Fiber PHanatic

This is a 3 ply nearly sportweight yarn with 2 ply of Black Alpaca (Phineas from Four Pines Alpaca) and 1 of pink/blue/purple silk from ExclusivelyLindaLee.Etsy.com. Thank you two ladies for contributing to my spinning enjoyment. It came out to about 170 yards of lovely yarn though this picture isn't showing it for what it REALLY is. For those of you who are local - it will be down at the Valencia County Fair from Wed to Sunday. REALLY enjoying spinning Alpaca - some of the nicest fiber I've spun and Silk is right up there with it so this is the stuff spinning dreams are made of . IT is for sale but I have not priced it yet. Feel free to email me if you are interested.

This is the before and after shots of a felted purse I recently finished. It is knitted in the garter stitch (I finally learned how to decrease!) on size 8 circular needles. The yarn is Top of the Lamb from Brown Sheep Company (I LOVE their yarn). It is already sold and somewhere in California. I sure enjoyed knitting this purse. I am hoping to do another one for myself one of these days soon - probably not it red. The clasp is a black bead held on with a red bead. Not too shabby for my first purse.