I admit I’m nervous and I’m rambling… We are shearing the alpacas tomorrow. The head count is hovering near 100. We have never sheared 100 alpacas. In 2009 we sheared 77. Every year I get nervous, and every year it goes off without a hitch. Maybe it’s like putting on a big Broadway production. Whatever [...]
Hand Dyed Alpaca Yarn on Etsy
This week on Fiber Arts Friday we want to highlight our Fiber Arts Friday participants’ shops. You can link your blog if you want, but you are welcome to use this week as an opportunity to promote your Etsy (or independent) shop.
Buy Handmade this Christmas and shop with our Fiber [...]
This week I’ve been dyeing alpaca yarn and fiber using Fall colors. Since we live in the South, summers are our most challenging season on the farm. This makes Autumn my favorite season. It brings such a welcome relief from the seemingly endless hot, humid days.
What better way to revel in the season than creating [...]
Last weekend was “National Alpaca Farm Days”. Both Saturday and Sunday we held an Open House for visitors to come and meet the alpacas. We had alpaca products available for sale. The weather was super hot and humid so we only sold a few skeins of yarn, but our new Paca Poo Tea was a [...]
This was my first foray into dyeing yarn with professional acid dyes. First we got out all the equipment: Dye, pots for dyeing, mask, citric acid, spoon, and yarn.
This is what the yarn looked like a’ natural.
First we wet the yarn, then put it in the dyepots. These pots had water, dye, and citric acid [...]
Knits For Needs
Knits For Needs is a knitting and crocheting charity that accepts and donates any and all knit or crocheted items. They are based in Atlanta, but they will donate warm items to homeless shelters, hospitals, food banks, and to other people in need all throughout the United States. This [...]
Once the kids got finished dyeing their eggs…
I decided to dye some alpaca yarn. The dye was too tempting, I couldn’t just dump it out!
Set out to dry. I was pleased with the results!
Time for Cupcakes!
My Five Artists on Easter Sunday. We cleaned up and made it to church
(not an easy feat for us). Yea! [...]
This week’s spotlight fiber art is Hand Dyeing. This farmgirl is new to dyeing, so I thought I would try it out with some alpaca yarn that I already had mill spun. I started with Easter Egg Dye and instructions from this video over at Blonde Chicken Boutique.
Here is the yarn in the jar that [...]
To thank our readers this Holiday Season, we have 12 prizes which will be given away. From December 12-23, one Giveaway will be ending each night at midnight. Check back to see if you’ve won.
Our 12 Days of Christmas includes something for everyone. There are prizes for fiber artists, chefs, livestock owners, knitters, and more! [...]
Attention knitters and the people who love them! Here’s your chance to win 3 skeins of alpaca yarn (over $100 value)! This yarn is home-grown. Made from the fiber of our alpacas. It is light fawn in color (a touch darker than beige) and is 15wpi, labeled sportweight. These three skeins make up a total [...]
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