One of the things my MIL and I bond over is yarn work. Â We both enjoy knitting and crocheting. Â She also spins and while she was visiting we arranged to visit an old friend of hers who is in the business of fiber arts. Â I tell you, there is a whole world beyond just yarn. Â Â It’s completely fascinating!
Peg has a gorgeous farm where she raises llamas, sheep, and angora bunnies. Â She also grows veg and flowers for the farmers markets. Â Plus she has a shop called Friends In Fiber on Etsy where she and her business partner sell yarn they dye and spin. Â Where she has the time to breath, I don’t know. Â So it was very lovely she and her husband took the afternoon to show us round.
There were two llamas but this llama was hilarious. Â It kept marching back and forth, looking imperiously down it’s nose at us.
I learned so much about the different fibers that can be spun. Â Yak and camel are incredibly soft and when you blend it with silk, stand back. Â And, of course, they can be spun with your everyday wool.
I wanted to do something special for my MIL and I had bought a Jane Austin Knits magazine which have some gorgeous patterns inspired by Jane Austin books. Â She picked out the pattern called Mary’s Scarf which was a lace pattern.
To make it more special I asked Peg what yarn she spun would work for the pattern. Â It was a lot of fun for all three of us to go through the yarn and various colours. Â And, here’s the best part, Peg took the skein and make put it in a ball for me. Â You know, the neat and tidy square that doesn’t roll away at the most inconvenient moment!
The huge shocker for me was I was able to knit the scarf in less than a week. Â Not sure how I pulled that off but I did, in time for my MIL to fly home it with her.
I loved this yarn with the colours of a deep ocean. Â I am completely hooked with fibers art and I got positively giddy when I found Peg gives spinning lessons! Â My Christmas list is starting to get interesting. Â 🙂
