Spinning Alpaca Yarns

There’s something about living in Texas that gets into your heart. It took me a long time, but I’ve come to appreciate the life and the people in Texas.

It isn’t what happens to you in life, or in knitting, that really matters, it’s how you handle it that is the most important thing. My life and my knitting has gone off track lately but all I can do is unravel, go back and start over with a more positive attitude.

JCheck your banking and credit card statement frequently. In the past month, my debit card number was stolen and my credit card number, from the same bank. Luckily I saw the charge on the debit card and called the bank. They immediately canceled the card and sent me a new one.

I found this cute baby alpaca video on Youtube. It’s about a baby alpaca’s first day.

This is a nice news story about a family who raises alpacas.

This poem about weaving and life is by B.M. Franklin

Some of the latest photos of life with our pets in Texas

I’m new to knitting but this baby blanket pattern is very easy and any beginner could do it.

We’re looking for the perfect place in Texas to raise alpacas. I’m picturing rolling green meadows with wildflowers and trees and wide open spaces. We’re finding the wildflowers all right but so far the properties we’ve looked at are also full of fire ants, thistles and junk piles. We started our search for this place [...]

I found this great video from AlpacaDirect.com which explains how to use a drop spindle to create alpaca yarn.