And the Winner is

The number picked by my wife 372, knits4u won. I will contact you via email for your mailing address.
Thanks for all that participated. I have another set of needles that I might do this again with in a couple of weeks. They are about 8mm.
Jamie

Knitting needle contest

Guess a number from 1-500 and the closest to the number without going over will win the set of needles. These are handmade by me and are 4 mm. Please comment on what you would like to make with them and the number you guessed. I will announce the winner here in the blog Fri, Aug 1, at about 5 pm central time. The winner will need to contact me with their shipping information.

new listings

I have just added some new hand carded fibers to the store- www.foothillsfiber.etsy.com
jamie

Drum Carder

I have finally acquired a drum carder and I am putting it to good use. Here is a preview of the carded fibers that I am going to be listing in my etsy store. This one is 100% hucaya alpaca in silver grey and rose grey.

Finished yarn

This is some yarn that I have spun from the silver grey and white roving that I had processed. It just spun like a dream. It also has a lot of memory and bounce.

New Fleeces

I have juse listed some very nice fawn alpaca fleeces in my etsy store. Here is a photo of one of them.

Fine alpaca rovings just in

Take a look at these superb rovings. I just could not believe how soft and fluffy they are. I hope to get to spin some samples up and post them next.

New Rovings

I have posted some new rovings at www.foothillsfiber.etsy.com There is superwash merino, bfl, bamboo and some other blends. Stop by and take a look.