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| White one on right! |
Yesterday was a fun and exciting day! Bill and I visited an alpaca ranch to look for a possible addition to our family! Actually it will be two, they don't ever come in singles as they are herding animals. We looked at about 65, not all for sale, but have decided on males. We (I) really don't want to get in the baby business, I just want pets and fiber, so males would be best for us.
We have pretty much settled on a young white one, great fiber and very good conformation and deciding between a solid brown one and one with some white on his face. I want at least one white one because the wool can be dyed and I want that versatility. They all were adorable. It's been very hot here in Texas so the cold air today had them very frisky and it was fun to watch them run around and play.
When we said our good byes, we headed to a wool shop in Navasota -
WC Mercantile - and what a surprise! It was full of beautiful wools and in nearly every color of the rainbow, no way more than the rainbow! Of course, I had to buy a few things to bring home. Not for sure what they will turn into, but right now they're just beautiful to look at and their time will come.
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| Fibers in back and felted fabric in front. |
I was so excited about wool that I came home and pulled out some product I bought at Festival in November and sat down at the felting machine. A friend had given me some really nice black wool scraps she had used for a dress and I had wet felted it (washed and dried it in the dryer) and so I used it as a base and this is the result. Now do I use it for a small purse or a pin. The colors make me think of watermelon even in this cold weather, but they're also really nice winter colors. Once I decide and get it cut I can then begin embellishing with some hand stitching, some beads and more. So much fun. I'm so thankful for all of the artists,
Liz,
Ruth,
Judy,
Sally, the list goes on forever, that have come into my life the last few years teaching me to do so many different things. Felting, stitching, beading - oh, what fun on a cold winter's eve.
Be back with more soon!
