Saturday, June 23, 2007

Fiber Haul

In which our heroine attends a rummage sale and comes across vast quantities of alpaca fleece


The sign said alpaca fleeces for $5 a bag. I asked the nice young lady if any were left, and how large the bags were. These were 30 gallon trash bags, and did I want the white, brown, or black? Yes please.

Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full.



A closeup of the white fleece:



The brown is a lovely cinnamon, which for some reason the camera is rejecting. There is no grey in there in real life.


More fibery closeups:



And the black is breathtaking.



Even the guard hairs are pretty! But out they must come.


So concludes this chapter.

7 comments:

cpurl17 said...

Fabulous find!!

Anonymous said...

that's a fantastic find! what are you going to do with it all? I think you need to find a drum carder at a rummage sale next. As you're the Spinning Rummage Queen, I don't put it past you.

Yarnista said...

The fiber is beautiful. Thank you for the comment on my scarf.

shiarah said...

Oh! *swoon* Beautiful fiber!

Anonymous said...

My monitor has finger prints all over it from fondling your fleeces.
Wonky Mom

Anonymous said...

Blimey! That black is outta sight. Your photography skillz are not too shabby either.

saradippity said...

I am fainting with envy.

That's like the end of a fabulous romance novel, only without the man 'cause hey, who needs 'em anyway?