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Shearing Day 2009

by April 18, 2009

We sheared the alpacas this week. 31 animals from four different farms. We had lots of helpers. So many that we had two shearing stations set up and even a photographer. We also trimmed nails and I was the Queen of the Tooth-a-Matic Since we had Read more »

MOPACA Invitational Alpaca Show 2009

by March 31, 2009

The MOPACA show was March 28 – 29. Before I get to the details, I’d like to say thank you to my coworker, Robyn, who very kindly let me borrow her Explorer Sport. Normally, I borrow it to haul alpacas, but this time I used it to transport the Read more »

March Bit and Pieces

by March 23, 2009

Several of my readers have asked how my hat knitting is going. I finished it about a week ago. I found making the brim a little difficult but overall I think it turned out well. My dog, Magic, was happy to model it for a treat ~_* Read more »

Kreative Blogger Award

by March 16, 2009

I was pleasantly surprised to get this award from fellow St. Louisan, Lenox Knits. I especially admire her pledge to live handmade. She also has all sorts of wonderful knitted things in her Etsy shop. I encourage you to take a look. The rules for this award Read more »

Guest Author

by March 5, 2009

As many of you know I’ve been working hard on various ways of marketing the alpacas and myself. In doing so, I was asked to be a guest author on Alpaca Farm Girl’s blog. Most of my writing is quite technical so this gave me a chance to Read more »