An explanation of common yarn and fabric treatments and techniques:dyed in the wool, fully fashioned, mercerized, superwash, virgin wool, worsted vs. woolen, yarn dyed.
Archive for February, 2009
Cool to Know: Mysterious Yarn and Fabric Descriptions
Posted in Cool to Know, Fiber Arts on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If Only Alpaca Breeding Were Math
Posted in Alpaca Life and Musings, Breeding and Reproduction, Information for Alpaca Breeders, tagged alpaca, breeding, gender, genetics on February 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One breeder’s musings on how unpredictable alpaca breeding results can be.
“A Rose By Any Other Name…
Posted in Alpaca Industry and Business, Alpaca Life and Musings, Information for Alpaca Breeders, tagged alpaca, breeding, cria, herdsires, marketing, naming on February 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thing to consider when choosing an alpaca name and why this is so important to your business and the value of the animal.
More Lessons from the Coach Tote
Posted in Alpaca Industry and Business, Information for Alpaca Breeders on February 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I’ll admit, I was well pleased after finishing my last post, What A Coach Tote Taught Me about the Alpaca Biz. But as I was preparing to box up the tote and wrap it, my thoughts went back to the scene in the store and my train of thought started to meander down a different [...]
What a Coach Tote Taught Me about the Alpaca Biz
Posted in Alpaca Industry and Business, Information for Alpaca Breeders on February 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Over President’s Day Weekend, I had to run out to the mall to pick up a gift. It was the weekend and I expected it to be packed. Quite the contrary. As I walked down the sidewalk, I noticed many of the stores had closed , their windows displaying “Lease Available” signs instead of merchandise. [...]
Alpacas and Llamas in WSJ: Could Alpacas Cure Cancer?
Posted in Alpaca News, Information for Alpaca Breeders on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Could this be the face that cures what ails you? As if providing clothing, comfort, company , and in some countries – food – for their caretakers weren’t enough, the Wall Street Journal published an intriguing article on the current research into alpaca and llama antibodies as potential treatments for various diseases such as cancer [...]
Offsetting Bad Memory in Alpaca Knits
Posted in Fiber Arts, tagged alpaca, blending fibers, hand knit, knitting, memory, prevent stretching, slip stitch on February 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hints on how to offset stretching and memory issues when knitting with alpacas.
What’s the Big Deal about a Typey Head?
Posted in Alpaca Industry and Business, Breeding and Reproduction, Information for Alpaca Breeders, tagged alpaca, alpaca blog, breed standard, camelid, judging, llama, typey head on February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Reasons why a typey and well formed head matters in alpaca showing.
Chocolate and Alpacas
Posted in Recipes on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Every now and then, we get a really quiet period of time when everything seems to be running smoothly, the weather is beautiful and sunny, and I can actually spend an hour or so sitting on the deck, watching my alpacas happily graze away. It doesn’t happen often, which is why I really like to [...]
Field Trip to Yocom-McColl: Interpreting that Histogram Report
Posted in Fiber, Information for Alpaca Breeders, tagged AFD, alpaca, curvature, CV, fiber, histogram, micron, SD, spin fineness, standard deviation, Yocom-McColl on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Alpaca blog post covering a field trip to the measurement lab, Yocom-McColl in Denver, CO and the terms on an alpaca histogram explained: AFD, SD, CV, % over 30, spin fineness, curvature.
