Part of a winning team.

shawl_fullSpecial thanks to Van Waffle for taking the pictures in this post.

Back in November I took part in the Sheep to Shawl competition at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto.

My guild had two teams in the event this year. Team A was made up of the seasoned members who’ve done the competition for many years. Team B was made up of first timers and others who have been in the competition before. This was my first year in the competition, so I was on the second team.

There were ten teams in total with sixty people competing. It was awe inspiring to see that many weavers and spinners all going for glory!

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Playing around with the drum carder

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Alpaca and silk blend yarn, 15-16 WPI, 27g, 93 yards.

Last weekend I played with the new drum carder a bit.

Back in the summer we purchased a bit of white alpaca from a member of our spinning guild. We’ve washed about half of it already in small mesh laundry bags, getting maybe 50 – 60 grams per bag.

When we got it we noticed that the tips were pretty muddy and glued together. We hoped that this would come out in the wash.

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