from Ann Merriwether, Nyala Farm Alpacas
This Fun Project really celebrates Spring. In this project you will learn how how to make
Two Kinds of Alpaca Fiber Felted Easter Eggs
Get some of those plastic eggs and get ready to felt around them. With these directions you can make two kinds of Easter eggs.
For the first kind you [...]

March 29th, 2010 | Tags: alpaca, alpaca fiber, Ann Merriwether, carded dyed fiber, Easter eggs, felted easter eggs, felted eggs, felting, Fiber Arts, foam felted eggs, needlefelted, Nyala Farm Alpacas | Category: Alpacas, Fiber Arts, Girl Stuff, The Alpaca Lifestyle | Comments (15)

On day 2 of the Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair (SAFF), I took two dyeing classes, and fell in love with sheep. Here are some of the pictures I captured with my phone at SAFF last Saturday in Asheville, North Carolina.
More from the Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair:
SAFF Day 1
The Animals from SAFF.

October 27th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, dyed, felting, fiber, fiber growers, merino, mohair, needle-felting, ornaments, Painting with Wool, Ravelry, SAFF, Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair, spinners, yarn | Category: Alpacas, Events, Fiber Arts | Comments (1)

SAFF (Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair) is the first fiber fair I have ever attended. My reaction?
WOW! I didn’t know there was that much yarn…
(I took these pictures with my phone so please forgive the quality. Hoping to bring my real camera tomorrow.)
I tried hard to meet up with some Twitter buds today. In fact I [...]

October 23rd, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, dyed, felting, fiber, fiber growers, merino, mohair, needle-felting, ornaments, Painting with Wool, Ravelry, SAFF, Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair, spinners, yarn | Category: Alpacas, Events, Fiber Arts | Comments (9)

During the World Alpaca Conference I had the chance to stop by my friend Holly William’s vendor booth. Holly is from Lasso the Moon Alpaca Farm. She is a talented glass and fiber artist. Holly’s latest favorite is nuno felting.

Holly also teaches fiber arts classes, including needlefelting, nuno felting, and wet felting. She and her husband, [...]

June 5th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca fiber, Alpacas, felted, felting, Fiber Arts Friday, Lasso the Moon Alpaca Farm, World Alpaca Conference | Category: Alpacas, Fiber Arts, Fiber Arts Friday | Comments (5)

This Friday I will be getting a crash course in the Fiber Arts! My guest this weekend is Sheri Watkins from Loudon, TN. Sheri and her husband, Bill, own and operate Frostglen Alpacas. They have been alpaca breeders for 20 years!
Sheri is teaching a Beginning Spinning class here at our farm, Fairhope Alpacas, tomorrow. I [...]

May 22nd, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, Beginning Spinning, Blog Carnival, Dyeing, Fairhope Alpacas, felting, Fiber Arts Friday, Frostglen Alpacas, Sheri Watkins, spinning, spinning alpaca, washing alpaca fleece | Category: Alpacas, Events, Fiber Arts, Fiber Arts Friday, Lifestyle, New Additions, Tending the Hearth, The Alpaca Lifestyle | Comments (4)