We've been talking alot about new spinners in our group- there are many beginning spinners there. I want to encourage a "newbies" to give spinning alpaca a try, especially if you want to your yarn to be thinner than you are currently spinning.
I especially love the way Maple of North Star Alpacas has her fiber processed into roving. It's really easy to split and draft from! We're giving away this beautiful 3 way swirl of burnt orange, sage and fire red. It should make for some gorgeous spinning!
Please visit NorthStarAlpacas today, find something you love, and come back here and write about it. We will give extra entries to those of you who use facebook/twitter to let everyone know about NorthStarAlpacas. We thank Maple for her generosity!
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I really like the
Alpaca Swirled Roving - Plum and Teal, it looks sooooo soft
The blue green alpaca/merino batt looks wonderful
The soft brown roving from JR is so beautiful!
I like the fun-handspun-alpaca-yarn-110-yards,I would like to take my spinning to that level some day.
Oh, that honeysuckle! You know I'm a sucker for all things PINK! :D
I just started spinning last summer and I love it! I had been buying wool cause it was cheaper but then I won some alpaca in a giveaway and I loved it! It is way easier to spin thinner with alpaca! I've only spun natural colored alpaca and I really love the orange and teal!
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I just love Nick's light brown alpaca fleece. If shipping to Canada wasn't so restrictive I could never resist!
I love the Alpaca Swirled Roving - Plum and Teal. I never would have thought of using the two colors together.
There are so many wonderful things to choose from. I keep getting tempted by those lovely socks! One of these days I'm going to give in and treat myself.
I read her Facebook posts each day, and love hearing about the new alpaca coming from the mills. Esp the multi-shaded rovings.
The white alpaca merino top looks luxurious!
I really like the colors in Alpaca Swirled Roving - Plum and Teal !
The "Black Alpaca Roving - 2 ounces - January PhatBox Contribution" is gorgeous. I have a true love for black alpaca!
I like the HandDyed Alpaca-Merino Roving - BurntOrange - SunYellow - Fuschia.
I like the alpaca merino roving in honeysuckle.
the Four Different Alpaca Roving Samples...this looks like a great way to see the colorations of the natural fiber!
Anna
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I like the Sun Yellow/Burnt orange roving- it looks so happy!
I am a newbie spinner, and would love to have anything from this farm! When I first looked at the page, the first thought I had was "They all look like flowers!" Considering I am in eastern PA, with snow/sleet/ice right now, it was so nice to see! My favorite is this one: http://www.etsy.com/listing/64020585/100-percent-handdyed-alpaca-roving-2 It looks like my favorite flower, iris.
I love the Michigan Grown Alpaca/Wool Socks. They look so warm and cozy!
I loved the bright colors in this roving http://www.etsy.com/listing/65703278/handdyed-alpaca-merino-roving
I'd stick with a goes-with-everything basic black alpaca roving. I've been looking to spin myself a sweater this year, and I would love to do so out of soft alpaca!
I am so into these colors lately - SunYellow and BurntOrange
I would love to spin...and maybe try dying the White Alpaca-Merino Top!
I like the CreamSicle Alpaca Batt. Looks so soft!
I love the sun yellow and burnt orange roving
Moe
My favorite is Alpaca Merino Top - Hand dyed - Home Grown, Princess colorway. It's beautiful!
Thanks for the giveaway!
I love this fiber! I just started spinning it to test one of my handmade spindles last night - spinners dream!
I love the alpaca merino roving you dyed blue and yellow that turned green! BEAUTFUL!
I love the color of the "HandDyed Alpaca-Merino Roving - BurntOrange - SunYellow - Fuschia ---2.2 ounces". So vibrant!
The HandDyed Alpaca-Merino Roving with the blue/white/yellow looks like fun!
The Hand dyed Hand spun Green Alpaca Yarn - 180 yards is what really caught my eye today. Beautiful.
OOOoooh, hand dyed alpaca roving in burnt orange, sun yellow & fuschia is sooo yummy!!! WANT!
-Miki
Both the Plum and Teal and the Salmon and Sky Blue NEED to find their way to me. Soon! Maple has the best fibers.
I love the Brown Suri Alpaca Bulky Handspun Yarn! Thank you for the wonderful opportunity!
* Fun Handspun Alpaca Yarn - 110 yards
is the most awesome clours and the twist looks fun and varied
if it's alpaca... i'm in love! (no matter the colorway)
Mmmmm...love the brown and white alpaca swirl. :)
There is nothing better for spinning than Maple's roving! I love the natural swirl roving - http://www.etsy.com/listing/65981359/100-percent-alpaca-roving-brown-and but she also has some baby alpaca roving that I would really love to try!
I like the Alpaca - Merino White Yarn - 250 yards - Free Hat Pattern. BONUS!!! :)
I've never tried alpaca in a roving before. I like the alpaca swirled roving in Plum and Teal.
Oh the gorgeous shades of pink in the Honeysuckle roving. Love it! Never can resist pink. :-)
I've bought several colors from Maple and must say I just love spinning her alpaca. What caught my eye today was the alpaca/merino blend in BurntOrange - SunYellow - Fuschia.
The intensity of the colors is so beautiful. In fact, I'd better just hop over and buy some!
Baby Alpaca and Bamboo Roving sounds soooo soft...I want to try that!
i think my favorites are the raw alpaca fleeces! i can do so much with them!
While I've been spinning for a few years now, I've never tried prepared alpaca. It's all so lovely. I adore the natural browns and gray and the swirled brown and white.
the white Alpaca marino top looks warm and cosy!
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I likes Gunny's fleece. Looks like it would make a nice heathered yarn and I've never spun Alpaca, so that would be interesting. :)
Alpaca Swirled Roving Plum and Teal - stunning and beautiful! I love both colors but would not have mixed them, genious!
I love the Plum and Teal Swirled Alpaca roving.
I love the alpaca mohair handspun yarn... such a lovely combination of colors!
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I love the Black Alpaca Roving, I just love natural colored fiber with such intense color.
I love the natural beauty of the Black Alpaca Roving - 2 ounces - January PhatBox Contribution
Just added giveaway link to my Facebook status :)
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I like the fact that she offers raw alpaca the most. There's just something about raw alpaca that I think is just so much fun to work with.
http://www.etsy.com/listing/65783699/alpaca-and-merino-roving-22-ounces
I love the colors in this.
Love the Plum and Teal Swirled Alpaca :)
Thanks!
Alpaca Swirled Roving - Plum and Teal looks so yummy!
What beautiful fibers! I love the rich color of the Soft Brown Alpaca Roving from JR - only 4 ounces left.
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Mmm alpacas! Beautiful Baby Alpaca Roving - 2 ounces sounds absolutely delish and would be fun to spin up!
my favs are the october phat batt, Natural Black Alpaca and Silk Roving in Magic and the Wool Alpaca FireStar Batts
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