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News Nugget: Kids’ cereals have 85% more sugar than adults’ by FatFighterTV on Oct 27, 2009It may be a no-brainer that most kids’ cereals have more sugar than adults’, but wow – 85 percent more?! That’s what a new study from Yale University finds. It also shows kids’ cereals have 65 percent less fiber and 60 p...

SAFF 2009 – Saturday by Alpaca Farmgirl on Oct 27, 2009On day 2 of the Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair (SAFF), I took two dyeing classes, and fell in love with sheep. Here are some of the pictures I captured with my phone at SAFF last Saturday in Asheville, North Carolina. More SAFF from Day 1.

SAFF 2009 – Friday by Alpaca Farmgirl on Oct 24, 2009SAFF (Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair) is the first fiber fair I have ever attended. My reaction? WOW! I didn’t know there was that much yarn… (I took these pictures with my phone so please forgive the quality. Hoping to bring my real came...

My First Spinning Wheel by Alpaca Farmgirl on Oct 12, 2009As a person who has grown alpaca fiber for over ten years, the purchase of my first spinning wheel is a BIG deal for me. My youngest kids are in school now and I have a little more time to discover my inner “fiber diva”. My first attempt...

Fiber Arts Friday – Spider Silk Tapestry by Alpaca Farmgirl on Oct 2, 2009Have you seen this? This beautiful tapestry was made from spider silk. It took four years and over a million spiders to make. They had to recruit “spider wranglers” to “harness” the spiders to capture their silk. Odd, but fasc...

Fiber Arts Friday – Hand Spun Yarn by Alpaca Farmgirl on Sep 11, 2009Yesterday I voted for my favorite hand spun yarn in this Etsy Contest. Wow! It was a hard choice. And Inspiring. In the process, I visited lots of Etsy shops and added several to my list of favorites. If you haven’t voted already, please do! Wh...

Fiber Arts Friday by Alpaca Farmgirl on Sep 4, 2009This week I found this fun video on dyeing. Hope you like it! Loved this video, and loved that she used alpaca fiber! So what have you been doing with Fiber this week? Link your blog posts here: Fiber Arts Friday Blog Carnival! To participate: Add...