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Fiber Market Monday – Green Fans Shawl

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A place where fiber artists and fiber ranchers
can promote goods for sale for fiber lovers like you!

You’ve been watching its progress these past few weeks and the shawl is finally finished!  I had intentions of keeping this shawl for myself but decided to do one in alpaca instead and sell this one so here are the details

Materials: Deborah Norville Collection Serenity Garden Yarn
Color: Grass
Content: 100% Microfiber
Size: appox 6′ tip to tip and 3′ depth
Price: $80

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This is a light weight shawl perfect for spring and summer functions.  The fans and color pattern add that ‘pop’ to any outfit.  The long fringe adds a nice vertical contrast to the horizontal pattern.

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Green Fan Shawl - Progress

Green Fan Shawl - Finished

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Fiber Arts Friday: Back in the Groove

Welcome Back Fiber Arts Friday Followers!

I’ve finally gotten back into my fiber groove.  However it’s a bit all over the place but who cares, it’s all fiber.

Last weekend the weather STUNK so I stayed inside.  I’m actually thankful from the physical break of farm life and to sit on my couch and spin.  I actually managed to spin up 4 skeinsin all.  (1) Cat skein for my friend, (1) Golden Yellow and (2) natural beige. Sorry I don’t have photos of all of them.

Handspun Alpaca Yarn

If you’re curious about the Green Shawl…. It was on the hook ealier this week but recently I took it off and am working on blocking and fringe.

Crochet Fan Shawl

I hope to have the shawl finished in time for a little showing at Fiberarts International.  Girls night out this Saturday!  Yippy!

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Fiber Wordless Wednesday

Alpaca Girls

Daisy and Crystal

Fiber Wordless Wednesday
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Fiber Market Monday

Welcome back to Fiber Market Monday. A market place for everything made from natural animal fibers, raw fiber or even the fiber animals themselves! Click through and see what specials our participants have to offer today!

Today I present to you a beautiful golden hand spun skein that I finished over the weekend.

Alpaca Yarn

Fiber: 50/50 wool & alpaca from our own animals here at Dutch Hollow Acres.
Weight: Worsted to Bulky (thick and thin)
Length: 100+ yards

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Fiber Arts Friday: A bit of everything

Welcome back to Fiber Arts Friday!

I’ve had a case of Fiber ADD again this week.  I think heading up to Jay NY for the shearing seminar got me motivated to play with everything alpaca again.

If you frequent my Fiber Wordless Wednesday you’ve seen my shearing job so I won’t bore you with that again.  If you haven’t seen it check it out or think about participating next week, share anything fiber animal related from sheep to rabbits and everything in between.

With my hands on all that alpaca fiber at shearing made me want to spin so I got to work on this bobbin.  I haven’t spun in a while and I’m amazed how I’m doing so poorly and getting lumps when I’m trying not to get them.   Ugh.

Alpaca Yarn

 My green shawl has stalled.  I got 2 more pattern rows done since you last seen it but at least that was enough to get me onto my last skein!  I’m almost there.

Lastly… Here’s the start of the heather gray alpaca shawl using the same pattern as the green shawl.  See why I decided to sell the green one and keep this one? 

 Crochet Alpaca Shawl  Crochet Alpaca Shawl


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