Alpacas hum

Did you know that? Well I didn't! Until Riley & I took a field trip out to visit Windy Hill Alpaca ranch. Apparently it's the largest Alpaca ranch in the state and it is mere 20 minute drive from my home.

This must be why I've been gifted (yes I used that word) with so many beautiful alpaca fleeces in the last year, they are in abundance and some of these people have no idea what to do with them.
Good thing I know what to do with the stuff!

One of these days I'm going to get my own alpaca but I want it to live in my yard, I don't want to drive to visit it, it won't know me! I will name it Gandhi.

Alpaca fleeces

So here is a picture of the Alpaca fleece that was given to me...it's so beautiful I wanted to show it to everyone!

This is the fleece that I'm keeping for myself, it's from an Alpaca named Ginger Spice!

Below you'll see the one I'm spinning for the lady who donated her fleeces to our guild. That alpaca was named Beauty. Appropriate name for her!

This is the fleece raw.

Here it has just been flicked with a dog brush and set in a box ready to be spun.

These are the singles so far. I'm enjoying making this yarn.