Of no interest unless you like yarn. Or alpacas

[aerynea]

Today I bought 4 pounds of B cut from this alpaca It ran me $60 which is a little more than I wanted to pay but the color is amazing.

Of course, I had to teach Kevin how to card so I could spin when we got home, unhindered by making my own batts.  Man it is amazing how quickly this stuff spins up.

It's a little scratchy right now, thanks to the

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[keyl]

Personally, I just love alpacas.

So does my mum, strangely. I think she dreams of moving to the country and keeping alpacas, because they're just so cute.

When are you going to knit me something, hmm?

[aerynea]

you know. someday!

[raynbow]

oooh pretty pretty, that looks light enough that you could dye some of it up too.

btw, 6 days to SOAR.

[aerynea]

I am currently spinning it 50/50 with some of those mill ends I bought a while back. It's looking REALLY good, a light camel color. I want to do a Red Scarf project scarf though so I might dye it dark dark red.

[raynbow]

that sounds really nice! You can dye it as yarn or dye it as wool.

If you dye it before you spin it and try and make sure the dye *doesn't* take up evenly, you can probably spin it into a really pretty yarn with alot of color depth and subtlety.

[pickled_kitten]

ooooo! I may be interested in a few weeks once this job and moving stuff is all said and done. ^_^

[aerynea]

Let me know! Her stuff is raw and unprocessed but very very clean