life... on the farm: Blue N Tucker 3 in 1

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Blue N Tucker 3 in 1

My 3 skeins of yarn for the Blue N Tucker Ear Flap hat.

They worked out how I planned. Just over 2 ounces of solid blue, just over 4 of blue and grey and just over 6 of grey. With over 12 ounces total, I should get 2 hats out of these skeins.

2 comments:

Linda said...: Lovely. Can't wait to see the hats.; February 29, 2012 at 8:44 PM
Kathryn Ray said...: Finally catching up on your posts... I'm ashamed that I was quite a ways behind. ;-/

I don't think I realized that you were only spinning home grown, flicked fiber. The roving must have been quite a fun experience. ;-) Roving is my favorite to spin from.; March 1, 2012 at 10:25 AM

The Adventure of a Lifetime

Our farming adventure began with the purchase of 3 alpacas in the fall of 2007. This eventually grew to an alpaca farm that birthed 23 cria. While we averaged 20 alpacas on a farm at any given time, we hit a peek of over 30 alpacas. We were involved in every aspect of alpaca farming: from breeding decisions, birthing, to attending alpaca shows, and shearing our own alpacas along with making product from their luscious fiber (hand spinning yarn and knitting product). We participated in 24 alpaca shows, and became very involved in the alpaca community.

In 2013 we added hair sheep to our farm.

Throughout this process we continued to tweak and revise our business plan. Our business plan evolved over time, and in 2013 it became clear that our goal was to raise grass fed animals for human consumption. While the initial plan was for this to go along side of alpaca farming, we slowly came to the conclusion our adventure was going to take us somewhere else.

In 2013 we began to sell off our alpaca herd to begin our new adventure with grass fed sheep and cattle.

Our adventure is still unfolding, so please, join us in our adventure of a lifetime as our journey unfolds.

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