FAF: Time Flies

Hi Fiber Arts Friday Fans!

We lost an hour of sleep thanks to DST and boy do I feel it.  I’ve been dragging all week.  I even had to add new batteries in my headlamp because my morning chores are in the dark again. Blah.

Speaking of time have you guys seen this clock?!  I [...]

FAF: Back to Crochet

Hi Fiber Arts Friday Fans,

Wow I’ve been MIA for a while now.  We’re down a man at work, new boss and crazy hours, another horse added to the herd and little hours to enjoy with fiber.

Here’s a project I started a few weeks ago but I’m trying to figure out Row 6.  The [...]

WIP: Lollypop Yarn Donation

I’m going to consider this a WIP post because there’s plenty of yarn to go and a lot more $ to raise for the Humane Society of Greater Rochester (aka Lollypop Farm).

Today I have just mailed in the first $100 donation realized from the sales of Lollypop Yarn!  There’s still plenty of yarn left [...]

2012 Alpaca Fiber CSA

Spring is in the air and soon so will the sound of shears clipping our fluffy alpacas.  With the spring clip comes our annual sale of Raw Fiber CSA!  These shares tend to go quickly so be sure get yours now.

CSA – Raw Fiber3lbs of Raw Fiber off of one of our alpacas. Fiber [...]

WIP – Lollypop Scarf

Despite all the “issues” I have working with wool the fiber lover in me still can’t help but play with it.

As I’ve been skeinning and dyeing all the Lollypop Yarn I’ve been using the mini skeins to work on some projects that I will also be putting up for sale to raise $$ for [...]

FAF: Lollypop Yarn for a Cause

Hello Fiber Arts Friday Fans!

Last spring I had helped our local humane society re-home an alpaca.  While I was there they were kind enough to give me several bags of wool sheared from their sheep the weekend before.  I made the promise then that I would process the wool and sell the yarn and [...]

WIP: Leftovers Scarf

Guess what! My SD Card on my phone randomly started working again.  So knock on wood my HTC Thunderbolt has 100% survived my washing machine.

That means I now get to show you what I’m working on.  Since I had left over yarn from my dreadful blanket project I decided to make a scarf out [...]

FAF: Oops

Hello Fiber Arts Friday followers.

So why the Oops?  Well you might notice a lack of photos on today’s post.  Why? Because I sent my cell phone through the washing machine.  It has been thoroughly cleaned.

I let it sleep in rice overnight but it was still dripping by morning so I set the phone on a [...]

Alpaca Chili

This recipe is courtesy of my brother Brenton.

Ingredients

2 lbs ground alpaca 2 tbsp Butter 1 large yellow onion 1 tbsp ground cumin 1 tbsp dried oregano 1 bay leaf 1 tbsp salt 1 can crush tomato 1 can black beans 1 can kidney beans 1 can tomato paste 1 green bell pepper, chopped [...]

Mini Alpaca Meatloaf Bites

I recently used this recipe for a neighborhood “house crawl” we were apart of.  I wanted to offer our guests something fresh from our farm but also made some from beef for those who were a bit squeamish about eating a fluffy.   The end result? I only had beef bites left over and all [...]