Yesterday
Tuesday, August 15th, 2006
Wow, what a way to start the week. I have good news! There’s a new yarn shop opening up in Vancouver called ["three bags full"](http://www.threebagsfull.ca/) at 4458 Main Street (between 28th and 29th Avenues)… and they will be the first shop in Vancouver to carry my hand dyed yarn and fibre! There is some Blue Faced Leicester rovings, Superwash Sock yarns, Handpainted Lace yarns and Candy Floss brushed mohair going to the shop next week before their grand opening on Saturday, August 26th. I’m so excited!! (can you tell?)
After meeting with Francesca and Zoe from Three Bags Full, I drove out to Langley to do this:
[Lara](http://greysquarephoto.blogspot.com/) from [greysquare photographics](http://www.greysquarephoto.com/) and her assistant, Dan, came to photograph the alpacas at [Kensington Prairie Farm](http://www.kpfarm.com/) in Langley Township yesterday so that I can use them in some print advertising that I’m putting together for Kensington Prairie Farm. So. Much. Fun. We were outside shooting the alpacas from about 6 pm until the sun went down and then inside shooting alpaca product (yarn, scarves, socks, fibre, and my favourite… blankets!) until nearly midnight. The woven alpaca blankets are seriously to die for…
I’ve known Lara since we were both about 12 years old. She had always wanted to go into advertising so it seemed natural that she studied to be a professional photographer. I gotta say it was very cool to finally get to collaborate with her on a project. And it’s a plus that Lara is also a knitter.
Finally, my first post has appeared on [Whip Up!](http://whipup.net/2006/08/16/killer-colour-safe-dyeing-practices/) This first post, called “Killer Colour”, is all about safe dyeing practices… a good way to start before diving into playing with dyes. Whip Up invited me to write about dyeing and spinning for their site, so I’ll be doing that a couple times a month. The photo at the top of that article as well as this post? The Procion MX handpainted warp? Well, I’ll post about that tomorrow.
