm
109 Stripes = 218 rows
On average it took me about a half an hour to complete 1 colour stripe
About 55+/- to work up a complete blanket and work in all the loose ends

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I need a little encouragement…32 rows to finish

March 4, 2017March 16, 2019 Lavender Hill

My attention is wandering too much towards my next project! HELP! I need some encouragement to finish this blanket. With only 16 more colour stripes to hook up over 32 rows I’m almost there..

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The sun is shining @ Lavender Hill today

February 16, 2017March 16, 2019 Lavender Hill

When the sun finally comes out at this time of the winter season, my mind jumps ahead to glorious sun-filled days and my next lavender harvest. Inhale deeply, exhale ~ relax…..

Baa Baa Black Sheep and White Sheep and Brown Sheep

September 11, 2016March 16, 2019 Lavender Hill

I’m addicted! I just can’t STOP making these cute little Lavender Hill Hippie Lavender-Scented Sleep Sheep! Each named after a specific variety of lavender, the colour of each sheep’s sweater is reflective of the variety’s bud colour.

I narrowed down my lavender varieties to a series of 10. The variety of lavender as well as the series number is hand-stamped onto a metal tag that hangs from the sheep’s sweater ~ making them each a numbered one-of-a-kind Lavender Hill Hippie Lavender-Scented (with essential oil) Sleep Sheep.

Purchase Lavender-Scented Sleep Sheep from the Rustic Lavender Boutique:

Lavender Hill Hippie Sleep Sheep Series 7.0

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Lavender Hill Hippie Sleep Sheep Series 6.0

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Lavender Hill Hippie Sleep Sheep Series 5.0

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Lavender Hill Hippie Sleep Sheep Series 4.0

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Lavender Hill Hippie Sleep Sheep Series 3.0

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Lavender Hill Hippie Sleep Sheep Series 2.0

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Lavender Hill Hippie Sleep Sheep Series 1.0

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Good night sleep sheep

August 14, 2016March 16, 2019 Lavender Hill

This past week it was so incredibly hot and humid that all I could do was to sit as quietly as possible under the shade of an umbrella. However sitting idle is not something that I’m good at…so I grabbed some yarn and hookied up this year’s Yarndale woolly sheep.

The heat progressed and so my sheep flock grew to eight! Meet, in no particular order (I have to say that as they are all such characters each trying to steal the show with their good looks and coy charm) Hidcote1, Munstead1, Twickle1, Little Lottie1, Rosea1, Tucker1, Provence1 and Grosso1.

Little Lottie 1 adopted

Little Lottie 1 adopted

Hidcote 1 collection of LHH

Hidcote 1 collection of LHH

Munstead 1 adopted

Munstead 1 adopted

Twickle 1 adopted

Twickle 1 adopted

Provence 1 adopted

Provence 1 adopted

Grosso 1 adopted

Grosso 1 adopted

Rosea 1 adopted

Rosea 1 adopted

Tucker 1 adopted

Tucker 1 adopted

I’ve had so many conversations recently about the different varieties and varying colours of lavender that as I sat and created each sheep my ideas jelled into the sleep sheep. I was also influenced by customers who like and use lavender to help them sleep. If the sheep names sound familiar it’s because each are named after a variety of Lavender and the colour on their respective sweater reflects the colour of the lavender species. Each sheep is serial named/numbered because as I stitched the face and attached the head to the body the expression and tilt of the head added such unique characteristics they’re definitely one-of-a-kind.

The final touch was the addition of a piece of felt under the sweater doused with my Lavender Hill Hippie essential oil and voila! A one-of-a-kind Lavender Hill Hippie Lavender-scented Sleep Sheep to keep close at night for a lavender-filled dreamy sheep sleep.

Rosea1 and Provence1 found new homes yesterday. Hidcote1 is my prototype and he’ll continue to make his home @ Lavender Hill. Wyckoff1 and Croxton1 are in the stash bowl waiting to be worked up/born. Rosea2 and Provence2 will follow.

Thank you Yarndale, Lucy at Attic24 and Frankie Brown Sheep in Sheeps Clothing for the pattern, for the inspiration, and for helping me fill those dreadful hot humid days with fun and creativity.

Lavandula angustifolia ~ Lavender

July 7, 2016March 16, 2019 Lavender Hill

The buds on the 2016 Lavender are plumping up and a few are flowering. Bees are starting to buzz in the Lavender streams and the aroma is heavenly…here is a little peek at what will be part of the 2016 Harvest:

Last Lavender Bundle

July 27, 2015March 3, 2017 Lavender Hill

It’s stinking hot today. Almost 30 degrees ~no clouds ~no breeze and I just picked the last bundle of lavender for the 2015 harvest!

Because of the heat I’m rather glad it’s over…however there is a feeling of sadness with that last cut. Even though it is incredibly hard hand labour work there is nothing (for me) sweeter than cutting this glorious herb!

The last 49 bundles are laying on a drying rack waiting for me to hang them on the drying line…here they are with the “tools of my trade” ~ a sun hat, cutting shears and rubber bands~ put down for the season.

Last Lavender bundle of 2015 picked July 27 2015

Last Lavender bundle of 2015 picked July 27 2015

I will, (very soon!) post the final tally of the 2015 Harvest. If you want to get in on the contest and guess the total number of bundles in the 2015 Harvest head on over to Lavender Hill Hippie on Facebook and find the contest post and make a comment on the contest posting with your guess! The person to comment closest to the final tally wins a bar of Lavender Hill Hippie Lavender Soap and a Lavender Sachet.

Jars of sunshine

September 1, 2014March 16, 2019 Lavender Hill

Marmalade

Here’s the little story behind Lavender Hill Hippie Lavender Marmalade:

The Original Lavender Marmalade Recipe was gifted to Lavender Hill Hippie in Spring 2015 by the original owners/builders of Lavender Hill. At that time they made and sold Lavender Marmalade through their business “Lavender Hill Organics”.

Today Lavender Hill Hippie is honoured to carry on the lavender marmalade tradition using Lavandula Angustifolia harvested from the same Lavender plants growing on the same land as the original.

Lavender love

August 9, 2014March 16, 2019 Lavender Hill

I have to admit that I really don’t want to cut the last of my lavender. It is so spectacularly beautiful and the honey bees are buzzing and gathering lavender nectar in the most amazing way. I don’t want it to end! I’ve collected 45 bundles of Lavender today from my largest patch and it still isn’t fully picked-off.

Hemaris thysbe, commonly known as the hummingbird clearwing (moth)

Break time now and then these bundles along with the other 15 already in the drying room will need to be strung and hung upside-down and left to dry. However before I hang the freshly cut lavender I think I will have to take down some more of the dry bundles and strip them of their buds as I’ve not enough room for the new cut!