Alpacas in Pennsylvania
Welcome to Sugar Hollow Farm Alpacas, LLC and our alpacas in Pennsylvania! We are a small family run, veteran owned alpaca farm located in Waynesboro, PA offering huacaya alpacas and alpaca fiber products, both handmade and manufactured, for sale.
Sugar Hollow breeds for yarn. Our alpacas are high quality animals with beautiful fleece, excellent conformation, and easy going personalities. You’ll find plenty of density, crimp and fineness here – take a look at Matoskah’s skin biopsy results – Ian Watt of Alpaca Consulting places him in the top four of animals he’s tested for fineness and density. Our goal is to produce alpacas whose fleece will produce soft, bright yarn of the highest quality.
Come see Kathy’s hand-woven shawls & scarves, hand-knitted baby booties, warm socks, hats, stuffed animals, and dolls – all made of alpaca fiber – at our farm store and at craft fairs in the South Central Pennsylvania area. As our herd grows, so does our stock of home grown yarn (we can tell you which animal it comes from), and we have plenty of commercially processed alpaca yarn for sale, too. Interested in getting into alpaca farming? Arrange with us to visit our farm and see what is meant by “living the alpaca lifestyle”!
Sugar Hollow breeds for yarn. Our alpacas are high quality animals with beautiful fleece, excellent conformation, and easy going personalities. You’ll find plenty of density, crimp and fineness here – take a look at Matoskah’s skin biopsy results – Ian Watt of Alpaca Consulting places him in the top four of animals he’s tested for fineness and density. Our goal is to produce alpacas whose fleece will produce soft, bright yarn of the highest quality.
Come see Kathy’s hand-woven shawls & scarves, hand-knitted baby booties, warm socks, hats, stuffed animals, and dolls – all made of alpaca fiber – at our farm store and at craft fairs in the South Central Pennsylvania area. As our herd grows, so does our stock of home grown yarn (we can tell you which animal it comes from), and we have plenty of commercially processed alpaca yarn for sale, too. Interested in getting into alpaca farming? Arrange with us to visit our farm and see what is meant by “living the alpaca lifestyle”!
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Alpaca Farm News
Following is a list of events we will be hosting or are planning to attend this fall. The list is based on events in which we participated in 2023 and to which we hope to be invited back! There may be changes so check back often!
OUR NEXT EVENT: Pumpkins & Pippins Fall Festival - Saturday, Oct. 19 from 12:00 to 4:00. Pine Hill recreation area outside Waynesboro is the location for this event sponsored by Buttonwood Nature Center, Home of The Institute... [Read more...] 
We had our second alpaca stork delivery for the season early in the morning on Thursday, July 11. Don't Stop Me Now (Queen) is a glowing bright white female! She is our first cria out of VBA AMAF Nitza by AMAF The Thunder Rolls. Thunder Rolls, owned by Autumn Mist Alpaca Farm in New York, has a remarkable pedigree - a veritable Who's Who in the alpaca industry - with names such as CCNF Leviathan, Beethoven's Dorian, CCNF Elixir, Snowmass Elite Legend, Snowmass Quechua, and Snowmass Matrix. Mom Nitza was the 2022 White Color Champion at the PAOBA Fleece Showcase and is in the EPD top 1% for uniformity of fleece and top 5% for fineness, percent of fibers above 30 microns, mean curvature, and fleece weight (click here for EPDs). With these genetics we cannot WAIT to enter her into next year's alpaca shows!
 Twist and Shout at 9 days old taking it easy after a romp in the pasture
We had our first alpaca stork delivery for the season on Sunday morning May 19. Twist & Shout (Beatles) is a beautiful light fawn color that fades to beige which can best be described as a toasted marshmallow look. She is our first cria out of Sugar Hollow's Cecilia by our go to stud BGF Poseidon Isaac's Matoskah. Mat is amazingly fine with superb uniformity of fleece placing in the top 1 and 5 percent respectively in those categories in the latest EPD calculation (click here for EPDs). Cecilia is no slouch either. Her EPDs put her in the top 1% for fleece weight and the top 5 and 15 percent in fleece uniformity and fineness respectively. Twist & Shout is a wonderful addition to our herd of incredibly soft and consistent yarn producers. We are expecting another cria this spring, and then one in the fall. Why not plan your summer visit to come see them! Our farm store is still open by appointment for special gift items such as alpaca themed toys, felted soap, lotions, body wash, and of course, lots of yarn! We ask that you please call first (717-749-7056) to make sure we're home. For directions and other contact information (like our cell numbers) click here
Ribbons aren't everything!
There are basically four ways that one can assess the quality of alpaca fleece. The first is eyes and hands – how does it look and how does it feel? The more fleeces you get your eyes and hands on, the better you will be able to judge a quality fleece. The risk is “barn blindness,” which is when... [read more...] 
Snowmass Secret Ovation enjoying the relative cool of a summer evening with some feathered friends
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Featured AlpacasThe information for our 2023 EPD calculation has moved. Please click here to go to that page.
If you are interested owning alpacas the animals listed below would be a great way to start. Each female has produced at least two offspring on our farm, and a breeding to one Sugar Hollow's herdsires is included in the purchase price. The males have the desired fleece traits to produce amazingly soft yarns and could be used for breeding as they reach maturity. We are happy to provide a discount for packages of two or more alpacas purchased together.
 Inspiration's Keep the Faith
Inspiration's Keep the Faith is a beautiful dark fawn with awesome fineness and handle. Her 2023 EPDs place her in the top 10% for both fineness and uniformity of fleece. She has produced two offspring for us - her daughter King Leo's Tiny Dancer, and Sugar Hollow's Daydream Believer who took a 2nd place ribbon in the 2022 PAOBA Fleece Showcase. Faith makes beautiful yarn and has an easygoing personality although she is a bit shy.
Color: Dark Fawn Date of Birth: May 7, 2014 Price: $1,500  King Leo's Tiny Dancer is a WONDERFUL mom!
King Leo's Tiny Dancer produces an incredibly soft and uniform fleece which spins into wonderful yarn! We have used yarn made from her fiber in several of the handknitted items sold in our farm store. Dancer has given us two offspring and is currently bred to our herdsire Poseidon Isaac's Matoskah. Her first son, Sugar Hollow's Louie Louie, took first place in the light male class at the 2022 PAOBA Fleece Showcase. Her second son, Sugar Hollow's Ready Teddy, is the spitting image of Louie Louie! Dancer was the first cria born to Inspiration's Keep the Faith (see above) and has her mom's easygoing personality without being as shy.
Color: Beige Date of Birth: May 23, 2018 Price: $2,900  Sugar Hollow's Sweet Caroline
Sugar Hollow's Sweet Caroline is light brown in color which can sometimes produce an aura of purple in certain light. She got that from her grandmother AHA Sheba. Caroline is an easy breeder who has produced four offspring for our farm. Having reared that many cria her fleece is not what it once was but she still produces soft fiber (much softer than wool!) that makes nice yarn. Her daughter Layla took blue ribbons in halter at the 2017 PAOBA Breeder's Showcase and MAPACA Small Breeder's Jubilee. Caroline is one of the least shy alpacas on the farm and is very food motivated. She is eager eat grain right out of your hand!
Color: Light Brown Date of Birth: May 15, 2013 Price: $1,000  Ready Teddy full fleeced!
Sugar Hollow Matoskah's Ready Teddy is the spitting image of his full brother Sugar Hollow's Louie Louie (who we sold earlier this year). He has tremendous fineness, uniformity and crimp. His fleece has not been sent to the mill yet from this year's shearing but we expect the yarn from his fiber to be absolutely beautiful! He is in the top 5% of EPDs for five of the eight fleece characteristics tracked. We would keep him as a breeder on our farm except that we own his sire and already have his stunning genetics. Teddy would be a great choice for anyone interested in producing outstanding yarn and possibly using him as a herdsire.
Color: Light Fawn Date of Birth: June 16,2023 Price: $2,000  Sugar Hollow Matoskah's Magic Man
Sugar Hollow Matoskah's Magic Man (shown here less than one month after being sheared) will turn one year old at the end of October. He is a lovely bay black color that looks brown in the light. He only had 6 months of fleece growth at shearing this year so we will save it to combine with next year's sheared fleece to send to the mill. We also didn't enter him in any shows, but based on his dam and sire's EPDs and what he is showing us in this year's growth his fleece will be very fine and uniform with above average crimp which is what you want for producing amazingly soft alpaca yarns! Another wonderful addition for anyone interested in producing outstanding yarn.
Color: Bay Black Date of Birth: October 29,2023 Price: $1,500 Also for sale are two of our mature breeding males below:
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Alpaca Fleece...
Alpaca Fleece Close-up, Brown
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