Llamas!!! and an alpaca

 A trip to the Good News Llamas Farm. 

 Beth and Dishari with a Llama

Me with a Llama

I love this guy's smile

Alpaca!  See, I told you there was one.

Things I've made and other awesome things

Wow I am really behind on these updates.  A rundown on some things I made a while ago. 



Tiffany's birthday present.  It is the same style as the one I made for my mom.  It turned out great.  She liked it.  Even made earrings to match. 

Socks for my SIL.  For her birthday.  They turned out great.  They even fit! (thanks Sam)  I am liking worsted weight socks.  They go a lot faster.

A headband for me.  The octopus was something I received in a swap packaged.  I finally figured out how to use it.  Love!

I didn't make this. Haley did.  And I love it.  A small gift for finishing my first 5K.  The Go Nads! is an interesting story.  But it is now my official cheer.

My cat doing the thriller dance. 



Tour De Fleece 2011 Week 2

Day 4.  Spindle spinning since I didn't have a chance to get to my wheel

Day 5- began spinning my white alpaca for Nerd Wars

Day 6- Kept spinning my white alpaca for Nerd Wars

Day 7- Finished spinning alpaca

Day 8- Spun Loop Baby Batt for Nerd Wars.  And I started plying the white alpaca.

Day 9- Finished plying the white alpaca.  Plied the green from yesterday.  Spun and plied the black alpaca and the 75%white/25%black alpaca blend

Tour De Fleece 2011

Oh yes, I am doing this again.  And once again I started out the week at the Mountain State Arts and Crafts Fair. Lots of spinning, no computer.  I think I will once again try to do this as weekly updates.  Make it a bit easier to keep up. 

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Mostly it just meant that I filled one more bobbin full of this stupid Romney fleece.  3 more bobbins full and I can start plying.  Trying to keep the ply even by mixing up the bobbins since I have been spinning this over like three years.  But only three more.  I am hoping this is the year that I can finish this fleece once and for all. 

I am including this picture because I finished in on July 1st.  Which I forgot is not the start of the Tour De Fleece.  July 2nd is.  But I finished something pretty.  It is Merino and Soy Silk dyed by Rivers Edge.  My mom got it for me for my birthday last year.  394 yards of a light fingering weight 2-ply.  I am thinking shawl or scarf.  Which for me are practically the same thing. 

And this is how my 4th of July weekend ended.  Yes that is a crap ton of fireworks.  Lots of noise was made.