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Watch this video for an overload of cuteness! It was submitted to Alpaca Social by Amanda Barrick of Two by Two Alpacas.

June 29th, 2009 | Tags: Alpacas, alpacas and sheep, alpacas video, babydoll sheep | Category: Alpacas, The Alpaca Lifestyle | Comments (2)

Andy Bowen of Humming Star Alpacas and our very own Fairhope’s Dexter.

June 28th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, Alpacas, cria, kisses, visitors | Category: Alpacas, Lifestyle, The Daily Stuff | Comments (3)

Knits For Needs

Knits For Needs is a knitting and crocheting charity that accepts and donates any and all knit or crocheted items.  They are based in Atlanta, but they will donate warm items to homeless shelters, hospitals, food banks, and to other people in need all throughout the United States.  This [...]

June 25th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, alpaca yarn, Charity, Fiber Arts, Fiber Arts Friday, Knits for Needs | Category: Fiber Arts, Fiber Arts Friday | Comments (5)

So I’m having a dilemma. I’ve come to a crossroads.
My goal this year is to work the Fiber side of my alpaca business. To that end, I have tried new things. I have begun to knit again. I’ve learned to dye my fiber and yarn, and I’ve even tried Spinning. The idea was to try [...]

June 25th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca business, carding, drum carder, Dyeing, Fairhope Alpacas, fiber, Pat Green Supercard, spinning | Category: Alpacas, Farm Business, Fiber Arts, Fiber Arts Friday, New Additions, Tending the Hearth, The Alpaca Lifestyle | Comments (27)

Participating in Wordless Wednesdays!

Photos by Cheryl Bowen. Sierra Echo Alpacas‘ female came by for a breeding.

June 24th, 2009 | Tags: Alpacas, breeding, transporting alpacas, van, Wordless Wednesdays | Category: Alpacas, Husbandry, The Alpaca Lifestyle, Wordless Wednesdays | Comments (5)

Welcome to this adorable alpaca! Promenade joined us just after the World Alpaca Conference. She is from Alpacas of Alagaesia in Indiana. Leann of Alpacas of Alagaesia blogs about her alpacas and their fiber at The Fiber of Alagaesia. Leann is quite the Fiber Artist.
Here’s Promenade before her haircut this Spring. She’s called “Nade”. Rhymes [...]

June 22nd, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, Alpacas, Nade, Promenade, SCA Peruvian Magnum, World Alpaca Conference | Category: Alpacas, New Additions | Comments (1)

This knitting basket looked so good to me, full of fiber yumminess. Then I found out – IT’S A CAKE! Now it’s even more delicious. Cake decorating is such a fun art. I always like to watch the Gingerbread House Decorating Contest on the Food Network around Christmas time. Piece of Cake Decorating Blog has [...]

June 19th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, cake decorating, Father's Day, Fiber Arts, Fiber Arts Friday, knitting basket, Russell Crowe knitting | Category: Fiber Arts, Fiber Arts Friday | Comments (4)

Handspinning is Hard!
For many of our Spinning Class Participants, spinning was a walk in the Park. (Or so it looked like to me). Thank goodness that Maxine and I were sitting next to each other. It may have been what kept me from losing all hope. The fact that we both struggled and that I [...]

June 18th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, handspinners, handspinning is hard, spinning class | Category: Fiber Arts | Comments (8)

A few weeks ago we had a Beginning Spinning Class at our farm. Instructor Sherry Watkins came from Tennessee to teach us how to spin alpaca fiber into yarn.

Sherry brought Schacht Spinning Wheels, both the Matchless and the adorable Ladybug (which has a tiny ladybug on it – in a different place on each wheel) [...]

June 18th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, Beginning Spinning, class, fiber, fleece, skirting, spinning | Category: Alpacas, Events, Fiber Arts | Comments (2)