life... on the farm: First product!

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

First product!

Certainly not the first products we've made, but the first we've had on hand and available for sale. I have it listed here, on our farm page on Etsy.

This 100% alpaca infant ear flap hat was made from yarn I hand spun at our farm. The fiber came off of alpacas in our herd. The alpacas lived on our farm, after their fiber was shorn, I took the fiber and flicked it so that I could hand spin it on my spinning wheel. After I spun two strands of yarn, I plyed them together. My husband took this 100% alpaca yarn and knit it into this infant ear flap hat.

This one of a kind 100% hand made alpaca hat is a true gem!

2 comments:

Handknit Bandit said...: Love Love Love. I think it is extra awesome that this is a cooperative effort between yourself and your husband. Way cool.; June 30, 2011 at 12:06 AM
oak haven alpacas said...: Thank you Ashley.

Not that my husband and I didn't do things together before the farm, but we definitely do more things together because of the farm :)

Cara; June 30, 2011 at 9:22 AM

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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.