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Semi-Local Alpaca Fleece

April 7, 2023

CreativeFiberStudio on Etsy sells beautiful alpaca products out of Serenity Meadows Farm in Rougemont, North Carolina. Because I started spinning last year, and was interested in spinning with alpaca, I reached out to see if I could purchase the fiber directly. I was pleased to discover I could! I was able to go to the […]

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Knitted Texture

March 31, 2023

In continued reflection on Fiberuary, one of the month themes was “texture”. I knitted a new Ballband dishcloth for myself (note: this is a non-ravelry pattern link; also, the pattern may be blocked or obscured if you use privacy tools that block pinterest links, e.g. Privacy Badger). I am still working on another “texture” project: […]

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Mending

March 24, 2023

In February one of the Fiberuary themes was “mending”. For several years, I have mended both hand knit and commercial socks with a woven-style darn (as opposed to, for example, duplicate stitch). This year, I decided to try a darning loom tool, which helps both with setting up the “warp” of the patch, but also […]

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