life... on the farm: Fiber Update

Friday, July 13, 2012

Fiber Update

This weeks fiber accomplishment was plying two strand of yarn from fiber from our boy, OHVNA The Challenger, into a nice skein.

I made a contrasting skein by plying Challenger's rose grey fiber with a strand of yarn spun from fiber from our silver grey male, Tucker:

yarn up close:

2 comments:

Norma from Misty Haven Alpacas said...: Are you seriously spinning outside in this heat??!!!?
N; July 13, 2012 at 8:29 PM
oak haven alpacas said...: The plying I did outside was earlier in the week, early in the morning, before the heat set in for the day :) I was out there watching one of our pregnant girls who had me a bit concerned. Once I was assured she was fine, I finished plying inside, in the air conditioning.

Cara; July 14, 2012 at 9:05 AM

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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