It was a long wait through some hot days but all of our alpacas are finally shorn! I mentioned a while back that I attended the shearing clinic up at Jay Ward’s place this spring and I got my chance to do some more hands on shearing on my own animals. I made the mistake [...]
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Did you know that Dutch Hollow Acres started the Alpaca Fiber CSA movement? We have been offering CSA shares of our annual shearing for over 3 years now. CSA or Community Supported Agriculture is often associated with farmers markets and food harvests but it also applies to natural fibers. Fiber farmers like Dutch Hollow Acres [...] Welcome back to Fiber Arts Friday! I’ve had a case of Fiber ADD again this week. I think heading up to Jay NY for the shearing seminar got me motivated to play with everything alpaca again. If you frequent my Fiber Wordless Wednesday you’ve seen my shearing job so I won’t bore you with that [...] Welcome back to the wonderful world of Fiber Arts Friday! This week I’d like to take the time to introduce you to my sister-in-law Kathleen Lang Klik, who is a very talented photographer and jewelry designer. You might remember me mentioning her a while back in a post about felting beads with alpaca. [...] |
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