Posts Tagged "alpaca"
Summer – New Yarn
Roubaix Wool’s new yarn “Summer” Okay, summer is over but Sweet Summer and a few of her friends have donated their fabulous wool to this new yarn and it’s SWEET! Ingredients 80% CVM/Romeldale wool – fine – rare – homegrown 10% Kid Mohair – fine – not so rare – homegrown 10% alpaca – fine – not so rare – Minnesota grown Some naturally dyed with Marigold flowers . Other skeins where kettle dyed such as Deep Water blue. And a whole bunch is still in their natural color of winter white with hints of warm browns and soft grays throughout. Details 2- ply fingering to light sport wt. soft, squishy,...
Read MoreShimmering Silver pin drafted roving
Shimmering Silver pin-drafted roving fresh from the mill and ready to be spun! CVM-Romeldale fine wool blended with naturally colored kid mohair and white alpaca. Light and airy – soft and summery. I’m thinking lace knitting – socks or shawl? Or cabled Barn Owl Cowl. Or… maybe a cardigan for sale on Etsy
Read MoreTallgrass – a prairie shawl
summer is over the bugs and humidity are leaving! farmers are harvesting beans and the prairie grasses are turning brown. fall is in the air – it’s time to think about knitting! Tallgrass – a new ROUBAIX WOOL pattern might be just the right project to start. lace and cables twist together to create the perfect fall wrap. knit with “Prairie” a warm sport wt. cvm/alpaca yarn grown here on Winterwind Farm and spun at Dakota Fiber Mill in close by North Dakota. wrap yourself up in this warm shawl and settle in to watch the dazzling colors of autumn begin. the Tallgrass pattern and Prairie yarn are for sale on Etsy I think you will enjoy...
Read MoreCarpathian…
Carpathian – where does that word come from? it is a mountain range in Central and Eastern Europe full of wolves and bears, thermal waters and deep forests sounds beautiful! and so is this! the Carpathian Sweater dog models Mad Dog and Hopeful are beautiful too but wowzer that sweater is nice! a blue sky alpaca pattern by designer Vladimira Ilkovicova knit in a Roubaix Wool yarn called “Cloud” a winterwind farm yarn made of 65% CVM wool, 20% Cormo wool and 15% angora
Read MoreHayes, MTM and Cluck
super model MTM wearing the Brooklyn Tweed Hayes by Julie Hoover MTM is styling in Hayes and the sporty new Cluck! Crazy Hairy looking good in Hayes knit in Drift by Roubaix Wool CVM/angora/alpaca – lovely!
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