Handspun Alpaca Yarn

This past weekend an Alpaca breeder sent me some alpaca and alpaca/bamboo roving. She had asked that I send her a sample of the yarn, so here is a picture of it.

CVM Yarn

Thanks to Peg Sorensen who donated CVM wool for this project! I spun both a worsted and a woolen skein as well as knit 2' x 2' samples. This is my tenth breed, and now I am finished with level one.

Bunny Photos

 

These pictures were taken today (Feb. 9th 2010) of our little bunny. He was born in a litter of three and is the only one who lived. His mother died while in birth, so he is being fostered by another mother. My siblings and I have had a lot of fun caring for him!

fiber projects this weekend

This past weekend was busy. On Saturday I went with my mom and sister to a spinning guild in our area. It was fun and hopefully this art will keep growing (as the guild only had about 3 members not including us). In our area there are a lot of knitters, but no spinners. I guess we have to get them addicted to the luxury fibers. Most of them are used to working with Walmart yarns.... 


Anyways, I had a nice little surprise this weekend waiting for me when I came home from the spinners meeting. John Jenkins from Magpie Woodworks sent 3 natural wood drop spindles (as shown in the pic above).. they are beautiful! Thanks John!


I was able to wash up some CVM fiber and spin it up for the breed samples. I was required to spin two 2 ply sample skeins (10 yards- worsted and woolen) and knit two samples....


Well, I will post more pictures later this week. Thanks for reading.

Fleece Pictures

This Month.....

has been crazy. Two weeks ago our German Angora Rabbits had bunnies. We kept running down to the barn to  check on them. My brother's doe had three (2 died) bunnies and then died after the birth. The bunny that made it from that litter now has his eyes and ears open and is always hopping around. He is our little miracle. I will post a picture of him soon.

Anyways, the beginning of next week I send the first level in to be graded and start on the second. I took the ACT for the first time and was fairly please with the score, I just need to work a little harder on the math (not my favorite subject! haha).

Has anyone else been having a crazy month???

BIG THANK YOU!

As I continue to work on this project the more I grow to love the fiber arts more. I can not thank everyone enough for the support, supplies, information and more.


I am already starting to plan my final project for level 6. I would like to weave a white silk/angora/merino shawl. I am reading up on different types of weaving patterns.


Well, I am going to sign off for now. Keep checking back for updates!

Finishing Level One-

I am almost finished with level one. I have to spin a couple of sample skeins of wool and silk.

Life sure has been busy. I think the hardest part about doing this master's program is trying to balance my daily school work, ACT & SAT tests, feeding our animals, practicing piano, chores, as well as bible study every morning. Today I took my ACT so this past week I have not been able to do much with fiber arts, but will start up again.

I thank everyone who has helped, you really don't know how much it means!

Washing Fleece

These are pictures of the finished washed fleece. Thanks Brenda!

Natural Dying Project

These are pictures of this weeks natural dying samples (everything from onion skins to wild flowers).