Tag: Alpaca Socks

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Fiber Arts Friday – Sock Brigade

Welcome Fiber Arts Friday and Crafty Friday Followers.

This week I’m dedicating my post to the men and women in uniform serving this our country.  Many folks when they think of the mid east think desert and hot dry climate.  But they have winters too and because it is an arid climate their winters can be just as cold as back home.

As a member of the Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association (AOBA) I am helping team up with Bentstar in an effort to provide warm alpaca socks to the men and women serving in the military this year.

Now through January 1st, 2011, I will be collecting both money and sock donations which will be sent to the Sock Brigade who will distribute them to those who are on active duty.

Here’s how you can help….

Donate Cash

Donate Survival Socks

Donate Extreme Socks

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If for some reason you don’t trust me to get your sock or money donation you can directly make your donations to…

Sock Donations Money Donations
 Sock Brigade c/o
Barbara Coleman
18100 S. Hwy. 99W
Amity, OR 97101		  Sock Brigade c/o
The Bent Star Project, Ltd.  (checks payable)
443 First St
Woodland, CA 95695-4023

Or online at

 http://bentstarproject.org/SockBrigade.html

 

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Alpaca Slipper Socks With Pattern

Hello Fiber Arts Friday!  I’m back!  I’ve been down and out with the Swine Flu.  One good thing about being forced to be out of work sick is time to crochet.  I had tons of partial skeins of alpaca yarn hanging around and decided to crochet up some socks.  The yarn was bulky so the socks are too thick to wear in shoes making them great for lounging around the fireplace on a cold November morning.

This is my first time writing a crochet pattern so it’s written much like how I crochet, chaotically. 🙂  I made these socks out of Bernat Alpaca and they would fit a medium width foot.  To give you an idea of size in the photos I have wear a men’s size 10 shoe.  To fit smaller feet use the same pattern but a thinner yarn. 

 Click Here for pattern.