Another for the ‘done’ column!
A while back I got this:
Bags of fiber
That is 19 fleeces from Kinney Valley Alpacas. All have low micron counts (that measures the diameter of each fiber) which makes nearly all of them fall into the ‘baby alpaca’ category of fineness. Only a few were just outside the range considered baby alpaca. Slowly that became this:
Going down, down, down
And finally, this:
All gone from here
Meanwhile, on the other side of the shop in the barn, this was appearing:
Two full bags
And then became this:
Six bags of cleaned fiber
Another angle – yes, I’m very proud!
These bags are big
Each of those bags average over 6 pounds of cleaned, very soft fiber. Five bags will be sport-weight yarn, one bag will be lace weight. All to be dyed and for sale! This was left behind:
Under the skirting table
Tomorrow I’m making a run toRach-Al-Paca fiber processing mill. I will be bringing these six bags as well as some from our animals – Vagabond‘s, Jose‘s, and Pelasia‘s. I’ll get some roving and some yarn from each of these. It will be a while before I get this back, but I do have roving from Toro waiting to be picked up. I’m also picking up a big yarn order for Twisted Suri Alpacas. They have asked me to dye some of their white yarn. Can you guess what is on my schedule for next week?
Speaking of next week – we’ll be at Pie Day in Braham on Friday – Aug 6. Come see us and have a piece of pie! YUM!
