Tag Archives: alpaca yarn

…and more lace weight yarn!

Posted on February 11, 2013 by cliffhousealpacas

Surprise! I spun more lace weight yarn this weekend. I actually made 266 yards (3 ozs) of this stuff last weekend, but I liked it so much I spun another 180 yards (2 ozs) last night. This yarn is 100% … Continue reading →

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Patty Who?

Posted on February 6, 2013 by aunt_geri

I can’t for the life of me remember why I named these scarves Patty…But they have always been a big hit for us. They are fun, and best of all-reversible! The pattern uses a double knit slipped stitch-known by the … Continue reading →

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Boatloads of lace weight yarn

Posted on February 4, 2013 by cliffhousealpacas

Alpaca yarn is warm. Very warm. Perhaps too warm. Our solution (Mom’s really): lace weight yarn. She’s going to knit a few wide scarves with this very light yarn, hoping people will be able to wear them in the spring … Continue reading →

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Cindy’s Christmas Shawl

Posted on January 25, 2013 by cliffhousealpacas_dad

Starting today, Gordon and I are responsible for the Friday blog post. Because this is a first for us, I’ve chosen to write about another first, a shawl I knit for our dearest friend Cindy. Last summer, while cleaning up … Continue reading →

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New creations

Posted on January 21, 2013 by cliffhousealpacas

Note – Our blog post today was written by Aunt Geri. Let’s give her a warm welcome to the internet! Warm greetings from frigid Wyoming – 24 degrees below a couple of days ago. I feel fortunate to have only … Continue reading →

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Yarn – Baby grey

Posted on January 4, 2013 by cliffhousealpacas

I wasn’t completely unproductive over the holiday break. In addition to a whole lot of sleeping and eating, I spun a few hundred yards of this lovely grey yarn. It’s 50% baby alpaca, 25% Mikayla’s fiber and 25% Loredo’s fiber … Continue reading →

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Second verse, same as the first

Posted on December 11, 2012 by cliffhousealpacas

I occasionally (ok, usually) have trouble spinning one kind of yarn for any significant length of time. I just get bored. This is somewhat surprising, since back when I crocheted I pretty much only made blankets, which is a repetitive process not … Continue reading →

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Yarn – Peppermint Sprinkles

Posted on October 10, 2012 by cliffhousealpacas

I made a new yarn! I guess I’d gotten fairly comfortable working with the same yarn “designs” over and over. Silver beads in grey, purple in black, and tons of lace weight black yarn are my staples. But this is … Continue reading →

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Yarn – Hot Chocolate

Posted on October 3, 2012 by cliffhousealpacas

I have gotten a ton of spinning done at the recent craft shows! I started this yarn at Sheridan celebrates, and just finished it. Here are two pictures, one with flash and the other without. The color is actually somewhere … Continue reading →

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Yarn – Black magic

Posted on August 1, 2012 by cliffhousealpacas

It’s still slow going, but I spun another skein of yarn for the artist show on Saturday. This yarn is 80% Brittany, 20% purple merino/silk blend. I can really see the difference between the skein I spun before the great window disaster … Continue reading →

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