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Sunday, March 23, 2014
Wool Roving for Sale!
Saturday, February 1, 2014
January 2014 Fiber
What follows is my fiber creations and activity for the month of January! I also visited two local alpaca farms and purchased more fiber!
To read about those visits click here and here
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| My Country Craftsman Spinning Wheel with flax fiber on the distaff. It is easy to see why you might refer to someone as being "flaxen-haired!" |
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| St. Distaff's Day 2014 at the Vinton Branch Library |
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| St. Distaff's Day 2014 at the Vinton Branch Library |
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| St. Distaff's Day 2014 at the Vinton Branch Library |
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| Spinn Lady Handspun alpaca being knitted into a hat |
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| The finished hat! It was a little too large, so I felted it a bit. I sent this hat to my step-son to keep him warm since he works outdoors. |
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| Natural and dyed Lincoln with a touch of Angelina that I carded on my new drumcarder. I entered this into the swap at St. Distaff's Day. |
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| Alpaca/Wool blend that I spun |
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| Corriedale/Romney Cross blended with a touch of merino and firestar and . . . |
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| . . . The resulting yarn! I ended up spinning two skeins of this. |
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| Handspun Organic Polwarth fiber spun and then plied with Patons Sequin Lace Yarn (68% acrylic/14% poylester/9% mohair/9% wool) |
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| Handspun Merino wool plied with silver metallic thread |
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| Corriedale/Romney spun from "Truffles" |
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| Corriedale/Romney spun from "Truffles" |
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| Washing some Corriedale fleece |
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| Corriedale carded up! |
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| Corriedale/Romney and Silk Roving Blended on my blending board and dizzed off into roving |
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| Corriedale/Romney and Silk Roving Blended on my blending board and dizzed off into roving |
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| Corriedale/Romney and Silk Roving Blended on my blending board and dizzed off into roving |
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| Corriedale/Romney and Silk Handspun Yarn Blended on my blending board and dizzed off into roving |
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| Corriedale/Romney and Silk Handspun Yarn Blended on my blending board and dizzed off into roving |
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| And still knitting away on my shawl! |
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Visiting Virginia Alpaca Farms, Part II
We visited Otter Peaks Alpacas in Thaxton, Virginia.
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| Another gorgeous view! |
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| More fiber to fondle and buy! |
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| More beautiful yarn and hug-able alpaca teddy bears |
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| Beautiful finished garments |
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| Great hats |
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| Getting some alpaca kisses |
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| Look at my mustache |
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| Beautiful animals |
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| Natural eyeliner |
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| Dianne getting hugs |
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| Della and her new friend |
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| I wonder if I can fit him in my car . . . |
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| Look at the beautiful crimp in this alpaca! |
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| Hey! Just hanging out and being cool |
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| Another look at my 'stache |
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| Don't you just want to squeeze those cheeks? |
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| More beautiful alpaca fiber |
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| Yo . . . look at me! |
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| Just in case you missed my sexy 'stache . . . |
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| I'm the handsomest of ALL! |
**special thanks to Della Fifer for sharing some of her photos**
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