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Alpaca Fiber
sorting, sorting, sorting
beautiful clean skirted fiber ready to wash & dye, card and spin!
Fiber for sale...raw and cleaned any quanity
Cindy 760-949-8324
Raw fiber sales clean sorted fiber choose from 3 inch length or 5-6 inch length, low micron cria fleece or bold crimpy fleece contact me for what colors are available. I have no black or gray.
so now you have raw fleece what are you going to do with it?
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wash the fleece do not agate or it will felt...soak and squeeze. Use Dawn dish soap and warm water let the fleece set, squeeze it change water do it again until the water becomes clear. Set the fleece out to dry.
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card the fiber so all the fiber runs the same direction, this helps get out some of the vegetation.
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spin the fleece into yarn with a drop spindle or a spinning wheel
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knit or crochet your yarn.
Kool aid dyeing
this is so fun to see what you come up with and then mix at carding time, oh so beautiful fiber!
Things you will need:
Alpaca fiber or wool
1 package of unsweetened drink mix per ounce of yarn
Microwave-safe dish
2 Teaspoons of vinegar, and some water
What to do:
Empty your packages of Kool-Aid mix into your microwave-safe dish with some
water. [no sugar!] Stir to dissolve. Put your fiber in the dish and enough water
to cover it, add 2 spoons of vinegar. Use less Kool-Aid for lighter colors, more
for darker colors.
Place your fiber-filled dish in the microwave and cook on high for two minutes.
Let the fiber rest and cool for a few minutes, then zap it again for another two
minutes. You'll know your yarn is ready when the water is mostly clear. [This
means the yarn should have absorbed all the dye.] If the water is not clear,
heat it again> then cool.
When the fiber has cooled, rinse it thoroughly in water the same temperature as
the fiber [shocking fiber with cold water could cause it to felt].
Wash the fiber gently in mild soap, rinse again and lay it out to dry.
Yes> it’s as easy as that! Get even more beautiful colors by mixing different
Flavors!
What fibers to use:
Kool-Aid dyeing works only on animal fibers: wool, mohair, alpaca -- even human
hair!
You can also dye roving and yarn to great effect with this method.
You can also card and spin a few colors together once they're dry.
You'll feel like an artist in no time!
Kool Aid dyed orange turned out well.
While carding a little mistake of left over blue mixed with the pink took me to a whole new level of mixing the colors...what do you think....so many possibilities!
Dawn inspired me to make this yarn, a lovely Swiss Miss two ply (first two ply), it made a lovely hat for a sick gentle man.
A little fun making alpaca wrapped soaps
This beginner yarn won 1st place at a Halloween art yarn contest! I think my girl friend invented the contest for me....what do you think of the yarn?
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Delta Ceramcoat Acrylic Paint
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Paintbrushes
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White paper plates
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Scissors
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Pencil
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Hot glue gun