Farm Raised Yarn
$15.00
This yarn is hand dyed with local plants. It is a dark tan/light brown.
A small 8 acre farm tucked away into the hills of Escondido just outside San Diego county has given birth to my dreams. Here I give hospice to a small herd of alpacas and Navajo churro sheep.
Navajo churros are the best fiber sheep for the area. They are tolerant of the heat and woody terrain while producing beautiful long fibers that the Navajo people would traditionally use for the their handwoven rugs.
To give an even softer hand, it is combined with the fleece of my suri alpacas. Alpaca fleece is incredibly soft with the suri variety having a silken like feel.
Fiber Content: about 50%wool 50% alpaca
Put-up: 50 g // 40 yards
The local fiber mill calls this ‘chunky’ but seems more like a worsted width to me.
A small 8 acre farm tucked away into the hills of Escondido just outside San Diego county has given birth to my dreams. Here I give hospice to a small herd of alpacas and Navajo churro sheep.
Navajo churros are the best fiber sheep for the area. They are tolerant of the heat and woody terrain while producing beautiful long fibers that the Navajo people would traditionally use for the their handwoven rugs.
To give an even softer hand, it is combined with the fleece of my suri alpacas. Alpaca fleece is incredibly soft with the suri variety having a silken like feel.
Fiber Content: about 50%wool 50% alpaca
Put-up: 50 g // 40 yards
The local fiber mill calls this ‘chunky’ but seems more like a worsted width to me.