Yesterday a cria was born on our farm. (A cria is what you call a baby alpaca). It comes from the Spanish word for “creation”. This little bundle of joy belongs to our friends, the Bowens, whose farm is Humming Star Alpacas. A few of their alpacas are being boarded with us while their barn [...]
Hand Dyed Alpaca Yarn on Etsy
This week on Fiber Arts Friday we want to highlight our Fiber Arts Friday participants’ shops. You can link your blog if you want, but you are welcome to use this week as an opportunity to promote your Etsy (or independent) shop.
Buy Handmade this Christmas and shop with our Fiber [...]
I just caught the tail end of Tuesday night’s AgChat on Twitter. But they came up with a super idea about how we can thank farmer and ranchers for the hard work they do growing our food. With Thanksgiving this week, it seems like the perfect time to thank the hard-working farmers out there.
On Wednesday [...]
Or Why You Won’t See Me At An Alpaca Show This Fall
Do you see this alpaca above? His name is Colt McCoy (named for the wonderful Texas Longhorns quarterback). He is one of the finest alpacas I’ve ever bred. I bragged on him.
Alot.
If you have ever read my blog or met me, you’ve probably heard [...]
This precious little cria is the first one born to my friend, Dawn. (Dawn and I met through the blogosphere. You can check out her blogs at Kaiser Mommy and Room 704). Dawn is currently boarding her alpaca herd with us, and we are so excited for her and her family that their first cria [...]
Quick Announcement: On Black Friday (next week) – we will be having you link your store, Etsy or otherwise, to Fiber Arts Friday. While I love promoting blogs, this will give fiber artists who don’t blog a chance to participate in Fiber Arts Friday, and for us to be able to promote buying handmade for [...]
Participating in Wordless Wednesdays.
Lewis
This holiday season, add some alpacas to your wish list! You may have heard of a Spinner’s Flock. Well, this is a Spinner’s Herd – of alpacas.
This package includes three male huacaya alpacas for only $2400. These weanling alpacas have MANY years of exquisite fiber production ahead of them. Three colors are represented – [...]
What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Participating in Sunday Citar
This article reprinted with permission from author Ian Lutz of Cas-Cad Nac Farm Alpacas. It was originally published in the Autumn 2009 Cas-Cad-Nac Farm Chronicles.
If you birth out enough crias sooner or later you will run into a female [alpaca] who wants nothing to do with her newborn. Often times, though not always, these are [...]
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