At the end of February, David Smith wrote:
Enjoyed your blog. Where do you have your alpacas?
I have 6 alpacas here in Huntsville.
Hope to see you in next weekend at the show. I will be showing one or my alapacas.

He is referring to the the Southern Select alpaca show which was held recently in the area. I’ve been busy, so I basically ignored it. I’m still feeling set back by my trip to Wisconsin, although things around here are starting to feel caught up – except spring is happening. Our alpacas are on a farm in south-central Tennessee. They are for sale if anybody is interested.

On March 1, Sarah and Jody both commented on my onion dome hat. Sarah suggested a pattern that looks rather interesting.

Thank you both for the comments. I think that hat turned out rather well. I have another one in progress – although right now it’s starting to look wide enough to be a sombrero. I’m on the decreases, so I should have pictures soon.

On March 12, Jody commented again, this time about my scarf. She wrote:
Thats really beautiful…I like that crotchet stitch. I usually don’t use crotchet, just knitting.

Thank you, Jody. I, too, think that scarf turned out very well. I’m really proud of myself because I “invented” the stitch – although more accurately, I suppose I should say I discovered it for myself because I’m sure it has been used for hundreds of years. Crochet is the comfort craft among my fiber crafts. I learned to crochet as a small boy – almost forty years ago now. The difficulty I have is that I love spinning, and so much alpaca yarn just doesn’t work well in the in crochet fabrics – knitting works better – or at least I often like the knit fabric better. I started playing with a double-ended crochet hook and I experimented until I found a stitch that looked good and rewarded the fiber.