Sugar Breeze is a Breeze

This is my Sugar Breeze. I bought her this spring, pregnant, from Wind Walker Ranch. She just birthed the most beautiful cria I have ever seen, Sugar's Sunshine (she's the gorgeous multi in the middle). Well, not only is Sugar Breeze an awesome dam and beautiful Gal to boot, she also have amazingly wonderful fiber.

Her fiber is the most beautiful shade of medium brown and it feels dreaming and the lock structure is a wonderful flat twist.




Since purchasing my beautiful Sugar Breeze, I have learned so much about fiber. Not only the know how of fiber production and herd health effects on fiber but the whole process of of fiber from feeding my herd to shearing right down to prepping for the mill process by skirting the fleece and now spinning the gorgeous rovings created from my herd.



It's an amazing journey that most customers at fiber festivals, yarn shops, spinning classes, etc never see. Most people don't realize the process it takes to make that yarn they knit or spin on. I'm fortunate to be in the position not only to learn the process and live the process but to education you on the process.

Once you have seen the various steps it takes to make the rovings/yarn, you have a better understanding of prices and more importantly quality. My research into various mills to process my fiber is still in it's infancy. So far I am happy with what I have found not that there aren't lots of other phenomenal mills out there but when you find one you really like and you develop a relationship, I think that the product you get is much better.

You want to find a farm that cares about their herd. A farm that takes that extra step to keep their herd healthy and happy because that shows up in their fleece. Finding a farm that carefully and tediously skirts their fleece to get as much veggie matter out also makes the mill who processes it happier too plus their isn't as much waste. There were some mills that I contacted that were very crisp and unfriendly. I chose not to work with them. If they are too busy to develop a relationship with a new farm then they lose an opportunity for more business.

Customer Service is a major part of the process. I worked commission sales in college selling window coverings at JCPenny. Boy, did I learn a lot from that experience. You have to listen to what your customer wants. You need to learn about the product you sell. That is probably the biggest secret that most sales people miss out on: KNOW YOUR PRODUCT!

Well, I am still learning the product and the process to create but....I am not afraid to tell you what I know and that I am still learning. HANDS ON EXPERIENCE IS PRICELESS.

So, take a look at my yarn! I sat at my Ashford Elizabeth and spun suri splendor! My Sugar Breeze was like butter. I hear experienced spinners say that they don't like alpaca or more, don't like suri because it's too slick but you want to know a little secret? I think I was spinning better. I wasn't fighting the roving. It drafted like heaven. I did slow down my speed and played with the tension on my wheel but you should do that no matter the material you work with.

Now, I need to decide if I want to sell this beautiful yarn (like a good business woman should do) or if I take the guilty pleasure making a scarf (FOR ME, ME, ME!) to wear this winter.

I can always spin more.

If you like my Sugar Breeze, check out my etsy shop. I just opened it. You too, can experience the sensation of spinning suri. You won't know if you like to spin it until you try it!