This month travel with us to China to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Our goddess for this journey will be Hsi Wang Mu, the Chinese goddess of eternal life. Hsi Wang Mu lives in a golden palace in the Jade Mountains were elegant cranes and magnificent phoenixes grace her gardens.
Hsi Wang Mu was not always the goddess of eternal life. Long, long ago, she was the bringer of plague, illness and death. But just as death ends, life springs forth to overcome the death in the eternal cycle of life. As our world continues to recover from the Covid pandemic, Hsi Wang Mu is a most fitting goddess to usher us into the new year.
In her gardens around her golden palace, she grows magical peaches that grant eternal life to anyone who tastes them. Each year, during her festival, she invites all the gods and goddesses, along with all creatures to celebrate.
For our handspinners, we are introducing a new fiber blend: American raised Targhee blended with bamboo and tussah silk. This lovely blend is a joy to spin with long staple length, springy crimp and the subtle sheen of silk and bamboo.
Fiber: 60% Targhee, 20% Bamboo, 20% Tussah Silk
Weight: 4 oz Braid