Felting with many needles with guest Lanette Freitag
Join my conversation with Lanette Freitag of FeltLOOM. She was involved in the early days of alpacas in the US and when she couldn’t find the right machine she made one.
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Making alpaca breeding decisions can be challenging
We look at the alpaca dam and sire but may still not have a clue about the cria that will result. Join me as I muse on breeding decisions.
Choose the right colours for your alpacas
What is the best colour for an alpaca? What would you choose if you were starting out keeping alpacas?
About that alpaca fleece in the corner…
If you only produce a little fleece from our alpacas, it can be more difficult to do something meaningful with it. In this podcast episode we discuss some ideas and thoughts that might relieve the guilt and bring some definite benefit.
Creative Crocheting with Toft UK
Kerry Lord of Toft UK runs a successful business selling crochet kits and helping people learn simple skills for creative crocheting. Listen and be inspired
Shearing wash Up
When it rains – out or in? Alpacas vary too. Today they were outside. Almost finished shearing and then can wash up and put away until next year
Alpaca Shearing can be fun
It has been coming for a while but finally arrived this week – alpaca shearing.
Preparation makes the job easier and more enjoyable, though it is still a necessary, physical, dirty and smelly job – it is lucky we like the smell of alpacas!
Grow your alpaca business 43
Wouldn’t it be nice if it was possible to combine keeping our alpacas and running a business, or even running a business keeping alpacas? The good news is that it can be done with thought, planning and application. In this episode, we hear more from Joe Phelan of K2 Alpacas
It is all about the fibre with Bridget Tibbs-Hamilton 37
In this podcast episode, Bridget Tibbs-Hamilton of Cotswold tells her story of how for her it came to be all about the fibre. Beautiful alpaca fibre.
