I've added a few CheeryCherry yarns to Ravelry which will hopefully provide an added place to find customers and also get advice and new techniques to improve my yarns. I'm very excited to take a more active role in the Ravelry community.
In other news, my fiber stash is dwindling. I've spun up two new yarns that are drying after setting the twist and they are great (photos coming soon)! Based on purples from Greener Shades one is domestic wool and one is merino. I have bamboo yarn piling up and bamboo fiber disappearing. Unfortunately my favorite fiber supplier is on vacation! I could order from someone else perhaps but I love the selection and prices offered by my supplier. I will perhaps order a few test quantities of fibers that aren't offered by my supplier. Maybe I'll find something new that I didn't expect. It's also motivating me to diversify my supply chain and find what other products are offered at similar prices.
I am really looking forward to the alpacas! My dad will be getting four (it started with "oh we'll just get two" I wonder how many we'll really end up getting :) in the spring to help keep the pasture well trimmed. I can't wait to get my hands on fiber from our own family farm. My sister has already been scoping out local yarn shops and fiber festivals, and I've been checking out web-hosting and web-shop deals. The farm currently has a variety of animals (horses, dogs, cats, a snake, chickens) and organic vegetables though my sister is more excited about the chickens than anything so we'll have eggs as well. (I'm more excited about the alpacas obviously).
My spinning abilities continue to improve and I'm thinking about getting a small lace spindle to begin working on fine, lace weight and sock yarn. I've been making very fine yarn on my current spindle but I think I may be able to spin even finer yarn on a lighter spindle. More on that when I pick one out.
