I had an awesome time at the Manhattan Alpaca Market yesterday! The weather was fantastic, the customers were wonderful and the participants were adorable...
We had lots of colored wools, silks, mohair, washed and raw fleece to compliment all the lovely, Kansas alpaca fibers and yarns available for sale. Check out these incredible hand-dyed (with Gaywool dyes from The Wicked Stitch!) , hand-spun yarns offered by Robin from Cedar Breaks Farm.
There was also a great array of other farmmade products including soaps, jams, and pottery. There was also a good healthy amount of spinning, weaving and knitting going on!
This is Rena from Rivendell Meadows, the organizer of this event.
All the alpacas and fibers worked their magic on my daughter, and she decided to start spinning. (Needless to say I have been hoping and waiting for this day for years!) And, of course, she was awesome from the very start. And, of course, now she wants an alpaca. She has a lot of allowance to start saving...
I am also very excited to have secured these stunning shawl/scarf pins for the shop. They are handmade at Heartland Farm from recycled Kansas woods.
