Last year I processed some of Captain Cavalier, my dark fawn male. He has a bit of a reddish tone to his fiber. It is quite beautiful. And he is cute as you can see.
The roving I had made I mixed with 50% merino in begonia (pink). I had spun some into a fine strand.
One day at Peaceful Knitters I met Joyce. She loves to knit socks on her vintage sock machine and invited me over to take a look. It was a beautiful piece of machinery. She knew all the ins and outs of its operations. We tried a commercially processed alpaca fiber first and it broke one of her needles. So we thought maybe a thinner hand spun would work. I sent some home with her and she knitted up these awesome socks. One is ribbed and the other not. She knitted both with 1 strand alpaca/merino and 1 strand of lycra. Lycra will help the socks to stay up and not slide down to my ankle.
I have worn them a couple of times. I am curious to see how my hand spun is going to hold up. The socks are super soft and comfy. My toes will be nice and warm this winter!
The roving I had made I mixed with 50% merino in begonia (pink). I had spun some into a fine strand.
One day at Peaceful Knitters I met Joyce. She loves to knit socks on her vintage sock machine and invited me over to take a look. It was a beautiful piece of machinery. She knew all the ins and outs of its operations. We tried a commercially processed alpaca fiber first and it broke one of her needles. So we thought maybe a thinner hand spun would work. I sent some home with her and she knitted up these awesome socks. One is ribbed and the other not. She knitted both with 1 strand alpaca/merino and 1 strand of lycra. Lycra will help the socks to stay up and not slide down to my ankle.
They look great. I had a knitter make a pair of lovely socks out of my handspun Alpaca then...they accidently made it into the washer and dryer. Beyond felting and tears. Then a major whole in the foot and because of the felting there was no way to repair. ARGH!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your socks...and don't do what I did.
Now that IS exciting!
ReplyDeleteMmmm, I can only imagine how incredible handspun alpaca socks must feel!!
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Oh, they are very comfy looking!
ReplyDeleteThey look wonderful, a beautiful colour and all soft and squishy
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