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This year I bought with me bags of colorful alpaca fiber on our vacation to the Adirondacks after my sister-in-law inquired about making felted beads. Our adventures in making alpaca felted jewelry turned out to be quite entertaining especially after a few beers or glasses of wine. Supplies: [...] Card weaving is really fun, easy and portable. Depending on the design you are doing the work can move very quickly. The hardest part about card weaving is warping your loom. Here is a short video I’ve made on how to warp the Palmer Loom I use for many [...] With spring comes the shearing of our alpacas and a whole lot of fiber. We carefully handle the prime blanket fleece and collect the 2nd and 3rd cuts off into their separate bags. However there are always leftovers, little bits that are too short or too coarse and aren’t worth collecting [...] |
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