{"id":162,"count":32,"description":"

Sharon Winsauer<\/span><\/h2> \r\nWe\u2019ve lived in several states over the years, spending many years in the snow country of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. In 1989 we moved to mid\u2013Michigan with 2 Briards. Shortly thereafter, we added a cat and a Newfoundland. With 3 longhaired dogs, I felt I should do something with all that dog hair, so, knowing nothing about fiber or spinning or anything, I made a drop spindle and started spinning dog hair to knit a \u201cdog wool vest\u201d. Then I saw me first alpaca and it was love at first sight. I traded the dog hair for alpaca, the drop spindle for a wheel, and as they say, \u201cThe rest is history\u201d - Aurora Alpacas was born. We now have alpacas in many colors of the fabulous alpaca rainbow.\r\n\r\nI have been knitting for more years than I care to count and I have been spinning for over 10 years now. Having my stash on 4 feet in the back yard, I spin mostly alpaca. Spinning some of my first, black alpaca inspired me to try me hand at designing lace in 1998. Lace has become my passion. I love the challenge of designing a unique, elegant shawl that makes the most of the wonderful alpaca fiber. I currently design for the Alpaca With a Twist yarn company and teach lace knitting. Its lots more fun than working in the \u2018real world\u201d\r\n\r\nNever satisfied with the traditional, my designs are born from \u201cHow can I \u2026?\u201c With a love of dragons, this led to the \u2018Heere Be Dragone\u2019 Shawl. That was such fun - I had to try a Pegasus. He became \u201cFlight of Fantasy\u201d Now lets see- how can I do an oriental dragon, a unicorn, a \u2026? To many ideas \u2013 not enough time.\r\n
","link":"https:\/\/shop.knitcompanion.com\/product-category\/kcdesigns\/sharon-winsauer\/","name":"Sharon Winsauer","slug":"sharon-winsauer","taxonomy":"product_cat","parent":63,"meta":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t