Norsk Needlework: at Home

Monday, June 8, 2015

It is all about ALPACA and OWLS

Spring Shear in Terrebonne at Crescent Moon Ranch

3 colors of Cria I came home with!!!! All the bags have the names on them!

This is Cria (baby Alpaca) softer than you can imagine!!
My weaving/spinning guilds were invited to spin at
Crescent Moon Alpaca ranch in Terrebonne Oregon. It is a
festival with the shearing + a great barbecue ,proceeds to go
to Veterans Buddies, service dogs. Live music too!
So, I and all my friends spun under the trees in lovely shade.
It got up to 92 degrees! The best part is we were given some of
the older alpaca from last year. I had never spun with 100%
alpaca before, right off the animal. My friend Jeanette (below)
showed me how to grab some locks, comb off the tips to open
them up and spin away. Couldn't have been easier. It was
amazingly clean. I had a few seeds, grass and sand in my lap
after spinning. You can see my results above.
Right now you can follow the link above and buy the fleece or finished
sweaters, coats, scarfs, socks + in their store!

Me with my black new alpaca

Jeanette, my great teacher Spinning sooo fine!

Jeanette's gorgeous alpaca

Barbara spinning

Michele and more friends

More of the guild members having fun in the sun/ shade

Cria ready to shear, she is about 9 months old

Stretched out to hold her still

Lovingly held the whole time!

being sheared

Such a darling sheared Cria

Good meal before and after the shear

Love the look of the graceful neck after shearing

More moms and babies (my black Clarabell in center)

Hanging out after shearing

This is the black mom whose fleece I am spinning
with her rusty colored baby

So... after we were thoroughly cooked (92 degrees at the end of the

afternoon) we had a rootbeer float and went home. HAPPY!!!

A young visitor Ava, learned to spin and did soooo well!!!

Now for the OWLS... We are sooo lucky. We had a

family of Great Horned Owls move into our lower back

pasture, by the irrigation pond. I think they are eating the

many frogs! They have been here for a week and I am

enjoying them every day.

Mom the first day

2 babies the second day

more of the babies at sunset

How fluffy the babies are! Short "horns"

Every evening I keep following the owls around and they

are so used to me they don't fly away anymore! Love them.

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Market Day in Prineville/ Great Success!!!

All 50 booths were sold! Great variety of fiber/ yarn
/ books/ weaving &
spinning tools and more! People came from all over the states of
Oregon and Washington to little Prineville (pop 2000 something!)

My booth Norsk Needlework
I had my sweaters, caps, mittens for patterns, my new
weaving products for sale... and I remembered the original sign from
my actual shop in Wyoming, painted by my dad.. 40+ years old!!!
Quite a few people signed up to take a "Glitten" knitting class!
Anyone interested be sure to call or e-mail me: cindy@norskneedlework.com
See the glittens above on the left of the "Mitten tree"

My friend Michele's Frolic Fibers

She harvests the fiber from her Angora goats and sheep,
washes, cards, dyes, and spins beautiful art yarns
She was also in charge of this whole great show. If I was tired
I think she was more so! But did such a wonderful job!!!
She even had a cart for coffees and a barbecue site for lunch!

Bad Boys Barbecue LLC
This was the tastiest!!! ever!!!!
I had beef brisket sandwich and fresh asparagus!!!

Hand dyed from her Angora goats

special spinning of the fiber

Toots Le Blanc and Co.

sweater from her alpaca yarn

example of her woven alpaca/ I want to try this gorgeous pattern!!!
Her yarns are all natural and just fabulous!! I want to get
some angora (the bunny kind!)

Crooked River Alpacas

from Crooked River Ranch just north of us here in Redmond

wonderful yarn and products

Leslie Hanson with her Crooked River angora products.

Cindy's Treasures
she has angora Rabbits! so gorgeous and soft!!!
from Chalis Washington

My Weaving guild Central Oregon Spinning and Weaving

all these things were on sale from my guild

same guild/ excellent weaving!!!

Guard of the Alpacas!!! Love him, he was so friendly to me!
looks like Mac and Annie's brother!!

His Alpaca's to guard

Sweet little alpaca's kids were allowed to pet!
There are a whole lot of Alpaca's around here! This
fiber is available to me for the first time.

Lovely products made from above Alpacas!

Desert song alpacas Sisters Oregon, Marlene Baldock

Eugene Textile center/ they brought nearly the whole store!
I was really impressed. They have a full line of everything needed
for weaving, spinning and everything else!

Fiber and books!!

My friends spinning at the info booth
Note Diane's gorgeous Sirkler sweater
I kept pointing her out as my model!!!

My ANWAG spinning guild people having fun!!
too bad I was too busy to join them this time.

I was so exhausted after this day, and of course

setting up Friday. I had to come home and take a nap!

It was so much fun. I met so many wonderful people and saw

so many fiber products!!! This year was fantastic!!

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Spring Lambs and prep for our "High Desert Wool Growers Fiber Market"

My friend Michele Long has 27 new babies and only half are here.
Such fun holding and playing with them.We had a nice warm
sunny day. I also got to see her art yarns she is working up for
the show. She will have lots of yarn and roving. I am sharing
a booth with her and we will be right inside the door. I will have of
course my knitting patterns and 4 Norwegian linen and wool teppe.
I just finished weaving them only need to hem the ends. Also some
mug rugs from the samplings.