So it seems that we are going to have another little girl added to our family (not me haha). I have decided to spin and knit up some alpaca wool that I swapped for some of my Gotland Pelt sheep wool. The alpaca is great for baby garments as it is soft and calming on baby skin.
The fleece I have started is a cream, which I did think might take a dyeing quite well, but at this point I will just knit it up as a jersey and experiment with dyeing on the next spin I do with this fleece.
The fleece (wool) is very soft but it does not have much elasticity so I did think of blending another ‘sheep’ wool in with the Alpaca but in this instance I have decided to do a straight 100% Alpaca and see how the garment turns out. The next spin I do with the fleece may include some other wool, and I would like to see how the Gotland and Alpaca work together as well.
If you do not know these animals, I have included a photo below (not one of my photos).
Over the next week or so I will post the finished garment…. in the mean time we have our own flock to shear today…so I will also be posting photos on the shear…fleeces…and other interesting events.
Bye for now…
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Brilliant! I’m really interested to see how this turns out as I’m spinning alpaca recently gifted to me. I’ve prepped and hand carded it and started to spin last night – it’s intended to become a fairly fine 2 ply for a baby garment (friend is about to give birth). Looking for a ribbed knit pattern in view of what you said about low elasticity
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Hi Jackie, Thanks for your comments and yes I must post the outcomes on spinning and knitting the alpaca. regards Marion
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