New Cria at the Farm!

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We had a birth this morning! A little boy (we were hoping for a little girl) but he is so cute and will be a rose grey like his mom, he’s so little! My son is watching to make sure he could latch on to nurse and the little one did, the colostrum is important. He will be weighed this evening and they will pick out a name for him so he can be registered. I told my son he should name the little one Ozzy Osborn, but he said, he doesn’t look like an Ozzy, and I thought, what does an Ozzy alpaca look like? LOL. Anyway a name will be forthcoming. He’s doing well so far, he was about an hr old in the right bottom picture. My son put one of his whippet’s sweaters on him because it started raining, so he wouldn’t get cold. The mom wasn’t real happy but she allowed it.

New Yarn, Gifts and a Cool Picture :)

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Ok, the first picture is a beautiful tonal blue yarn, colorway is I’m the Resistance. I had her do a special request to dye the tonal blue, as a full skein, that was in the American Woman color way I bought from her a couple of months ago. I wanted to use both in (I think I’ve settled on this but it might change so many things to knit :P) a cowl and fingerless mitts or hat to match for my grand daughter. The business is Awenydd Yarn & Fiber (click on catalog under the label at the top of the page to see all her beautiful pre-dyed color ways, you can also do a special order request like I did.) You can find her on YouTube where she does a Monday podcast reworking some of her older color ways while you watch her dye, a Wednesday podcast while you watch her dye from a random selection of colors of dyes from a random generator, it’s fun, and on Fridays she talks about her finished projects and works in progress etc. This request came out perfect! This is her Triple Goddess base, 100% super wash merino and a whopping 490 yards! It’s a light fingering weight. Would be perfect for a shawl, and to be honest I still haven’t ruled that out, lol. I have time to make my final choice :P. She also threw in a sample of her color way Reverie and 2 beautiful stitch markers and a progress keeper!

My son and his husband own an alpaca farm (I help out on Saturdays because they are open to the public on Saturdays.) I’m exhausted just thinking about how much work a farm takes as a business.) They took a well deserved week’s vacation a couple of weeks ago and went to FL to Disney World and Universal Studios to get away and rest, while Ev’s parents took care of the farm for them. They brought me back a Mandalorian Hoodie, a Harry Potter Gryffindor tee and 2 new pins (a Gryffindor and a Mandalorian) for my knitting project bag. You can probably tell I’m obsessed with Harry Potter and the Mandalorian :). So cool that they brought me something, it made me smile. The pin on the bottom is a zipper needle felted sheep I bought at a fiber festival a couple of years ago. In the next two pictures they are enjoying some of their Disney World adventures, they like Star Wars too.

The bottom right is just a cool picture, it’s called “a one in a million shot”.

Remembering 9/11 in 2025

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There is so much chaos in the world today and that is why I ask this same question every year on this day. I remember where I was when this happened, do you? I wonder if this tragedy still has the same horrific meaning to everyone as it did when we sat and watched those planes slam into those buildings killing the passengers in the planes and many people in those two buildings while we sat there unable to do anything to stop it. Don’t forget, be vigilant, freedom comes at a price and it’s hard to hold onto, don’t let go.

As we remember the 24th year since this heinous attack was perpetrated on the citizens of the USA, may we take a moment to remember all those who died on this day 24 years ago and thank those who helped in the aftermath. I would like to salute those heroes on flight 93, and all those who, on that day, willingly and unselfishly sacrificed their lives to save the lives of others. I also salute those in our armed services and city, county and state police forces who have given their lives and those who continue to fight for us, selflessly putting their own lives in jeopardy to protect us and others from those who mean to hurt us and our Country. They are all heroes to me and I will never forget. Our country needs to come together, it’s not too late…..yet.

I am also asking today for prayers for Charlie Kirk’s family for peace and comfort, because they lost him to an assassin yesterday, and their loss is great. Our world has lost its way, and is losing its humanity. We need to remember to invite the Savior into our lives everyday, and ask for his help and for protection from those who have lost their way. I will keep praying that those who are not truly lost, can find their way back to the Savior.

Drum Carding CVM Fiber

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This is an older fiber I purchased maybe about maybe 10 years ago (or maybe it was 3 years ago, lol, I can’t remember)? I made myself promise that before I spun a newer purchased fiber I would spin one of my deep stash, lol I think this one qualifies. I am not finished spinning the camel/silk but that CVM has been on my drum carder for quite a while, so it was calling to me to finish what I had started. The batt, in the front of the picture, is a 59 grams batt that I had started, it’s a little over 2 ozs. So I have the other 1/2 of this fiber to card (in the bag behind the batt.) I think if you click on the picture it will enlarge and you might be able to read what is on the bag, but incase you can’t, it is 4.5 ozs, of CVM (an endangered sheep called California Variegated Mutant – lol the color is mutated not the sheep :P). The natural color is the grey and some of it was dyed, the colors are grey and (if I’m reading it right sezse?) light turquoise. She named the color way Smoke on the Water. Anyway I think it will spin up to be a beautiful yarn. I better get busy, spinning that camel/silk! I’m still knitting on the blue blanket from a previous post, I’ll put a picture in next time so you can see my progress. Plus, I still need to also be working on my Hats for Warmth project for my local homeless shelter. So much to do so little time, because I also wanted to make those knitted color work Christmas Tree decorations I planed as gifts this year. Where does all the time go??? It rained today, but maybe tomorrow I will spin out on my balcony because the weather is cooler :).

I am enjoying the cool down, which might last a couple of weeks, according to the weatherman, but it will heat back up by mid September, sigh. I know there is still a lot of heat out west and hope you will cool off sooner than later. Stay safe.

Camel/Red Eri Silk Update and New Fiber Purchase

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This is so soft to spin, the silk is a long staple but the camel is very short so I imagine the camel might make a slight halo on the finished yarn. Finished the 1st bobbin and started the 2nd bobbin, but haven’t been able to spin on it very much, will spin on it tomorrow, I’m excited to see how it looks when it’s finished and I’m hoping it will be a sport weight. The colors are never correct on my picture on the reds, this is actually looks like a very light orange on my screen, but it’s a bit brighter than shows on my screen. Not sure if it’s my camera or my computer screen.

Opps I might have bought another fiber to spin, it’s called Smooth Bark (the color looks true) from Camaj Fiber Arts, but to be honest I bought it last month and just didn’t get to put it in on my blog. I’m trying to stick with no more new fiber going forward until I’ve spun down some of my deep stash fiber, :D, but we can see how that is going. This is very soft also, but it should be since it’s 40% superfine merino, 20% alpaca, 20% camel and 20% mulberry silk. This shop frequently has very good sales on their fiber. I was thinking it would be the next spin, but I promised myself that if I spin a new fiber, I would also spin a deep stash fiber. So when I am finished with the camel/red Eri silk, I will go diving in my deep stash because I must love them, I bought them :P. Maybe I can find something sparkly or put sparkles on it with my drum carder :).

Hope you all are well, and surviving the hot summer we are all having, just think, Fall will be here in a month or so :).