life... on the farm: My Other Love

Sunday, January 29, 2012

My Other Love

Knitting!!

I do a lot of spinning yarn, rarely do I have time for knitting, though I love knitting just as much.

Over the last couple of weeks I completed this hat set:

These are a wedding gift for my cousin and her new husband. They are outdoorsy people (who even go winter camping!). I hope they love these hats.

2 comments:

Linda said...: What a great idea for a wedding gift.
And FYI: we have knit night on Tuesdays 6-8, at St John's church; Fremont. Across from hospital.
Love to see you.; January 29, 2012 at 4:59 PM
oak haven alpacas said...: I need to go!! My husband is now working day shift, so he'd be home with the kids. I will have to see what I can do :)

Cara; January 29, 2012 at 5:11 PM

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.

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