At long last, we have roving -- actually carded batts -- available in The Alpaca Merchant our on-line store. I think about half the colors and 3/4 of the volume are presently listed and we'll be adding more over time. We have a few fleeces still to list… more »

Our Custom Handspinning prices are now up under the services section of the website.I haven't done anything with fiber today and at the rate the day is going, I'm not likely to do so. It's disappointing, but there are a lot of aspects to keeping a farm g… more »

I spent some time carding yesterday. I started with the black baby suri alpaca fiber I had washed -- and felted -- a few days ago. It actually wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. I teased much of it loose with a metal dog comb and carded all o… more »

Reading a knitting blog yesterday made me think about some of the experiences I've had at various shows -- and how another booth owner taught me to handle them.We do two types of shows. The first type is fiber shows like Black Sheep Gathering and the Ore… more »

On a brighter note, our daffodils are open.And so is one crocus ----- more »