Here is the news from the farm. The pastures have been fertilized and are looking very tasty. We have engaged the services of a handsome herdsire for three of our girls. Our biggest accomplishment has been to skirt (clean of obvious debris) every bag of fleece. Skirting is not fun and there is not enough wine in the world to make it so. Lucky for us to have llama friends who loaned us their barrel skirter. Made it all go faster!
The fleece is at mills in GA and TX being made into yarn and rugs. These items plus finished goods, e.g. socks, throws, etc., will be for sale at our booth at the Got to be NC Festival, May 21-23, at the fairgrounds in Raleigh, NC. The fiber fair will be in the Holshouser Building. We hope you will visit us there. Mention this site and receive a 5% discount on your purchase.
This year’s yarn will include 20% merino wool to improve the memory of the alpaca fiber. I could use a little less wool in my memory but that remark is off the topic, sorry. In addition to the wool we are also adding COLOR. For example, Garnet, our russet beauty will be blended with Cheyenne, a shimmering light fawn. Mix in 20% nutmeg merino to produce a beautiful heather hue just asking to be made into a sweater or scarf or whatever you decide. We are mixing color into every fleece except Newt, his will remain snowy white fingering. We are very excited about the yarn and these very unique colors. If you are interested, too, we hope to see you at the fair. We are also available for farm visits by appointment.
Let your heart rest.