It has been a tough week. I was supposed to be posting pictures of shorn alpacas and writing more about shearing and all the wonderful things I've been doing with the freshly shorn alpaca fiber.And I wrote a little of that at the end of this post.When I… more »

Shearing DayStress Stash Enhancement Shearing Day is over and we have survived.For most alpaca breeders, shearing day is the most stressful day of the year. Sure, some wealthy breeders invite prospective clients to shearing day parties and entertain whil… more »

Not five minutes after the previous post, we actually caught the female Bullock's Oriole on video taking alpaca fiber from the nest stuffer. Ten minutes later we caught her again. It has taken me five days to post the videos.The videos are in WMV format… more »

The birds continue to take alpaca fiber from our nest stuffer. Our most active visitor of late has been the female oriole -- I'm reasonably certain she's a Bullock's Oriole. She visits the nest stuffer, pulls out a beak full of fiber, sits on the branch,… more »

I actually managed to make/take some time for fiber on Sunday. With everything else going on, it's amazing my fingers actually remember how to spin.I spun up two balls of the coarse alpaca thirds I used in my knitted felt experiments back in March. I hav… more »