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FAF: Speed Knitting

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 10:19:58 +0000

Hello Fiber Arts Friday Fans,

Sorry this is a really quick post. I don’t have a lot of time this morning since I have a lot to do at the day job today.

So I leave you with this video I did earlier in the week. It’s me making a roll brim hat on my [...]

FAF: FO’s and Furs

admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 09:31:21 +0000

Happy Fiber Arts Friday!

I finally finished my KAL La La Shawl. After binding off I decided to half double crochet a boarder out of some hand spun yarn I had that. Sorry It’s not blocked yet so here’s just a teaser photo.

I’ve also been dying the Facebook page winner Lollypop skeins and [...]

FAF: Knitting and Me

admin — Fri, 04 May 2012 09:00:02 +0000

Welcome back Fiber Arts Friday fans.

This week I’ve spent a lot of time knitting. I was hoping to finish my KAL La La Shawl this week but looks like I might have to put 1 more week into it to finish it up. It is coming along nicely and this thing is going [...]

FAF: Knitting, Dying, Spinning even More

admin — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:45:04 +0000

Hello Fiber Arts Friday Fans.

I’m on a fiber whorl wind lately!

I dyed up some more roving braids this week. They are posted in our Etsy Shop.

I’ve also been washing up all of the fleeces that I’ve recently sheared. There’s washed prime, 2nds and 3rds all in our Etsy Shop at great [...]

FAF: Dyeing to Play with Fiber

admin — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 13:32:28 +0000

Happy Fiber Arts Friday!

Last weekend I enjoyed an afternoon of spinning with a bunch of awesome ladies over at Seven Spirits Farm. No one wanted their photo taken! Shy folk. I took photos anyway LOL

I had a goal this week do dye up a braid of roving each day of the week… [...]

FAF: Washing, Dyeing, and Spinning

admin — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:51:20 +0000

Good day Fiber Arts Friday fans!

I’ve been a busy busy girl this week. Last weekend we started shearing our alpacas and got 3 of them done. I also split the cost of some Unicorn Fiber Wash with Seven Spirits Farm and so I spent the rest of the weekend skirting and washing our newly [...]

FAF: Baby Vest with Shells – Pattern

admin — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 11:32:36 +0000

Hello Fiber Arts Friday Fans

Yeah so the schmuck I am totally forgot the vest at home. I was supposed to give it to my friend this morning so he’d have it for Easter. Darn it all to Hades! No worries, I have plenty of yarn left over and at least I wrote the pattern down [...]

WIP: Easter Baby Vest

admin — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:01:00 +0000

Work in Progress Wednesday!

Well I haven’t posted here in a while but this week I’m actually working on a project after getting my groove back. I’m making a little baby vest for a little girl named Lily for Easter.

I was smart and wrote down what I’ve been doing to make this vest so [...]

FAF: Spring Fever

admin — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 11:46:32 +0000

Good day Fiber Arts Friday lovers!

What a tease all that warm weather was. Bouncing from 80 degree days to snow they are calling for tonight stinks. I was even planning on shearing early but I think I’ll hold off and watch the weather some more.

Speaking of shearing our Raw Fiber CSA shares are [...]

FAF: I did something!

admin — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:48:06 +0000

Hey Fiber Arts Friday Fans!

Yippy Look I actually sat down and spun up a bobbin of alpaca goodness this week! My only motivation was because it was half done, taking up a bobbin and I wanted to spin some LOVELY bats from my white alpacas that Seven Spirits Farm carded up for me. I [...]

FAF: Time Flies

admin — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 13:15:56 +0000

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

admin — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:17:33 +0000

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

admin — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:17:04 +0000

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

admin — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:25:25 +0000

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

admin — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:41:19 +0000

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

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:40:41 +0000

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

admin — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:08:16 +0000

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

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:37:50 +0000

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

admin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:09:13 +0000

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

admin — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 11:39:34 +0000

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 [...]