{Fat Cat Crochet}

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 & [...]

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 & [...]

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 [...]

Wow, what a week!  What an awesome, busy, wonderful week with the Zombie Prom Date Knitters!  I’m home  now and  I have some time to write a post and sort through all the photos I took.  So lets start with the basics.  Today we will cover the differences in the two types of Alpaca.
(All info [...]

Well, I’m at it again.  I’m jetting off to meet (and STAY) with people I met on the internet.  Yes, I’ve lost my mind but it’s OK … I like it here ;-)  

 
The Zombie Prom Date Knitters are an amazing group of people.  They knit & Crochet Kidney Kozies for the  National Kidney Foundation, chemo [...]

WOW! Where to start? Let’s see. I was accosted by this guy the minute I was in the door.

I was doomed from the start.

But when I finally fought myself free I saw this.

It was amazing. There [...]

I met Briar Rose Chris.
I MET CHRIS from BRIAR ROSE!!!!
OMG! I stood next to Chris of Briar Rose Fibers! I even had my picture taken with her! She hates to have her picture taken and made me swear requested that I not post it on my blog or any where else. ( although, I might [...]