projects - from fibre to finished article!

Alpaca Beret
Pattern: Meret (Mystery Beret) by Woolly Wormhead

1. Baby alpaca fleece from Alandale Alpacas

4. 2-ply, aran-weight ombré yarn

2. Fleece sorted into ten separate colours, drumcarded and dizzed off into rovings.

Beret top

3. First single - fibre spun from darkest shade through to lightest shade

Beret brim

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Toddler's Sweater
Pattern: Agyness by Justyna Lorkowska

1. VERY bright space-dyed faux cashmere!

2. Roving split into different colour groups

3. Fake cashmere blended with ingeo corn on a blending board and pulled off as rolags

4. Spinning one of three singles

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

Alpaca "Three Supremes" (superfine alpaca, Merino and mulberry silk) from John Arbon

Spun into a 2-ply, light-fingering weight yarn

The finished shawl