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Fiber Friday

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Remember the Ravelympics?  Where we crocheters & knitters challenged ourselves by starting a project during the Olympic Opening Ceremonies and (hopefully) cast off during the Closing Ceremonies.  Well now we are about to spin our way through the Tour de France.  No we aren’t going to ride bikes through France.  We’re going to spin fiber [...]

Fibery Goodies

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Yes, yes I’m still on the Wonder Alpaca thing.  Ain’t it great!  HA!  Not only did I get to participate in the shearing of the Wonder Herd, I was rewarded for it!!!  Look at all this Cool Stuff!
Andrea at Wonder Why Alpaca Farm was very generous.  She and Holly put together a basket of things for [...]

Silent Sunday

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Fiber Friday – Fiber Friends

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Where to begin?
 
 
 
 
 
I found  Holly’s blog  Knit with Snot for You (it’s like knit with Love but with 3 small boys in the house, well you get the idea) while searching Google trying to find yarn in Clemson University colors.  She’s adventurous, fun, a total riot, alpaca wrangler, poop scoopin, give you the shirt off her back & [...]

After the Shearing…DRINKING!

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OK, Where were we? Oh, right.  The Wonder Why Alpaca Farm 
Six hours after we started with these guys…
 
 
 
 they all looked like this…
 
 
 
and this..
 
 
 
 
and these Wonder Interns were in serious need of a shower & a scrub brush!  I tell ya, getting dirty was alotta fun but bein’ clean has it’s merits too:)
 
 
 After we were fresh & [...]

Shearing Day

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I purposely went up to SW Michigan to help shear 18 alpaca.  Yes, yes I know.  I don’t know anything about alpaca or shearing but it was the perfect excuse to meet all my Ravelry friends, the Zombie Prom Date Knitters!  I couldn’t pass it up.
Andrea is not only a member of the Zombie Prom [...]