life... on the farm: FIber Update

Saturday, June 26, 2010

FIber Update

Here are pictures of me finishing up spinning yarn, from fiber we got off of Victoria. You can see how it goes from fiber cloud to strand of yarn:

Here I am plying two strands of yarn:

Once I finish plying this, I will wash it, and wind it into a ball. It will be ready for sale at that point (unless J snatches it up to knit something).

The next fiber I want to spin is Greyt! I have been eager to spin his fiber since I first heard he was coming to our farm. I think it will be so fun to spin rose grey.

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The Adventure of a Lifetime

Our farming adventure began with the purchase of 3 alpacas in the fall of 2007. This eventually grew to an alpaca farm that birthed 23 cria. While we averaged 20 alpacas on a farm at any given time, we hit a peek of over 30 alpacas. We were involved in every aspect of alpaca farming: from breeding decisions, birthing, to attending alpaca shows, and shearing our own alpacas along with making product from their luscious fiber (hand spinning yarn and knitting product). We participated in 24 alpaca shows, and became very involved in the alpaca community.

In 2013 we added hair sheep to our farm.

Throughout this process we continued to tweak and revise our business plan. Our business plan evolved over time, and in 2013 it became clear that our goal was to raise grass fed animals for human consumption. While the initial plan was for this to go along side of alpaca farming, we slowly came to the conclusion our adventure was going to take us somewhere else.

In 2013 we began to sell off our alpaca herd to begin our new adventure with grass fed sheep and cattle.

Our adventure is still unfolding, so please, join us in our adventure of a lifetime as our journey unfolds.