Oct
18
Deyaneria on October 18th, 2013
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7
Deyaneria on June 7th, 2013
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Apr
12
Deyaneria on April 12th, 2013
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This week on the farm we had some interesting weather. Monday and Tuesday we were able to get some yard work done. The weather was really nice especially Tuesday. The work mainly consists of getting the rocks out of the lawn so my windows won’t get smashed when we mow. The lawn faces the south […]
Alpaca dyes pretty well. Here are some examples of wool, white suri and white huacaya washed and then dyed. I used the same dyepot for all 3 fibers. Top Left suffolk wool washed, top right huacaya fiber washed, left bottom suri fiber washed. Top Row:1st picture is from left to right wool, huacaya, and […]
Alpaca fiber comes in 2 varieties suri and huacaya. Huacaya reminds me of a lanolin-free, super-soft sheep fleece. Suri reminds me of supersoft mohair or just washed soft silky hair. Washed Suri Fiber Alpaca is very soft and silky it has no lanolin but can be very dusty as alpacas like to take dust baths. […]
I wanted to introduce my readers to my alpacas. We have 3 alpacas on the farm at this time. They are all suri alpacas. Gavin is a 5 yr old gelded alpaca. He is the head alpaca on the farm. Gavin feels the need to protect the goats, but doesn’t interfere when they have aggravated Romeo. His feistiness has […]
