Of alpaca fleece, not black wool. Ha. There is an alpaca farm 20 minutes from here (we visited not long ago). I requested fiber and the owner contacted me and said she had some! So we went over and I selected three colors so I could experiment with color and spinning. So excited!! It is raw blanket (the fiber sheared from the back of the alpaca), and from animals whose fleece has won blue ribbons in competition. Yes, I know their names: Dawnabella, Sugar Plum, and Aimee. Squee. Interesting fact: alpaca fiber is not covered in lanolin, so I will wash it, but I don’t have to scour it like I would for wool or mohair (and worry about temperature getting too low and the lanolin redepositing on the fiber).

I have other projects to finish first, though, before I can play. #Motivation