A work in progress

For Christmas I received a few ounces of lovely bay black baby alpaca which is now in the form of this ball of yarn morphing into a hat. Words cannot describe how very soft it is.

How to groom a puppy

Ask any dog groomer how well they like to groom a puppy for the first time and they will probably say, "Not at all!" Puppies have the attention span of a gnat and it is like grooming a moving target. I often wonder to myself, " How in the heck am I going to make this dog look decent?" when I get a new puppy to groom. Fortunately, 13 years of experience and determination on my part get me through and I usually amaze myself that not only does the dog look good but nobody got hurt. And that's always a good thing. These are pictures of my new Bouvier puppy friend Andy experiencing his first big boy haircut.

Andy is a wiggle worm.

Andy is behaving.... For the moment.

We can be friends, can't we?


Andy is done with my services.

Merry Christmas:)

Snow people!

One more gift done. Aren't they a lovely couple? I was tempted to keep them but I guess I can share.

Shhh!

Don't tell John but this is what I made him for Christmas. The first picture is a pair of sheep's wool mixed with angora mittens that are hand dye, hand spun, and hand knit. The orange flecks are the sheeps wool. They turned our really nice.

These are a pair of hand knit socks made of wool, alpaca, and nylon.

And this little lovely is hand spun and hand knit hat made of left over bits of alpaca, angora, and camel. Can you believe that, camel? I just had to try spinning it. It is the least soft of the three fibers but worked well in this hat.

Now I just have to keep him from looking at the blog for a couple more weeks.

Bill just wants to say hi:)

Exhausted!

Yes, that would be the word to describe me today. Since this is a 'fiber' related blog I thought I should post some pics of a rescued Komondor being shaved down AFTER three years of neglect. A client rescued this boy. File this under crappy fiber.

It's coming off in one piece!


I'm being such a good boy for never having this done before.

Look, a tail!

Are we done yet??

. I'm guessing at least 5 lbs. of matted fur.

Sorry I didn't get an after picture of this fine fellow but he left a happier client and I felt a sense of accomplishment:)