In the part of the country where I live, we are fortunate to have a fairly mild climate. While we do get some snow in the winter, typical weather tends to be lots of rain, enough that at some point during the winter, people are talking about whether or not it is time to start building an ark. As such, there is not a lot of call for super warm outerwear, however a good raincoat is an essential. October/November is often kind of a "between season" time, and as such, I had been looking for a coat or jacket that was warm enough for the cool mornings we've been getting, but not too warm. One day last week, I had gone to one store at lunch time in pursuit of such an item, with plans to check out another store after work. That very afternoon, someone came into the office, a friend of a friend of a coworker kind of thing, selling some gorgeous hand knit and hand woven items from South America. I found just what I'd been looking for:
It's handwoven Llama! It's appropriately warm and cozy and makes me happy when I zip it up every morning. The colour goes with everything, and I've received lots of complements on it.
While in the process of purchasing this jacket, I got talking to the woman who was selling it. She resides in a rural part of our area, and mentioned that she has Llamas and Alapcas, and that she has the fleece from their last shearing which she is still looking for a good home for. Well I'm not QUITE ready to process fleece, and I think it would be prudent to start with sheep when I do, but am quite stoked to have a source for these wonderful exotic fibres.
What good timing for them to come in with those jackets that day. It's really cute and that's cool that it's llama. I would to find one like that. That's pretty exciting to have found a local llama/alpaca fiber source nearby too.
Posted by: Cheryl | Wednesday, November 05, 2008 at 07:38 AM