Bacchus and the Bunnies

When I am out and about and people notice I am wearing something I have made they always ask if it was made from my animals. When I say no they seem let down, as if I should spend my days working the fiber to make only what I can produce myself. In reality, it is so labor intensive that I mostly dye and spin yarn/fiber I buy already prepared and then I dye it myself.

I spent several hours a day for the past three days making one skein of yarn from my animals. I am going to make myself a purse out of it. I used fiber from my black alpaca (Bacchus), and fiber from my angora rabbits (may they rest in peace). I used my drum carder to prepare the fibers for spinning as well as to blend them. Then I spun and spun and spun. Two singles, each about 200 yards and then plyed them. It is a total of 5.4 ounces and 210 yards. After all of this I would never consider selling it. This is always personal use! I can't wait to get started on my new purse. Now when someone asks I can proudly say "yes, I produced this myself from my own animals" :)
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