Introduction

(Ok, this is last Sunday's post.....I ended up re-doing it.)

Hello and welcome to my blog. I am a fiber enthusiast who enjoys weaving, spinning, knitting, rug hooking and all kinds of other fiber mediums. I have a hubby, no children, stepchildren though, 5 alpacas, 2 dogs, 2 cats, 4 bunnies, and an assortment of birds. We live in south western Maine, about 40 minutes from New Hampshire's White Mountains and about 40 min. from Portland. Dreamweaver is my first alpaca who has AWESOME fleece, soooo soft & fine. He is the one pictured at the top of my blog page and hence, the name of my fiber business. I am just getting this year's fleeces skirted. I have the "seconds" for all five alpacas still to do. I am planning on taking some of them to the mini mill this week. This is Christoper Gold's "blanket".

Sadie, our boxer and Ben, our Yorkie snoozed next to me while I skirted my fleeces.

I'll probably post lots of pictures of Sadie....she is so photogenic!

Isn't that the most precious face.

Here is an action photo of Ben & Sadie that my husband took last winter. They were rough-housing in the snow. I love his photo. Doesn't Ben look vicious? You laugh, he can be quite vicious if he has a bone.....just ask my brother. Ben doesn't care that you're just teasing. He means business & doesn't think teasing is very funny.

I also have a little natural handmade soap business called Steep Falls Soap Co. I made lavender soap yesterday & orange-oatmeal today. Went outside to fill the flying saucer with water for the ducks & Dreamy decided it was for him. I didn't even get to finish filling it up. It's every 'paca for himself when it comes to getting cooled off. It was very humid today when the sun finally came out.

Then Sadie found the guinea hen's new nest & tore that apart, lost half the eggs & there were at least 12 to begin with. Naughty little girl.....

I hope Miss Guinea Henny doesn't abandon it. I put the remaining eggs back hoping she will still lay more & then hatch them. She hatched a brood of 13 earlier this summer. They were so cute! I found out right off how protective she was. I followed them until I could catch one, not even thinking about Mama.......well she came, seemingly, out of no where & scratched & pecked & beat me with her wings! I made sure I had something in my hand after that to fend her off!

Spent the past week dying Dreamy's yarn with Gaywool Bush Dyes. I just love them, they are such beautiful colors. I do the cold process method with Dreamy's fiber because it is soooo fine that it starts to felt if I simmer it. I found that I actually like doing the cold process better, with the Gaywool dyes anyway.

We had another thunderstorm today. Sadie was a little nervous, pacing with one of her stuffed toys in her mouth. Well, it's actually Sam's (my stepdaughter's) but Sadie makes regular trips into Sam's room to claim stuffed animals for her own.

Well, I guess I should end this for today. My mouth is watering for some ice cream..........