1. It has been a stressful week so I spent my time in front of the wheel.  I spun up about 400 yards of this beautiful alpaca/merino and dyed it in fall colors.  It’s now up on my Etsy Shop if you’d like it.

2. [...]]]> http://www.alpacabytes.com/2011/09/28/wip-spinning-and-dyeing/feed/ 1 http://www.alpacabytes.com/2011/08/17/wip-and-fiber-wordless-wednesday-4/ http://www.alpacabytes.com/2011/08/17/wip-and-fiber-wordless-wednesday-4/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:27:53 +0000 admin http://www.alpacabytes.com/?p=2978 Here’s what’s on my needles right now. It’s one of the yarns from my TdF… single ply beaded alpaca/wool. I’m not sure what it’ll end up being sine I don’t know how much yarn I have. Right now it’s a 2k,2p ribbing in the round 80 stitches. It will probably be a cowl or ear [...]]]> http://www.alpacabytes.com/2011/08/17/wip-and-fiber-wordless-wednesday-4/feed/ 5 http://www.alpacabytes.com/2011/08/10/wip-softer-than-clouds/ http://www.alpacabytes.com/2011/08/10/wip-softer-than-clouds/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 11:51:24 +0000 admin http://www.alpacabytes.com/?p=2957 TGI Hump Day, I’m already looking forward to the weekend.

I’ve been a bit under the weather this past week so I have not been as fibery these past few days as I normally am.  I did however mange to spin up a skein from the new Cria/Tencel roving I have.   OH MY GOSH! [...]]]> http://www.alpacabytes.com/2011/08/10/wip-softer-than-clouds/feed/ 16 http://www.alpacabytes.com/2011/07/13/wip-and-fiber-wordless-wednesday-3/ http://www.alpacabytes.com/2011/07/13/wip-and-fiber-wordless-wednesday-3/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:07:01 +0000 admin http://www.alpacabytes.com/?p=2910 Here’s what’s on my needles!

I’m working on this Diagonal Rib Cowl Pattern using the very last ball of gray alpaca I have from my boys.

Here’s this wee’s Fiber Animal photo.  We’re still doing halter training with some of our cria.  This one planted all 4 feet and decided she wasn’t going to [...]]]> http://www.alpacabytes.com/2011/07/13/wip-and-fiber-wordless-wednesday-3/feed/ 4 http://www.alpacabytes.com/2011/06/29/wip-and-fiber-wordless-wednesday-2/ http://www.alpacabytes.com/2011/06/29/wip-and-fiber-wordless-wednesday-2/#comments Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:45:00 +0000 admin http://www.alpacabytes.com/?p=2884 Yeah for hump day!

So I have made a ton of FO’s this week and only have one WIP to share.

My wool/tencel blend basket weave scarf.  Did I mention that I can’t stand knitting? I’m so much slower at it but only way to get faster is to practice so I figured a basket [...]]]> http://www.alpacabytes.com/2011/06/29/wip-and-fiber-wordless-wednesday-2/feed/ 9 http://www.alpacabytes.com/2011/06/22/wip-and-fiber-wordless-wednesday/ http://www.alpacabytes.com/2011/06/22/wip-and-fiber-wordless-wednesday/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:24:20 +0000 admin http://www.alpacabytes.com/?p=2867 So I totally forgot my cell phone at home today which had all my photos for today’s WIP.  So I decided to draw what I have been working on this week instead.

1. I’ve been spinning again!  This time I’m trying to see how thin I can make a single ply.  Making bulky weight yarn [...]]]> http://www.alpacabytes.com/2011/06/22/wip-and-fiber-wordless-wednesday/feed/ 12 http://www.alpacabytes.com/2011/06/15/fiber-wordless-wednesday-15/ http://www.alpacabytes.com/2011/06/15/fiber-wordless-wednesday-15/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 09:41:23 +0000 admin http://www.alpacabytes.com/?p=2853

I can’t wait until my alpacas are shorn again!

This is what a really pissed off alpaca looks like.  He got loose in a 3 acre field dragging a lead rope.  Totally freaked himself out, ran around screaming for a good 15 minutes until M and I managed to herd him into a corner where I snagged the lead and got [...]]]> http://www.alpacabytes.com/2011/05/25/fiber-wordless-wednesday-12/feed/ 1 http://www.alpacabytes.com/2011/05/11/fiber-wordless-wednesday-11/ http://www.alpacabytes.com/2011/05/11/fiber-wordless-wednesday-11/#comments Wed, 11 May 2011 09:15:51 +0000 admin http://www.alpacabytes.com/?p=2782

Quarantine is finally over and the 2 new girls Crystal and Daisy finally got to go out on the big pasture. 

Do you think they are happy?

Ah, that’s the spot!

My very first attempt at shearing.  Not the prettieset job but I didn’t get any short cuts in the blanket.  Thankfully Jay let us go back and run the pattern again so we could clean them up. 

Fall 2010 Cria Parcella D’oro and Fontina

 These 2 photos were taken yesterday only 1.5 hours apart. I want SPRING, NOW!

CoHo at 7pm Tuesday. DARN YOU MOTHER NATURE!

Do you own fiber animals?  Sheep, goats, llamas, alpacas, rabbits and more are all welcome.

Welcome back to FWW.  If you have a photo of any type of fiber animal we’d love to see it!

The Ground may be covered with snow and another storm on the way but visions of spring cria are dancing in my head!

Anyone notice how hard it is to take a photo of a black alpaca in the snow?

OMG don’t you hate it when they have that one dangler of hay on their face?

Vanilla wants a littel camera lovin’ too!

 Love WW but I want to see more fiber animals so I figured I’ll co-host a [...]]]> http://www.alpacabytes.com/2011/02/22/worless-wednesday/feed/ 2