spits summer - the Hawkesbury Blue Mountains Alpaca Region
spits summer - the Hawkesbury Blue Mountains Alpaca Region
spits summer - the Hawkesbury Blue Mountains Alpaca Region
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Spits & Pieces<br />
Crafty Work<br />
Whilst most of us were embroiled in <strong>the</strong><br />
goings-on during both <strong>the</strong> animal showing<br />
and <strong>the</strong> auction down in Bendigo, one of our<br />
members, Chris Taylor, was quietly kicking<br />
goals in <strong>the</strong> craft section.<br />
At <strong>the</strong> 2005 Australian <strong>Alpaca</strong> Association<br />
National Show at Bendigo, he entered into<br />
two of <strong>the</strong> knitting classes.<br />
Chris was awarded a fourth place ribbon in<br />
class CK1, garment made from Handspun<br />
<strong>Alpaca</strong>, for a sweater; and a first place ribbon<br />
in class CK2 - Lace article made from<br />
Handspun <strong>Alpaca</strong> for a shawl. The shawl also<br />
went on to win <strong>the</strong> rosette and trophy in <strong>the</strong><br />
Knitting and Crochet classes.<br />
The fleece used for <strong>the</strong>se came from his<br />
own animals. The sweater was made<br />
from black alpaca fibre from Sunnyvale<br />
Porters Rose, and this had silver glass<br />
beads incorporated in <strong>the</strong> spinning.<br />
The shawl was made of Mid Fawn<br />
alpaca from a we<strong>the</strong>r bred at Sunnyvale<br />
(Mr T.), who is now doing herd<br />
protection duty. This was plied with<br />
Tussah Silk, and made into a circular<br />
shawl with a pattern of spiral panels.<br />
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