Spinning Alpaca Yarns

Here’s the mobius scarf I recently made, along with links to other free knitted and crocheted mobius scarf patterns.

I knitted this simple yoga blanket for use in my yoga class. It’s small and convenient to carry and it cushions my knees, head or hips.

I’ve never seen a slouch hat pattern for the knifty knitter so decided to invent my own pattern. Here is the resulting slouch hat, with instructions.

Latest photos of new baby hats made on a knifty knitter, along with links to free knifty knitter patterns.

Slouch hats are all the rage and finding a slouch hat knitted pattern, similar to the slouch hat worn in the movie, Twilight, isn’t easy to do. Here are the slouch hat knitted patterns I found after several hours of searching the net. Most are free and 2 are from Etsy.com.

I bought this beautiful chunky baby alpaca yarn to knit my mom a prayer shawl for Mother’s Day. See the yarn and find out where to get this special prayer shawl knitted pattern.

I discovered this beautiful hand dyed alpaca silk yarn from Alpaca Direct and I’m using it to knit my mom this shawl pattern from the Lion Brand website.

Recently I was visiting Southern Oregon and stopped in at Websters in Ashland. Every time I go to see my parents, I
have to stop by this local yarn store and see what’s new. I was happy to see the store was teeming with customers - maybe buying yarn for Christmas projects? I found some wonderful [...]

I purchased this knitted beret pattern on Etsy.com and I’m making it with super soft alpaca yarn purchased at LLamas and Llambs in Jacksonville, Oregon.

I discovered a great book with dozens of patterns for just one skein of yarn. It includes several specifically calling for alpaca yarn and many patterns look easy enough for someone just learning to knit.