It’s Fiber Arts Friday and to honest I really haven’t had the time to do much fibery stuff as of late.  I’ve been caring for a very sick puppy, a very pregnant horse, and attempting to keep the alpacas clean and relatively mud free now that spring has decided to show up.
Speaking of keeping fiber [...]

I mentioned in an earlier post that I recycle the twine that comes off my hay bales.  I really try not to cut the twine when freeing a bale and if I have to I make a conscious effort to cut it next to the knot.  This way I have a length of twine that [...]

Does your barn look like mine? You have an old feed bag or muck bucket that just collects baling twine each time you feed hay? If you really are like me, you pay close attention to how you take off the twine. I ultimately try to remove the twine without cutting it but if I [...]

With a revived interest in working with the fiber off our alpacas I’ve spent the past weekend washing and drying alpaca fiber.  Here’s a photo of the latest batch of fiber to come out of the washing machine.  I have it drying on a coffee table covered with towels in my basement.  In about 10 [...]

I’ve got it!  It took me a week of annoying my husband stretching cord all throughout the house but I finally got the hand of making rope.  The projects I have been working on this week are all for sale.  See our Shop for what is available.
Next thing on the list is to dig through all [...]