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projects - from fibre to finished article!

Alpaca Beret
Pattern: Meret (Mystery Beret) by Woolly Wormhead
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1. Baby alpaca fleece from Alandale Alpacas
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4. 2-ply, aran-weight ombré yarn
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2. Fleece sorted into ten separate colours, drumcarded and dizzed off into rovings.
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Beret top
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3. First single - fibre spun from darkest shade through to lightest shade
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Beret brim
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Toddler's Sweater
Pattern: Agyness by Justyna Lorkowska
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1. VERY bright space-dyed faux cashmere!
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2. Roving split into different colour groups
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3. Fake cashmere blended with ingeo corn on a blending board and pulled off as rolags
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4. Spinning one of three singles
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5. The yarn ... 3-ply fingering weight
6.  Small amounts of kettle-dyed faux cashmere, blended with ingeo corn and spun into 3-ply yarn for the stripes in the sweater.
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Alpaca Shawl
Pattern: Miss Bennett Wrap by Paulina Popiolek
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Alpaca "Three Supremes" (superfine alpaca, Merino and mulberry silk) from John Arbon
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Spun into a 2-ply, light-fingering weight yarn
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The finished shawl
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