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Art For Your Head "Russian Blue"
DreamWoven - A Taste of Different | October 5th 2008 by DreamWoven
Please meet Art For Your Head "Russian Blue".Beautiful, simple and soft. A felted head wrap with oodles of felted, needle felted and wrapped locks. For more pictures and sale information, please see: DreamWoven read more
Green Steals of the Week: Organic Cotton Nylum Duvet Cover & Alpa…
Green Your Decor | October 2nd 2008 by Jennae Petersen
Frequent readers will know how much I love black and white. It is a color palette that is sexy, sophisticated and easy to customize to your own taste with the addition of your favorite solid color or two. I used this concept a couple of times in the read more
Firefly ~ The Alpaca
Shevin's Art | September 29th 2008 by Shevin
I just completed this drawing of "Firefly", a blue-eyed alpaca belonging to Lunatic Fringe Alpacas. I thought she was just beautiful, especially those eyes! I seriously thought of adding a little blue somehow to this drawing. I'm calling it comple read more
Spin - Ditty Batts
Spin Knit and Life | September 25th 2008 by ~P~
Oops. This one is a little fuzzy. I am having so much fun with the drum carder. It shouldn't be legal to have this much fun. In case you haven't noticed I have opened an Etsy shop. My husband suggested the other day that I sell my handspun yarn and d read more
Steiff Donkey
Upscale Baby Blog | September 19th 2008
I am in love with most of the clothing items on the Flora and Henri site but the toys I find somewhat lacking. Knowing my son, I cannot see him playing with a strange looking baby donkey. However, I could be wrong. At 5 inches tall and made of Alpaca read more
Pet Portraits and Animal Art
KidronArts Community | September 18th 2008 by Sue Steiner
I have been working on some graphics to use in my studio to advertise pet portraits and animal art. This is what I did with my photos. Which one do you like better? read more
Spin - It's Finally Finished
Spin Knit and Life | September 1st 2008 by ~P~
Remember this. I was working on it during the Tour de Fleece. It's Colonial Wool in the color way multi-purple. I've heard two different versions as to the type of wool. One is an unspecified English sheep breed raised in South America. The other i read more
Yarn Type List...
The Avid Knitter | August 31st 2008 by Zoah Alvarado
Here is a short list of the major yarn types:Alpaca.Alpaca fleece is harvested from two types of Alpacas: the Huacaya and the Suri. The Huacaya alpacas produce soft, crimpy, dense fibers while the Suri produce silky fibers that resemble un-matted read more
Alpaca Art-- Finished!
A Multi-Colored Life | August 26th 2008 by Sue Steiner
My latest Alpaca commission, final touches and all, the only thing left to do is sign it.... read more
hunterdon county fair fun
sean808080's ohmbase | August 25th 2008 by sean 808080
On Sunday, my mom and I took the kids to see the Hunterdon County Fair in Lambertville NJ. There were farm animals for competition [chickens, cows, horses] as well as rabbits and alpacas. Of course there were rides for the kids to enjoy. A great time read more
Spin - Poll Results
Spin Knit and Life | August 20th 2008 by ~P~
Looks like wool came out a strong winner in the Favorite Spinning Fiber Poll. It was followed by Alpaca, Silk, Mohair, Llama, and Bamboo. I don't think it was any surprise that wool won. It's such a versatile fiber and so easy to spin. I'll have to a read more
And now 29...
Messiest Mom | August 14th 2008 by Jessy
Yesterday was my birthday. I turned twenty-nine. I've never been concerned about aging or anything like that. It's a natural thing - we all do it - and men with crinkle lines around their eyes are sexy.I consider myself very not concerned with agi read more
Maize Valley Wine and Fiber Art Festival
A Multi-Colored Life | August 8th 2008 by Sue Steiner
I will be at this event in Hartville, Ohio on Sept. 27 with my fiber animal art, alpaca and farm animal art, Equine art. More info to follow! http://www.fallwineandartsfestival.com/vendors.html read more
Buttons!
Home Made Originals | August 7th 2008 by Frances
Crafting 365, Day 279, new buttons, originally uploaded by homemadeoriginals.Aren't these gorgeous buttons.? I exchanged them on the most recent alpaca neck warmer I knitted and it makes a huge difference. I actually love the fact that the buttons do read more
Knit - Ravelympics
Spin Knit and Life | August 5th 2008 by ~P~
It's Ravelympics time. I have joined the Wrestling WIP team on Ravelry to do Ravelympics. Each of us are to commit to knit certain items during the Olympics. I participated in the Tour de Fleece during July. It really helped motivate me to spin. I'm read more
Barack Alpaca?
The Shishi Girl | August 3rd 2008 by Ku
I have yet to make a donkey to compliment the softie elephant. However, I did manage to figure out an easy, four-panel softie alpaca. If you can make a persimmon, you can make this thing, too.Please note that this representation of an alpaca in saddl read more
Crafting 365, Day 275, Red alpaca neck warmer
Home Made Originals | August 1st 2008 by Frances
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }Crafting 365, Day 275, Red alpaca neck warmer, originally uploaded by homemadeor read more
Alpaca Art during Canton's First Friday
KidronArts Community | July 30th 2008 by Sue Steiner
by artbysueclick on the thumbnail above to see the progression of this 'work in progress' painting!I am planning on taking this painting, which is a commissioned portrait of a lovely alpaca living in California on Renee Finney's Fiber Farm. with me read more
Purple!
Home Made Originals | July 27th 2008 by Frances
Here is the finished purple alpaca neckwarmer. This yarn is yummy, so soft. I'm not sure if I'll keep these buttons or try to find some that match better. It will depend on my customer's opinion of the finished product. I also finished the second read more
Frost Last Week
One Green Acre | July 27th 2008 by AndrewD
The heaviest frosts of the year this past week, I missed most of them due to me being in Sydney, but Lee-Ann managed to snap this shot of Lynsey outside one morning next to the baby alpaca (yes I could have said cria). It was so heavy the frost itsel read more
Peruvian Connections to open store in Washigton DC
Peruanista | July 22nd 2008 by Carlos A. Quiroz
Last week as I was walking my way to the National Archives in downtown DC, when I saw a sign that caught my eye: "Peruvian Connection store". I walked in and spoke to a couple of people, who confirmed that this clothing brand will open soon its first read more
Finally, managed to do stuff!
Yarnspider | July 18th 2008 by Sarah Dewfall
Finally! I have managed to achieve... I took the phone off the hook and locked the front door. As a result, I have finished off all the plying today and washed the yarns. They are from left to right, the Falklands aga read more
Dane County Fair 2008
Journey with Jade | July 17th 2008 by Julie
I wanted to make the rabbit judging this morning, and despite a late night last night, I made it on just a few hours of sleep. I'll say more in another post. This post is almost all pictures. Enjoy!! I've never met a bunny that I didn't think was cud read more
Spin - Tour de Fleece
Spin Knit and Life | July 16th 2008 by ~P~
Hello Tour de Fleecers. I hope everyone is having as much fun as I am having.Today's spinning will be on the wheel with some lovely golden brown fiber that I purchased from Far Out Farm in Cornersville, Tennessee earlier this year. It's a blend of Al read more
I Believe I can Ply....
Yarnspider | July 15th 2008 by Sarah Dewfall
Sorry about the pun, but I just couldn't resist it! As you can see I've been very busy finishing off singles so that work outstanding pile can be brought back in line. So In between helping my friend Valerie and her daughter move ho read more
Alpaca Wonderful
Home Made Originals | July 13th 2008 by Frances
I knit up the beautiful lime green Baby Alpaca Grande I bought a week ago into this:It is so soft and lovely. I just need to find some matching buttons to finish it up. I have a custom order for a purple neck warmer and I was thrilled to see that t read more
Spin - Fiber Treasures And A Little Tour de Fleece
Spin Knit and Life | July 11th 2008 by ~P~
Today I finished the purple and green shetland. I'm so happy when I finish a project and can move on to the next one. This was a rather easy fiber to spin. Not sure what I will make with it. It only made 3 ounces. Also, I spun a tiny bit of pink woo read more
Latest Fox Deterrent - The Alpaca
Latest Inventions | July 4th 2008 by TravelCat
Protect Your Chickens With An Alpaca! This is no joke - alpacas really do prevent livestock and poultry deaths just by being around. Even Prince Charles has taken them on board at his organic farm according to the Sunday Times. What Are They? Al read more
Spin - Now That I Have It What Do I Do With It?
Spin Knit and Life | June 30th 2008 by ~P~
I would really like to knit a shawl from the Qiviut fiber that I bought in Banff. Twenty grams won't quite get the job done. LOL I've been reading everything that I can get my hands on about spinning and knitting qiviut. In order to make that shawl read more
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