Fiber on the Hoof

We're not talking about dietary fiber this time. Norris went to visit family, so Cheryl went out on her own for National Alpaca Farm Days. One of her knitting group members is co-owner of Last Penny Alpaca Farm just on the other side of Weaverville from us.

These are the males -



Here are some of the females, Moms and Babies included -


This little one was most comfortable on the far side of the adults -


The alpacas were very quiet - their two-toed feet seemed noiseless on the concrete and they made no sounds while they munched on the hay. There were a lot of human visitors - some fiber artists and interested knitters, but mostly children and their mothers.

Cheryl learned a little about Alpacas, and got to see and touch a variety of products from hand spun to machine processed yarns. Shown are all natural colors: Other colors can be made by dying.


There were also a variety of useful things made from the fiber on sale.


This next photo shows some of the processed fiber (in the basket), rugs and a wastebasket cleverly made of a combination of alpaca fiber and cotton fabric.


Here's a glimpse at the pasture areas - if you would call it that. The photo seems to flatten it out. The reality was this land would be almost impossible for a two-legged mammal to walk on.


There were a couple of other four-leggers in the barn - two miniature donkeys, just for the fun of it.

And just down the road, these colorful chickens were hunting bugs.