Our Beginner Handspinning class started yesterday. I, for one, had a great time! All the participants are current or future alpaca owners, so we’ll spend a lot of time playing with and talking about alpaca fiber. Handspinning can be a little frustrating at first, but this group did amazingly well – even those who didn’t think they did. We’ll contiue to meet on Sunday afternoons for the next couple months, weather permitting.
The forecast for tomorrow and Friday is sunny and 30’s. Perfect weather for skirting alpaca fiber in the barn. The south facing window warms the space up nicely when the weather is above freezing. I still have a fair amount of fiber to skirt and move before alpaca shearing starts in April!
We’ve had a number of inquiries as to why we don’t show prices on the three yearling alpacas we have listed for sale. Often, we don’t bother to list our younger alpacas for sale until they are a bit older. For the most part, we just like to wait and see how the alpacas do as…
It’s another beautiful day in the Kingdom! Cold nights and warm sunny days are perfect for sugaring, skiing and drying up muddy roads. The ‘pacas are happily eating hay out in the sun and we are starting to eliminate hay bedding and, hopefully, getting their fleeces cleaned up a bit before shows and shearing.
We’re finally back online after over a week without internet! It seemed like longer! Today we delivered three yearling male alpacas to their new home on a beautiful horse farm in NH. We try to be very careful about where we place our alpacas and this will be a wonderful home for the boys. Acres…
Festival Schedule Fall 2023 We’re busy getting ready for the two big fall fiber festivals that are coming up soon! Skeining, dyeing and labeling yarn and packing up everything we need to set up our booth. First up is Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival on Sept 30-Oct 1. We will not have alpacas in the…
In spite of the dire warnings about Hurricane Earl, the weather’s turned out to be lovely this weekend. The hurricane changed course and left us with clear, cool, breezy days that feel like fall. The term “holiday” is used loosely here. We don’t have holidays from taking care of our animals. Long weekends and nice…