Lisa Rose carding alpaca fleece at a recent Bethel Woods Alpaca Festival.Turning Alpaca Fleece To Wool
Spinning and carding washed alpaca fiber (fleece) to wool and then knitting her favorite "Felted Pocketbooks" has been a special hobby of Kenoza Lake's Lisa Rose for the past year and eventually she plans on setting up her own business.
Lisa was part of the 9th annual Alpaca festival display and demonstrations at the Harvest Festival September 6 at Bethel Woods .......her love and enthusiasm for what she was doing was very evident.
She noted that the steps prior to spinning included washing the fiber, rinsing the fiber, drying the fiber, picking to remove plant matter, carding the fiber (this is simply untangling the fiber), spinning the fiber and then spinning into multiple plys, winding the yarn off the bobbin, tie off the skein, soaking in hot water, soak rinse with a little vinegar (the vinegar removes the soap residue and gives the wool a cleaner smell), snap to set yarn, hang yarn to air dry, wind the yarn into a ball and then you can knit, crochet or weave into the product of your choice.
Ms. Rose creatively hand-spins and hand-cards most of her yarn and she works with both washed and raw fiber.
She noted that most times she uses the wool to knit various items and that there is specific yarn for specific projects and this is all determined by the yarns thickness.
The Alpaca Festival also included exhibits that featured live alpacas and the history of alpaca farming. Various spinners and weavers demonstrated how the fiber is made and a boutique offered scarves, shawls, gloves, hats, jackets, dresses, skirts, sweaters and teddy bears.
All in all a very interesting and learning experience for the thousands attending this event.
Spinning and carding washed alpaca fiber (fleece) to wool and then knitting her favorite "Felted Pocketbooks" has been a special hobby of Kenoza Lake's Lisa Rose for the past year and eventually she plans on setting up her own business.
Lisa was part of the 9th annual Alpaca festival display and demonstrations at the Harvest Festival September 6 at Bethel Woods .......her love and enthusiasm for what she was doing was very evident.
She noted that the steps prior to spinning included washing the fiber, rinsing the fiber, drying the fiber, picking to remove plant matter, carding the fiber (this is simply untangling the fiber), spinning the fiber and then spinning into multiple plys, winding the yarn off the bobbin, tie off the skein, soaking in hot water, soak rinse with a little vinegar (the vinegar removes the soap residue and gives the wool a cleaner smell), snap to set yarn, hang yarn to air dry, wind the yarn into a ball and then you can knit, crochet or weave into the product of your choice.
Ms. Rose creatively hand-spins and hand-cards most of her yarn and she works with both washed and raw fiber.
She noted that most times she uses the wool to knit various items and that there is specific yarn for specific projects and this is all determined by the yarns thickness.
The Alpaca Festival also included exhibits that featured live alpacas and the history of alpaca farming. Various spinners and weavers demonstrated how the fiber is made and a boutique offered scarves, shawls, gloves, hats, jackets, dresses, skirts, sweaters and teddy bears.
All in all a very interesting and learning experience for the thousands attending this event.
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