A couple of months ago I had the pleasure of meeting a fiber diva, Roo of Moonwood Farm whom I had long admired – in the flesh! I had heard about this incredible lady and I had almost gotten the chance to meet her at SAFF. But every time I had gone past her booth, [...]

July 9th, 2010 | Tags: Alpacas, Etsy, Fairhope Alpacas, fiber, Fiber Arts, Fiber Arts Friday, Katy Spears, Moonwood Farm, Pam Pullins, SAFF, Sweet Home ALApaca | Category: Fiber Arts Friday, Lifestyle, The Alpaca Lifestyle | Comments (4)

Alpaca Farmgirl Neopolitan Hand Spun Yarn

This is my favorite yarn! It was inspired by some yummy yarn that the incomparable Spazzyarn spun out of merino that was very similar. I fell in love with her hand spun merino Neopolitan and bought it last year.
I had not picked up knitting needles since I was in 7th [...]

April 23rd, 2010 | Tags: alpaca, Alpaca Farmgirl Shop, alpaca fiber, Etsy, fiber, Fiber Arts, Fiber Arts Friday, hand spun, hand spun yarn, merino, neopolitan, Spazzy, Spazzyyarn | Category: Alpacas, Fiber Arts, Fiber Arts Friday, The Alpaca Lifestyle | Comments (11)

Yesterday I voted for my favorite hand spun yarn in this Etsy Contest. Wow! It was a hard choice. And Inspiring. In the process, I visited lots of Etsy shops and added several to my list of favorites. If you haven’t voted already, please do! While you’re on Etsy, visit the Alpaca Farmgirl Shop, which [...]

September 11th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca fiber, Etsy, fiber, Fiber Arts, Fiber Arts Friday, hand spun, hand spun yarn, yarn | Category: Fiber Arts, Fiber Arts Friday | Comments (8)

I was inspired this week by this patriotic handspun yarn from Mona’s Etsy Shop.  Mona has a dog named Elvis and says that she spins and knits everyday so she sounds fabulous to me! Visit her Etsy shop, and while your there visit the Alpaca Farmgirl Etsy shop. (I always forget to tell you about [...]

July 2nd, 2009 | Tags: 4th of July, alpaca farmgirl, Etsy, Fiber Arts Friday, Handspun by Mona, Mr. Linky, red white and blue yarn, yarn | Category: Fiber Arts, Fiber Arts Friday | Comments (3)

Welcome to Fiber Arts Fridays! Thanks to last week’s contributors and this week’s Featured Fiber Artist, Liz from Hobbledehoy, I have been dreaming (in vivid color) of Fiber all week. Look at these gorgeous colors – “barn dove” is a quirky trio of hand-carded fiber batts inspired by the pair of doves that live in [...]

March 12th, 2009 | Tags: barn dove, batts, blog, Blonde Chicken Boutique, color, dye, ecospun, Etsy, fiber, Fiber Arts Friday, glitz, Hobbledehoy, Liz, merino wool, spins | Category: Fiber Arts, Fiber Arts Friday | Comments (6)

This year Camelid Quarterly asked Fiber Artisans from all over North America to contribute a product made from their fiber. This Natural Fiber Product Showcase 2009 celebrates the United Nations International Year of Natural Fibres.
Hundreds of entries were submitted to the Showcase, and only 60 were chosen. We are so proud that our alpaca scarf [...]

March 5th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca knitting kits, alpaca scarf, Alpacas, Camelid Quarterly, Etsy, Fairhope Alpacas, fiber, International Year of Natural Fibres, Natural Fiber Product Showcase 2009, Showcase | Category: Alpacas, Fiber Arts | Comments (3)

There’s a new Farmer’s Market Online! Many Americans do not have access to locally made artisan foods so now there’s a site where you can buy some. The name of the site is Foodzie. It’s like an Etsy for Food! Personally, I’m going for the cheese from Bravo Farms. If you read my blog, you [...]

January 22nd, 2009 | Tags: artisan food, Bravo Farms, cheese, Etsy, Farmer's Market, Foodzie, New York Times Online, online, online farmers market | Category: Lifestyle, Tending the Hearth, Weekly Web Finds | Comments (2)