Textiles ProjectAutumn is here for sure. The air is crisp and it smells like a wood stove. The mornings and the nights are chilly, and the mountains have exploded with colors. Everyone has told me about the fall in Vermont, and I've disregarded it in full belief that New Hampshire's fall had to be at least comparable.
It's not. It started a while ago, actually. Some trees got a head start and fooled us all, but we've had the perfect mix of cold nights and quick rain showers and now it's really happening. It's fall-ing out. And it was pretty hard to have to chose which pictures to show you. They all looked great.
It's not. It started a while ago, actually. Some trees got a head start and fooled us all, but we've had the perfect mix of cold nights and quick rain showers and now it's really happening. It's fall-ing out. And it was pretty hard to have to chose which pictures to show you. They all looked great.
----------The alpacas are getting more comfortable here. They hum when they're nervous, and the've been humming a lot less. The black one's name is Ori (Or-ee), and the orange-ish brown one is named Imani (EE-man-ee). We have 2 more on the way. One's a baby named Bosco. One's white and as of now, has no name. We need one, he's coming in a week.
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This week in art class, I taught on 'textiles'. Micah and I got some wool straight off the sheep's back and decided to clean it up and dye it for the kids to weave. It turned out to be a painstakingly long process, but the projects look awesome. And it's good to know what kind of work goes into those little balls of fiber that you buy. Especially since we'll be using all of the fiber from our alpacas come spring.
Uncleaned wool... smelly.
Washing & Drying... Smelly.
Furry hands... smelly, and uncomfortable.
Dyed and dry... smells (like Kool-aid), and sticky.
Working
Finished products. 
