This has been a day I have been quite excited about...our yarn release day! So, without further delay, I would like to introduce you to our new line of completely hand processed and hand spun yarns!
Ok...maybe a little further delay...I feel like I should give a little background. But skip down if you don't want the backstory and just want to drool over yarn. I will completely understand!
I have been into yarn for a large part of my life. My great grandmother taught me how to crochet from a very young age (I think I was 11) and I loved it. Later I taught myself how to knit so I could make a variety of fabrics with my yarn crafting. It was always really quite difficult for me to leave any yarn store without at least one skien of yarn. So when we started talking about starting our own business, I was quick to pitch the fiber farm with hand processed yarn idea. And that was before I'd even learned how to spin yarn. I knew that I would love spinning, because the end product was YARN! How could I not love it?
And after a great shearing season with all the wonderful alpaca folks in the area, and after successfully breeding 4 more angora rabbits, it was time to get down to business and spin us some yarn. And even though it has been a bit slower than I would have liked, I am excited to release the first of our lovely line of yarns, with many more to come. It has taught me so much about the animals we get our fiber from, the extensive process it takes to hand make yarn from start to finish, the qualities of each fiber and how they work together. I must say that I am most excited about our alpaca and angora blends. So soft, with a lovely halo, and as close to hypoallergenic as you can get when you have natural fiber from animals.
These are our blends so far of 50/50 angora and alpaca fiber. I love the colors...the brownish red alpaca or light grey alpaca with the white angora are just too much fun. These ones are both a worsted weight. The hubby has been helping with the winding them into lovely center pull balls and packaging them up so they are all ready to go when they find their new home.
This brown is straight alpaca and is a neat light brown with red hues. It is a bulky weight yarn.
And this lovely black yarn is 100% llama fiber. While it has a slightly courser feel, it is still surprisingly soft. I would compare it more to the feel of a sheep's wool with a little more guard hairs. It would make a very warm scarf or squishy rug or addition to a lovely blanket. I am currently knitting a shawl out of some single ply and can't wait to try it out. It is turning out quite nice!
If you are interested in learning more about any of the yarns, we have linked all the pictures to their corresponding listing. We would love to hear your feedback, too!
What is on the horizon? Some lovely black and white blend of angora and alpaca, and in a month or so we will be shearing bunnies to get some new angora colors to blend...stay tuned!
Ash
