The Northern California Angora Guild has a great blog! Check out their posts on Peg Weaving and Stick Weaving. They also have pictures of cute angora rabbits.
What’s your favorite thing to do with fiber?

January 31st, 2009 | Tags: angora rabbits, Fiber Arts, Northern California Angora Guild, peg weaving, stick weaving | Category: Fiber Arts | Comments (3)

Our friends, Cheryl and Andy Bowen of Humming Star Alpacas come over to visit their alpacas often. This is Cheryl and her first cria, Moonshadow. Moonshadow is a super friendly alpaca and he loves when the Bowens come to see him.

Cheryl is wondering what Moonshadow is doing.

The little rascal is eating her hair. Not really, [...]

January 30th, 2009 | Tags: Alpacas, Andy Bowen, Cheryl Bowen, fleece, hair, Humming Star Alpacas, Moonshadow | Category: Alpacas, The Alpaca Lifestyle | Comments (2)

One of my daughters is a force of nature. A sweet, charming force. This child was born with an unwavering confidence that can only be described as innate. She was laid in the cradle with it.
A cross between Martha Stewart and General Patton, with a dash of Hillary Clinton thrown in, this little girl is [...]

January 29th, 2009 | Tags: General Patton, Hilary Clinton, Martha Stewart, Steel Magnolias | Category: Lifestyle | Comments (2)

Photo credit: Carolyn Hitchcock Cameron Mountain Alpacas
Learn about Pronking. More Wordless Wednesdays. More about Alpacas.

January 28th, 2009 | Tags: Alpacas, Fairhope Alpacas, pronking, Wordless Wednesdays | Category: Alpacas, The Alpaca Lifestyle, Wordless Wednesdays | Comments (3)

Our first two alpacas were scheduled to be delivered soon. I wasn’t sure how we would keep them safe from predators. Our fences were new and strong, but I knew I needed to find some livestock guard dogs.
Enter Beverly Coate. This wonderful old country woman had been raising and breeding Great Pyrenees for dozens of [...]

January 26th, 2009 | Tags: Beverly Coate, great pyrenees, LGDs, livestock guard dogs, rescue dogs, Rusty | Category: Husbandry, Lifestyle, The Alpaca Lifestyle | Comments (16)

This is for my readers who are new to alpacas and have no idea what I’m talking about. Read this if you have no idea what an alpaca is.
The following are some terms that we use in the alpaca world that you may not be familiar with:
CRIA. A cria is a baby alpaca. From the [...]

January 25th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca breeding, Alpacas, artificial insemination, breeding, cria, criation, dam, embryo transfer, end products, female, fiber, fleece, gestation, harvest, health, herdsire, huacaya, locks, luster, luxurious, male, orgling, shorn, Spanish, suri, Suri Cruise, teddy bear, Tom Cruise, yarn | Category: Alpacas | Comments (6)

So many fun web links to share this week!

Alpaca Visits a Pub
Knitted Digestive System
Vote for Your Favorite Part of the Puppy Bowl
Best Job in the World (other than alpaca breeder)
Win a Dream Home in Sonoma
Who Are You On Lost?

Cute Bunnies!

What is your favorite fun thing on the web?

January 24th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, alpaca breeder, Animal Planet, Australia, BBC, Bunnies, cute, Dream Home, dream job, HGTV, knit, Knitted Digestive system, Lost, pub, Puppy Bowl, Reef, Sonoma, suri alpaca, world's greatest job | Category: Alpacas, Lifestyle, Weekly Web Finds | Comments (1)

There’s a new Farmer’s Market Online! Many Americans do not have access to locally made artisan foods so now there’s a site where you can buy some. The name of the site is Foodzie. It’s like an Etsy for Food! Personally, I’m going for the cheese from Bravo Farms. If you read my blog, you [...]

January 22nd, 2009 | Tags: artisan food, Bravo Farms, cheese, Etsy, Farmer's Market, Foodzie, New York Times Online, online, online farmers market | Category: Lifestyle, Tending the Hearth, Weekly Web Finds | Comments (2)

After one of my Twitter friends said that “Pronking” sounded dirty, I figured I’d better explain what it is. Pronking is a verb that describes the alpacas’ version of skipping. Most of you are familiar with PePe Le Pew doing this when he’s in love. It is like hopping around with all four feet hitting [...]

January 20th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, Alpacas, Cameron Mountain Alpacas, Fairhope Alpacas, Gentle Grange Alpacas, pronking, Titan Alpacas, Twitter | Category: Alpacas, The Daily Stuff | Comments (25)