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Skirting

Posted on May 30, 2012 by cliffhousealpacas

I think I’ve written before about skirting. It’s the one step we have to do before we send our fleeces to the mill. On Sunday, Mom and I skirted another seven fleeces. We start by laying half of the fleece on … Continue reading →

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Gifts of fiber

Posted on May 29, 2012 by cliffhousealpacas

Our shearer Scott, who also has alpacas, just gave us a car full of fleeces! There were so many stuffed in the back of the car that they were crowding the head space in the front seat. I’m excited, not … Continue reading →

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Spring Too Fibers – our mill

Posted on May 23, 2012 by cliffhousealpacas

Mom and Dad dropped our fiber off at the mill on Monday! It’s amazing how fast I went through all our roving from last year, so I’m really looking forward to having this year’s fiber. Andrew, at Spring Too Fibers, … Continue reading →

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Baa baa Brittany, have you any wool?

Posted on March 20, 2012 by cliffhousealpacas

Yes, sir. Yes, sir, one bag full! Wait. Alpacas don’t go “baa”. “Mmm Mmm Brittany, have you any wool?” just doesn’t have the same ring though. Mom and Dad sent over pictures of our roving this morning! We have five bags … Continue reading →

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To the mill!

Posted on March 2, 2012 by cliffhousealpacas

Dad and Mom toured one of our local fiber mills this week. We made a family pact that if our next shearing day rolled around and we still hadn’t finished with all the fleeces, we’d take them to the mill … Continue reading →

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Archie the suri alpaca

Posted on November 29, 2011 by cliffhousealpacas

A friend of ours has a little grey suri alpaca by the name of Archie. Now, this friend of ours, Mark, is one of our best alpaca buddies. We all sheared on the same day, and we each helped out … Continue reading →

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