January 28th is fast approaching. I just hope the mild weather will be around for our 2012 Winter Outing. We were very fortunate last year for our Fleece and Wine Tasting Day to have great winter weather.
Diastole will be offering a selection of rovings from our alpacas for spinners that were processed by Zeilinger Wool – a name well known to spinners. We will have our usual selection of alpaca socks as well as other alpaca apparel.
We will once again have our friends, Pam and David from Brandon Hills Vineyard (http://brandonhillsvineyard.com) with their award winning wines.
Ann Potter from Pilot Mountain Llamas (http://pilotmountainllamas.com) will again be joining us with her spinning demos and her own yarns and hand knit garments.
We have added Knit Picky Yarns (http://knitpickyyarns.com) where Sandy and I took knitting lessons under Sammie Jo Thomas’s most patient instruction. Jo has a large selection of wonderful yarns and knitting supplies.
Pam and David’s neighbors and good friends, Jo and Mike Linville, are joining us this year. They are the owners of LinCrest Farms (http://lincrestangus.com). LinCrest specializes in grass fed angus beef. We have enjoyed it at Brandon Hill’s outings in the past and are very pleased to have them joining us for 2012. They will have tastings available and be taking orders for their delicious, healthy beef.
Check out the web sites for our partners, these are all excellent organizations that pride themselves in providing top quality goods.
We look forward to having you join us. We will have a couple of the alpacas by the store to say hello – winter is their kind of weather. Nothing like a great alpaca fleece wrap to keep you warm in the middle of winter.
Jim