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"Knitting is a distinct virtue. It's reflective and repetitive. Whenever you are engaged in doing a purely repetite thing your mind can reflect upon life."
Geoffrey Fischer
Archbishop of Canterbury 1887-1972
Happy knitting, spinning and life reflecting:)
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Marissa on Jun 19, 2021
4 out of 5 starsLove this yarn! I bought 2 skeins to make a dog sweater and it knit up beautifully. My only issue was that one of the skeins was very tangled so I couldn't use my swift to wind it but with a little patience I managed to get through.
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Cindy on May 4, 2021
5 out of 5 starsThis yarn is soooo soft. Just beautiful and very fast shipping.
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Carmen on Mar 8, 2021
5 out of 5 starsIt’s been a pleasure to deal with this seller. Got my beautiful yarn and excellent service. Keep up the great work!
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About ladyolivia
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A sample of some of the 22 different colours that alpacas come in. -
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Mukwa has very fine fiber and he placed 4th at the Alpaca Ontario show. I get lovely lace weight yarn from his fiber. -
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Lily (registered as Lily of the Valley) being friendly. Her fibre is suitable for hats and mitts. -
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This is yarn from Lily that was spun into fingering weight and then I dyed it with natural dye. -
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Sleeping Beauty, a Saxony style spinning wheel that I spin on.
Alpaca fibre adventures and discoveries.
My adventure with alpacas started rather impulsively in May 2008 when I bought my first alpaca Viola. Three months before that I did not know what an alpaca was but was searching on line for yarn stores in Toronto and this led me to meet people in the alpaca industry and was smitten from the very first visit! Soon we had Lily, a female alpaca and then a male called Mukwa and we discovered many of the joys and challenges that come with raising these animals. As we live in the city, we agist our animals on a farm and are able to visit and help out at shearing and other events.
I am so taken with the qualities of the fiber that I knit almost exclusively with alpaca yarn and along the way I bought a spinning wheel and learned how to spin. I love the natural colors of alpacas and there are 22 registered colors but I have also started to do a little bit of dyeing with natural dyes.
I love to support local and complimentary business as much as possible. I hope to bring you a variety of yarn from lace weight to bulky, alpaca rovings and simple but well made hand knitted items for yourself or for gifting.
Thank you visiting! I hope you will discover the comfort and warmth of alpaca for yourself and try to visit a farm if you have never seen an alpaca....they will make you smile:)
Update, September 2021
My focus has shifted a little since I started and I am still knitting with alpaca but not exclusively. I will mostly be offering hand knitted items for sale from this point.
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Kerstin
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Alpacas are unique and I will be offering a variety of yarns and unique hand knitted items. There are many things to love about alpacas including their amazing fibre and the philosophy of being part of a community that encourages and supports each other is appealing to me. Enjoy your visit to my store!
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