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Crochet Kitty Koozie – Cat Bed


Well we don’t call it a Kitty Koozie to us it’s a Bacon Wrap.  Yes, I named my cat Bacon, I can’t say I’m a cat lover so I named it after something I do love.  Mmmm…. Bacon.

So what is it?   Out of scrap yarn I crocheted little pocket for our Bacon to hide in.  I doubled up on the yarn for the bottom and single crochet a mat so it offers a thick pad.  For the pocket top I switched to single yarn and a double crochet.  This makes the top part light enough that she can dig into it and has stretch so it’ll fit her body snugly. 

The result is a perfect hiding spot for a cold kitty.

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BaconWrap

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Alpaca Mittens – With Pattern

It’s Christmas time! Love this time of year because finally get to give family and friends the items I’ve been working on. 

My latest work has been a pair of crochet mittens from our very own home grown alpaca.  I’m mostly following this pattern from Bernat for the mittens.  They call for a change in hook size but I opted to stick with the I-9 hook for the whole thing.  I ended up having to add some stitches because of it for a larger size.  I am very happy with the finished look.  The mittens are not bulky but thanks to the alpaca they are very warm. 

The yarn I had blended at the mill is 80% alpaca, 15% nylon, 5% merino.  This is a wonderful blend.  The alpaca is toasty warm and soft, the nylon adds strength and assists in felting prevention and the merino adds memory so the yarn isn’t flat and has loft to it.   If you’re interested in buying some for your Christmas projects by all means visit our Store!

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Homemade Alpaca Mittens

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Alpaca Slipper Socks With Pattern

Hello Fiber Arts Friday!  I’m back!  I’ve been down and out with the Swine Flu.  One good thing about being forced to be out of work sick is time to crochet.  I had tons of partial skeins of alpaca yarn hanging around and decided to crochet up some socks.  The yarn was bulky so the socks are too thick to wear in shoes making them great for lounging around the fireplace on a cold November morning.

This is my first time writing a crochet pattern so it’s written much like how I crochet, chaotically. 🙂  I made these socks out of Bernat Alpaca and they would fit a medium width foot.  To give you an idea of size in the photos I have wear a men’s size 10 shoe.  To fit smaller feet use the same pattern but a thinner yarn. 

 Click Here for pattern.


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Alpaca Shell Scarf – With Pattern

Yes!  Finally I’m back on Fiber Arts Friday!  We had a very busy few weeks on the farm including the birth of our 1st cria, Albina.

So what do I have for you today? A lovely soft Alpaca/Acrylic shells and triangles scarf!  This scarf weighs in at almost 3/4 of a pound!  It was a surprisingly slow crochet and took me about 2-3 days on and off to finish.  This is the pattern I used if you want to make it yourself. 

I will be putting this scarf up on Etsy if anyone is interested in buying it.

Oh yeah, these photos were taken today.  Yup, that’s snow you see out my back window!

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Crochet Fishnet Scarf

Welcome to Fiber Arts Friday!  I thought I’d give you all a little sneak peak of some of the crochet scarfs I’ve been making this week.  One of my co-workers calls them “Fishnet Scarf.”  Fitting name if you ask me.  

If you’re in the WNY area they will be available for sale the weekend of Sept 26 – 27th for National Alpaca Farm Days! 

Pst! Ladies if you’re hubby really isn’t into the whole alpaca thing but you want to talk to a farm, have I got a surprise for you!  Dutch Hollow Acres will be at the DEC Days in Avon, NY Sept 26th-27th with some of our alpacas! So, you can ask us all the questions you’d like and the hubby can check out all the hunting and fishing manly stuff.  We’ll be chock full of alpaca socks so it’s a great time to show him how warm alpacas can keep his feet this hunting season too!