In todays mail was some treasure :)
this fantastic fleece comes from the pretty Jelani
she was winning a championship as a yearling in a very competitive show
You can visit the homepage of her owner here : www.TheAlpacaHacienda.com
and i can tell you - yes - it is as soft and fluffy as it looks :D
stay tuned for the further progressing :)
today in the mail :D :D :D
but a lot of other things to finish, before i can come back to those :D
on the 16th of may 2014 i recieved this lovely fleece of kayla :D
i started to wash a part on saturday, and hope it will be dry on monday, still a LOT more to wash
it is a fantastic dark brown, nearly black, with sunbleached tips in chestnut, it is fantastic soft !
She lives with Deborah Knickerbocker on the Busy Bobbin Alpaca Ranch and is getting a baby soon !!! :D
you might want to visit the homepage : http://busybobbinalpacas.com/
a day of sunshine and washing :D
from wet to dry :D
stay tuned for furter processing
in the mail today :
a fantastic fleece from USA
the lovely spender : LMFI Peruvian Noble Effort - in short : Noble Effort
He was born in August 24th, 2011
and he was the 2012 AOBA National Conference Fleece Show Reserve Champion for brown Huacayas !!!
and I !! can spin his georgeous Blanket ! i am over the moon ! :D
Thank you so much for your trust in me Deborath Hart, to hand me your sons fleece :D
here is his website if you care to visit : www.rakhelfarms.com
and now follow me on the adventure :D
i started washing on saturday the 17.05.2014
sunday afternoon it was all dry, and i washed the last little part, it will be dry on monday afternoon :D
i will be starting the carding this week
(a little cold cought me and i dunno how it will treat me :/ )
i recieved a lovely alpaca fleece - i still need to come up with a lovely trade object for this :D
The raw fleece is so wonderfull already
but into the washed fleece i just want to roll into and never get out again
some sample knitting already done :D
remember the skirt i sewn myself ?
http://mytopteddy.blogspot.de/2014/04/it-is-springtime.html
and followed the steps of the lilac BFL i dyed and spun ?
here now the knitted top i made myself
i still wait on a day, with sunshine, me awake, and my hair not standing in all directions, to make a foto of the top worn with the skirt *sigh*
