Arrow Acres Farm Yarn is HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Guys, it's here!!!!!!!!! OUR 2017 YARN IS HERE! 

2017 yarn is available now in the farm store or by mail. 

7 natural shades from our herd are available.

All 200 yard skeins. We have dk, worsted and bulky available.

Every skein includes names and photos of the alpacas that made the yarn.

DK 200 yards $26 • Kigo, Ox, LE, Ziggy

DK 200 yards $26 • Lily, Elsa, Treasure

DK 200 yards $26 • Farm Blend

DK 200 yards $26 • Swag, Vauneese, Gemma, Allegra, Spacie

DK 200 yards $26 • Coco & Osiana

Worsted 200 yards $26 • Smoke Ring, Shooshi, Mr. Bates and Boo

Bulky 200 yards $28 • Stone and Ono

Get it now while we still have it! It always flies out the door!!!

We are OPEN every Friday, Saturday & Sunday through Christmas.

Directions can be found on our website: arrowacresfarm.com

And as always, if you are in town on a day that we are not open, please contact us and we can open up for you. Odds are that someone is at the farm and would be happy to show you around.

Contact Liz for any mail orders at lalvino913@gmail.com

Yarn Along

Hi everyone. I apologize for being so quiet around here. I can't seem to keep up with things lately!!! I guess it's that time of year. Busy, busy, busy! With the busy weekends in the farm store, I also had a holiday band concerts that I perform in. We finished up our holiday season and as much as I will miss playing for the next month, it's nice to have a little break. I haven't been knitting as much as I would like to, but I do have a few things on the needles and one off that I thought I would share.

I am knitting up a Georgetown Sweater using alpaca/merino yarn that I hand dyed with the help of my sister, Liz. I am working on the k1,p1 ribbed collar and I'm pretty sure this is taking me longer than all the other pieces combined! 

I am halfway through In a Dark, Dark Wood. It's a best seller...it's quick to read but I'm not so sure on how much I like it so far. We'll see...

I finished up the Prim hat. Knitted it with yarn from our farm. It's the Ono, Stone blend and it's AMAZING!!!!!!!! The mill that my parents have used the past two years is top notch and are doing a beautiful job with the yarn. It's uniform, beautifully spun, bouncy, soft. Perfection. I would like to get a fuzzy pompom for the top. I think that would make it complete.

Photos of the handsome boys that "grew" my yarn are below.

I have a few gift knits that I am working on too, so can't share pics of those!

Hope you are enjoying the holiday preparations. I have so much to do!!!!!! 

Happy knitting. Joining in with Ginny at Small Things for the YarnAlong.

Maryland Sheep & Wool 2016

Once again, we packed up the car and headed down to Maryland for a girls weekend.

The Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival is held at the Howard County Fairgrounds in West Friendship, Maryland on the first full weekend in May. It's a beautiful area filled with rolling hills, farms and quaint homes. The sun came out (for the first time in a week) and we enjoyed the scenic ride to the fair.

It's always nice to get away with my sisters without our kids.

We decided to hit up our favorites first. Sweitzers Fiber Mill is always a favorite. I love their yarns, soaps, lotions and most of all their adorable girl, Lilly! Lilly is the cutest little girl that dyes her own yarn. She can't be more than 7 or 8 years old and she's awesome. A true natural fiber girl.

That's Lilly in the pink shirt posing with her hand dyed yarn.

I found this booth and it was a new to me company. I loved everything about it!

Boho Chic Fiber Co. Loved her set up, yarns, mugs, prints. Everything was beautiful and I picked up two skeins of her yarn.

We made a stop at Miss Babs and it was late in the day so we actually got to take our time and see all the beautiful yarn and chat with Miss Babs herself.

This was the Maryland Sheep & Wool color way. So pretty.

I ended up buying Yowza in the Oyster color way with a sweater in mind.

(Miss Babs and Andee)

Once again, I had a great time spending the weekend with my sisters, sheep and fiber.

It was a really hard week last week. Sadly, I attended two funerals. One was for my oldest friend's father who lost his battle with ALS and our Uncle Butch, who lost his battle with melanoma.

It's easy to forget how fragile life is sometimes and a week like we had really reminds you that it's important to enjoy life and take the time to do the things you love. 

I can't wait to knit up some beautiful new projects with all my new yarn. 

I'll enjoy my coffee from my new hand made mug, wash my hands with hand made soap and remember the good time I had with my sisters and the sheep.