As Ron and Tara at Ambriel Acres Alpacas have noted on their blog, I am currently in the middle of a spinning project. I wasn't going to talk about the project, but since it's on their blog, I feel like I can go ahead and do so. I'm spinning Anna's 2007… more »

In which the Spinning Guy belatedly speaks of a wonderful package he received. Back in January -- or was it February -- when we were in the process of moving from Oregon and I was already working in Huntsville, Mette from Ranch of the Oaks drove up fr… more »

Today's post is more conversation with an experienced fiber artist who is new to alpaca. The original dialog started in this post and continues today. ...I of course, couldn't wait, and unrolled the fleece on the deck and definitely it is fleece that… more »

As many times as I have covered alpaca fiber prep and spinning, I continue to get new questions -- good questions, new questions, interesting variants of old questions. I thought I had it all answered -- or maybe I thought I had all the answers. As I con… more »

Our four male alpacas -- our special boys and the first four alpacas born on our ranch -- have moved to Ranch of the Oaks in California. Tom and Mette have a fiber farm and mini mill and we know they'll love the fiber from our boys. In fact, I think Mett… more »