I admit I’m nervous and I’m rambling… We are shearing the alpacas tomorrow. The head count is hovering near 100. We have never sheared 100 alpacas. In 2009 we sheared 77. Every year I get nervous, and every year it goes off without a hitch. Maybe it’s like putting on a big Broadway production. Whatever [...]
In trying to determine what inspired me this week, what to feature as this week’s spotlight, I admit all I could think of was the FIBER itself. Probably because we sheared this week. But it made me want to pay tribute to the fibers that Fiber Artists must use to create their art. If you [...]
We shear the alpacas once a year. Since we do a large number (77 this year), it works best for us to have a professional shearer come in and to do it all in one day. Our shearer is Mark Loffhagen who lives in Colorado. Mark and his team travel around the USA and shear [...]
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