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The Beginnings of Our Alpaca Farm in Pennsylvania
It started with yarn. Kathy loves to knit, so when we visited the Luckett’s Fair in Lucketts, Virginia, of course we stopped at the yarn vendor. The alpaca yarn was lovely, soft, and totally irresistible. We bought enough to knit a wrap, with plenty left over.
We also talked, and admired the photos of the crias that had been born two weeks before the Fair. Without even realizing it, we had found our plan for retirement! The next weekend, driving home from our weekend place in West Virginia, we spotted an “Alpaca Farm Store Open” sign, and that was that. We stopped in, visited the alpacas, shopped at the farm store, talked with the owner, and then spoke of nothing else for weeks. At Christmas we went back to buy some alpaca slippers and socks (you’ll not find warmer or softer socks!) and ended up starting our herd.
We started as a one-alpaca farm – our Macaria was agisted at Bear Garden Farm in West Virginia. Her (and our) first cria was born the following April. We named her Esperanza, which means Hope. Our little herd continued to grow – Macaria is now a grandmother several times over. Esperanza has had two crias of her own. We purchased a few more animals and slowly grew to 10 alpacas, who were agisted for a time at Double 8 Alpaca Ranch in Lovettsville, Virginia. And now, we have an alpaca farm of our own located in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania where we live with our growing herd.
We’ve spent the last couple of years continuing to breed and sell alpacas always with the goal of producing fleece that will become exceptional yarn. Most of our clip from shearing goes to a local mill to be processed into yarn, and also roving which Kathy has learned to hand spin herself. She’s also dusted off that rigid heddle loom, purchased a triangle loom, and is weaving shawls and rugs and knitting beautiful shawls.
We’ve participated in various alpaca shows each year and have won some beautiful ribbons! We’ve also learned that the mills that process our gorgeous fleece into yarn prefer fleece that it is not quite as fine as what the judges are looking for in the show ring – so we are back to yarn. Our goal is to produce the softest, brightest alpaca yarn we can.
We can’t wait to have you visit us at Sugar Hollow Farm...contact us.
It started with yarn. Kathy loves to knit, so when we visited the Luckett’s Fair in Lucketts, Virginia, of course we stopped at the yarn vendor. The alpaca yarn was lovely, soft, and totally irresistible. We bought enough to knit a wrap, with plenty left over.
We also talked, and admired the photos of the crias that had been born two weeks before the Fair. Without even realizing it, we had found our plan for retirement! The next weekend, driving home from our weekend place in West Virginia, we spotted an “Alpaca Farm Store Open” sign, and that was that. We stopped in, visited the alpacas, shopped at the farm store, talked with the owner, and then spoke of nothing else for weeks. At Christmas we went back to buy some alpaca slippers and socks (you’ll not find warmer or softer socks!) and ended up starting our herd.
We started as a one-alpaca farm – our Macaria was agisted at Bear Garden Farm in West Virginia. Her (and our) first cria was born the following April. We named her Esperanza, which means Hope. Our little herd continued to grow – Macaria is now a grandmother several times over. Esperanza has had two crias of her own. We purchased a few more animals and slowly grew to 10 alpacas, who were agisted for a time at Double 8 Alpaca Ranch in Lovettsville, Virginia. And now, we have an alpaca farm of our own located in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania where we live with our growing herd.
We’ve spent the last couple of years continuing to breed and sell alpacas always with the goal of producing fleece that will become exceptional yarn. Most of our clip from shearing goes to a local mill to be processed into yarn, and also roving which Kathy has learned to hand spin herself. She’s also dusted off that rigid heddle loom, purchased a triangle loom, and is weaving shawls and rugs and knitting beautiful shawls.
We’ve participated in various alpaca shows each year and have won some beautiful ribbons! We’ve also learned that the mills that process our gorgeous fleece into yarn prefer fleece that it is not quite as fine as what the judges are looking for in the show ring – so we are back to yarn. Our goal is to produce the softest, brightest alpaca yarn we can.
We can’t wait to have you visit us at Sugar Hollow Farm...contact us.
Alpaca in the Snow on a Pennsylvania Farm
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Pennsylvania Alpaca Farm
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