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Tag Archives: alpaca fiber
“Pink”, she said archly.
A woman in a floor-length black dress looked over her bare shoulder, giving a stranger a come-hither half-smile. He drifted towards where she stood, still and silent in a swirl of people. “Who are you?” he asked. “Pink,” she said archly. … Continue reading
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Tagged alpaca fiber, alpaca yarn, art yarn, handspinning, handspun yarn, silk, spinning, suri, yarn
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Fiddlehead fern clutch
I just sold this clutch to a graduate school friend. Before it leaves the nest, I want to share it with you all. I’m rather proud of it. It’s made from Tulip’s neck and leg fiber. Those areas are only … Continue reading
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Tagged alpaca fiber, clutch, felt, felting, needle felting, wet felting
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Buttery delicious
Mmmm. Tuscany’s fiber is every bit as yummy as we hoped it’d be. I got a box in the mail from the ranch with two freshly washed and carded batts of this deliciously soft fiber. It was kind of like … Continue reading
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Tagged alpaca fiber, alpaca yarn, art yarn, batts, hand spinning, hand spun, handspinning, roving
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How to: Spin a beaded yarn
Good morning! Today, I thought I’d explain how I spin beaded yarns, since I tend to get a ton of questions about it. I guess some knitters add beads to their pieces after they are finished, using tiny crochet hooks. That … Continue reading
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Tagged alpaca fiber, art yarn, beaded yarn, beads, fiber, hand spinning, handspinning, handspun yarn, seed bead, spinning, video, yarn
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From start to finish: Part 4 – Washing
Washing. It sounds straightforward, right? Well it’s not. This step is one of the easiest to get wrong, and the penalty for messing up is turning all your fiber into a big felted knot, completely ruining it (it’s like putting … Continue reading
Update on current spinning project
I can tell that the creative juices aren’t flowing when I’m already winding the two-ply yarn off the bobbin, and I still haven’t come up with any names. Usually I have half a dozen by this point, most of which … Continue reading
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From start to finish: Step 3 – Picking
We are on part three of our fiber series now: picking. Picking…sounds kinda gross, doesn’t it? Well, it’s not, or it’s no grosser than any of the other processes, anyway. Picking is the process of removing the clumps and opening … Continue reading
Cliff House Alpacas 