Suri Alpaca Fiber has become quite popular for use by doll makers that use it as doll hair. See Using Suri Fiber for Doll Hair. Pictured are below are dolls made by some of our my favorite doll makers with suri fiber from our very own alpacas. Enjoy our Doll Makers – Customer Gallery! Sofie … Read more
I gets lots of orders for Suri Fiber from doll makers all over the world, that use this natural fiber as doll hair. This doll’s name is Zeina and her reroot was done by Belén de la Morena at DCBE Handmade in Valladolid, Spain. Not being a doll maker myself, I had to do some research. … Read more
I try to find a use for every grade of alpaca fiber, even short fiber or more robust fiber from older alpacas. Alpaca Fiber Wreaths are my latest idea. Find out how! Recently I had a special order for one of these wreaths and the customer wanted “peacock colors”. I started by gathering together small amounts … Read more
Ohio’s fiber farmers are opening their barn doors to you! Drive from farm–to-farm through beautiful Ohio, visiting with fiber animals, including alpacas, sheep and goats! Meet the farmers who bring you Ohio-grown fiber for knitting, weaving and felting. Shop for luxurious handspun and dyed yarns and hand-made fiber gifts. … Read more
Nervous as I might have been about whether I am teacher material or not, the first of our Fiber Art Classes here at our NEW farm and fiber studio, was a fun one!
Everyone seemed to have a good time …
… learned something new …
… and went away with some completed, needle felted Christmas items!
I was one of the vendors at the Easton Farmers Market that was featured in Columbus Monthly magazine! The Alpaca Cat Toys referenced in the article are actually felted, not knit. They are very simple and fun to make and I sell lots of them! If you are interested in making some yourself, I offer kits … Read more
Today is Thursday, we sheared on Monday. I just now feel recovered! At any rate, shearing day is behind us! Preparing for shearing day is always extremely helpful. I dare say it’s a must. Whether you are shearing your alpacas yourself, or a helper, shearing day is hard work and very tiring. That being said, … Read more