Tag: alpaca

• Wordless Wednesday: Charcoal Alpaca

   

  madgeface

  May 11, 2016

  inspiration, knitting

  alpaca, yarn

• Cowl Kick, Pricing Finished Knits

  I’ve been on a cowl design and making kick after spending a couple months working on a Exeter cabled sweater. I can’t stop with the cowls now – they’re quick, easy projects that give me near-instant gratification. The cowl kick started at the end of the sweater project. For about 2 years now I’ve been trying,…

  madgeface

  April 15, 2016

  craft, knitting

  alpaca, etsy, knit design, pricing, wool

• The Yarn Office, The Post Office, and Fleece Washing

  Over the last week or so, I’ve been super-busy. My knitting friends have been encouraging me for a long time (trust me: for at least a year) to start a shop, if not a brick-and-mortar yarn shop, then a shop on etsy, or really, someplace online. A brick-and-mortar yarn shop seems like a pretty high…

  madgeface

  November 2, 2011

  craft, wool

  alpaca, craft business, fleece, handspun yarn, how to, small business, the yarn office

• Catching Up: Shenandoah Valley Fiber Fest

  For once I have too much to write about: SVFF, natural dye projects, the sweater I’m knitting out of my own handspun yarn, roller derby, and probably some other things I’m forgetting about. I’m planning on posting more about all of this stuff, particularly the natural dying (madder, mushrooms, pokeberry & bittersweet), but I’ve been…

  madgeface

  October 25, 2011

  craft, knitting, natural dye, spinning, wool

  alpaca, fiber festival, fleece, handspun yarn, svff