LYNNROYKLAMATHRIVERALPACAS

ALPACA FLEECE FROM LYNN ROY KLAMATH RIVER ALPACAS
HERE IS SOME ALPACA FLEECE THAT I, GRANNIE LINDA, BOUGHT WHEN THE SISKIYOU SPINNERS TOURED THE WOOL PROCESSING MILL IN FORT JONES, CA,OWNED AND OPERATED BY LYNN ROY OF KLAMATH RIVER ALPACAS!	AFTER BEING WASHED, IT IS PUT DOWN ON A CLEAN TOWEL TO DRY......THIS WILL BE A FAROESE SHAWL SOME DAY!!!!!
THIS IS SOME BABY FLEECE FROM AN ALPACA NAMED "JESSE".	HERE ARE SEVERAL SKEINS SPUN (Winter, 07-08) FROM THE VARIOUS FLEECES I ACQUIRED OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS. NOTICE "JESSE" ON THE FAR LEFT!
ONE PART OF A BROWN FLEECE WAS BLENDED WITH SOME ANGORA AND SOME WHITE FIRST-YEAR COTSWOLD FLEECE FROM DIANE FEHLMAN.	I BLENDED IT THREE TIMES ON THE DRUM CARDER!
THIS IS THE BLENDED YARN!	I USED THE BLENDED ALPACA/ANGORA/COTSWOLD TO MAKE SOME OTHER VARIEGATED YARNS!
HERE ARE THE SKEINS ALL BALLED UP AND WAITING TO BEGIN THE KNITTING PROCESS! THERE IS A TOTAL OF 34 oz.	HERE IS THE SHAWL AS OF 9/6/08! BEGUN AT THE TOP, IT WILL HAVE OPEN WORK HEARTS DOWN THE GUSSET. I AM USING SIZE 8 NEEDLES. THE YARN IS SPUN ABOUT ("about") A DK WEIGHT AND I AM GETTING about 4 STITCHES TO THE INCH. I HAVE A YARN OVER INCREASE AT EACH END OF THE FRONT TRIANGLES. I INCREASED FOR SHOULDER SHAPING: 2 STS EVERY OTHER ROW AT THE CENTER OF EACH SIDE TRIANGLE FOR ABOUT 5 INCHES. THE GUSSET WAS INCREASED AT THE SAME RATE AS THE SHOULDER SHAPING, AND NOW I WILL INCREASE THE GUSSET AT A MUCH SLOWER RATE (YET TO BE FIGURED!)
HERE IS A PHOTO AS OF 9-21-08. A DETAIL OF THE GUSSET DOWN THE CENTER BACK.....IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE A LINE OF HEARTS....	HERE IS THE SHAWL AS OF 9-21-08. I AM JUST BEGINNING THE DOUBLE ROW OF HEARTS AROUND THE BOTTOM....... AFTER THE INITIAL INCREASES AT THE TOP OF THE GUSSET (ABOUT THE SAME RATE AS THE SHOULDER SHAPING: 1 STITCH AT EACH SIDE OF GUSSET EVERY RIGHT SIDE ROW FOR ABOUT 5 INCHES) I DECIDED TO THEN INCREASE EACH SIDE OF THE GUSSET EVERY 2 HEART PATTERN REPEATS (ABOUT EVERY 5 INCHES....).
HERE IS THE COMPLETED GUSSET DETAIL!	HERE IS THE SHOULDER SHAPING DETAIL! IT IS NICE TO HAVE THE EXTRA FULLNESS TO HELP THE SHAWL FIT OVER THE SHOULDERS AND STAY ON!
AND HERE IS THE COMPLETED SHAWL! 9/26/08! WAH LAH!* SOFT AS A CLOUD, FITS PERFECTLY, AND THE NATURAL COLORS ARE WONDERFUL! THE TOTAL WEIGHT WAS 17 oz. I USED HALF OF WHAT I SPUN, NOW TO MAKE OTHER FUN THINGS WITH THE LEFT-OVERS! FOR A PAGE SHOWING THE METHOD I USED, CLICK HERE. THANKS TO THE LOCAL FLEECE GROWERS AND ESPECIALLY LYNN ROY!!! {*Yes, you can spell it "Viola' '", but I always thought that looked like an overgrown violin....)