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Spinning & WeavingNEW! Paco-Vicuña Fiber for sale. Comes in several qualities $25-$28 per oz. (based on micron count). Order light, medium, and dark shades - please specify. Shipping is extra $5 for up to 3 oz. which can do a fine project. Make check or money order to Chris Switzer, 1236 Glacier View Lane, Estes Park, CO 80517. Projects for Alpaca and Llama: Crochet, Felting, Knitting, Knitting-Felting, Locker Hooking, Machine Knitting, Weaving (2004) edited by Chris Switzer. Softbound, 60 pages, $16 plus $2.50 shipping U.S. (Canada $3.50 Postal Money Order in U.S. funds). See Review below from Spin-Off Magazine Winter 2004: "If you haven't worked with alpaca or llama fibers and yarns, you will be inspired to do so by Chris Switzer's new book. Sixteen designers have contributed twenty-three patterns in a variety of textile techniques, all of which use either alpaca or llama. The patterns include good instructions, tips, cautions, and suggested readings. Many also offer friendly encouragement to those who are newcomers to the technique or fiber...I especially appreciate this book for the gentle way it guides readers toward effective use of alpaca and llama and encourages them to try several different textile techniques." - Carol Huebscher Rhoades The rationales and routes to llama and alpaca ownership are many. Some owners acquire their animals expressly for their fiber and already know the skills to make use of their fiber. More commonly, llama and alpaca devotees desire to learn about spinning after falling in love with their charges as animals, but not necessarily as sources of high-quality fiber. Now those owners who fit into the latter category have a 50-page primer, self-published by Chris Switzer, who decidedly fits into the former, having received her fine arts degree in weaving in 1984 from Colorado State University, and having 37 years experience in weaving. Chris keeps 5 looms busy creating scarves, shawls and wall pieces.
Spinning Llama & Alpaca Chris Switzer's Third Edition (2005) of the fine book on spinning and weaving Llama, Alpaca, and Paco-Vicuña fiber. The book covers fiber descriptions and identification, cleaning and collecting, shearing, preparation, blending, dyeing, spinning, marketing and selling, storage, sample projects, a glossary and a bibliography going far beyond the topic of spinning…
Phone: (970) 586-4624 Please include Name & Address to be shipped to. Number of books ordered at $16.00 each. Shipping in the United States add $2.50 each. Canada shipping is $3.50 in U.S. funds. If ordering from Colorado please include $.60 each for sales tax.
Alpaca YarnSoft and lightweight, Alpaca Yarn works well for knitting or crochet plus weaving. Many natural colors are available plus custom dyed colors. Alpaca Yarn: medium weight in 10 natural colors-cream, beige, camel, nutmeg (grey-brown), dark brown, bleached white, silver, grey, charcoal, and black. 2oz skein - 3 ply, 160 yds ($6.75). 8oz skein - 3 ply, 640 yds ($24.50). Ask about custom dyed colors on hand: 2oz handpainted - $12.00 (plus shipping) [Size 4 needles for knitting and 10 epi or 12 epi for weaving] Payment by check or money order is appreciated. Colorado residents add 3.7% sales tax. Will bill for shipping. Send check or money order to: Phone: 970-586-4624
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