Spinning Yarn Rocks!

Autumn Greetings to all! Indiana is experiencing a very strange autumn, indeed. Cold, wet, only an occassional blue sky. We keep waiting for that crisp, sunny fall weather we look forward to. On the other hand, these guys don't seem to mind.


Meet El Vaquero. I just spun the yarn and knitted Peter a winter hat from his fiber. It's beautiful, soft, bulky, very warm. Vaquero is my passive-friendly fellow. He's the first one to come to greet you, but will run quickly if you try to pet him. He likes Peter the best, and will tolerate me.

Meet Cirrus. He my gentle fellow. Cirrus's fiber is baby soft and I love to bury my hands in his fleece. Cirrus is my special needs fella, due to blindness in one eye. It doesn't stop him, as he follows the others around, and is the first one in the barn for feed pellets at night. I am spinning Cirrus's fiber right now, and it is veryyyyy soft. His is the only fiber I will dye, perhaps some muted colors for baby items.
Lastly, meet Maximillion, or Max. I call him Groucho Marx in reverse! His hum is the most comical, and he is a very calm fellow, especially friendly when the basket is being filled with new hay. I have yet to spin Max's fiber, but that will come soon enough. (When my son Matt is home from college, he greets the pacas with a mimiced Max hum that is right on!)

I just ordered an Anderson Originals Kitten Drum Carder. When I have tried it, I will post how it went. My spinning wheel is a Lendrum and I love it. It is so smooth and easy to operate. I need to order a jumbo head assembly, though, for plying. I am such a fledgling in the spinning world, my only wish is that I had started in this hobby when I was much younger! So much to knit, so little time!