Yesterday I was carding some alpaca wool out on the patio. I had a large bag of white alpaca given to me by Colette a little while ago and hadn't got around to doing anything with it.
It's obviously fascinating stuff :
but a little difficult to see properly.
Ah, that's better :
Going . . .
Going . . .
Jak, have you been messing with my wool?
. . . who, me??
At least if I know where he is I know he's not up to anything else! Now Jak, get those claws out and get that lot nicely carded for me.
He likes to spin as well :-
Have you ever tried spinning with a 2-ton cat on your lap?
His next lesson should be dyeing - watch this space!
I'm just adding a little post-script here - when I started spinning this wool, I realised it was a bit too "woolly" to be llama (which is a bit silky) and suspected it was probably alpaca instead. So tonight I confirmed it with Colette and have now changed all references of "llama wool" to "alpaca" . . . just in case you thought you'd imagined it!
It's obviously fascinating stuff :
but a little difficult to see properly.
Ah, that's better :
Going . . .
Going . . .
Jak, have you been messing with my wool?
. . . who, me??
At least if I know where he is I know he's not up to anything else! Now Jak, get those claws out and get that lot nicely carded for me.
He likes to spin as well :-
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| picture courtesy of Peter Murray - thanks Pete! |
Have you ever tried spinning with a 2-ton cat on your lap?
His next lesson should be dyeing - watch this space!
I'm just adding a little post-script here - when I started spinning this wool, I realised it was a bit too "woolly" to be llama (which is a bit silky) and suspected it was probably alpaca instead. So tonight I confirmed it with Colette and have now changed all references of "llama wool" to "alpaca" . . . just in case you thought you'd imagined it!
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