Saturday, August 1, 2015
Our fleeces at the Little Creek Farm collection site
For the first time, we are participating in the Alpaca Coalition of America's National Fleece Collection Initiative. For this project, farms from all over the country send skirted blanket fleeces of different grades and colors to various collection sites. Collection sites are scattered throughout every region. Once collected, all the fleeces will be graded and sorted. This year at Little Creek Farm, Winnie Labrecque and an expert team will be sorting and grading. A summary report of each farm's read more...
piles of sorted and graded fleece
securing fleece in the baler
A finished fleece bale!
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Saturday, June 13, 2015
Brandy
We'd like to start bragging about our newest addition to our elite foundation females, Pucara's Artic Legacy's Brandy. This girl is not only beautiful, she has extreme density on a very consistent beautifully structured fleece. And what genetics she has!! Her sire is Snowmass Artic Legacy XX (Snowmass Artic Wind/Snowmass Legacy Lace; now standing in Canada), and her dam is Tequila's Brandi (Hemingway). How could anyone possibly make that genetics powerhouse any better? Well, Brandy is currently read more...
Snowmass Artic Legacy XX
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Wednesday, June 3, 2015
Taming the Shark
We just recovered from our 9th annual shearing festival, FurFest. Wheww! What a great time we had. Weather couldn't have been better, volunteers and shearers worked their tails off the entire day, but were rewarded with a big New York style "Sharknado" party. Oh, and who could forget the alpaca birth right in the middle of shearing; a special treat for everyone to see a newborn alpaca cria. For Sharknado, we had shark hats,SharkNado t-shirts for all and the open bar was stocked with Landshark be read more...
gathering fleece
Sue and Max
Shark-Dog
Mom and new baby
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Saturday, March 21, 2015
down back
girls on expedition
Baby
more girls..
our guard llama
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Sunday, February 15, 2015
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Saturday, January 10, 2015
January on the farm
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Saturday, December 13, 2014
Olive Infinity Scarf
We've been working on this concept for a couple of years; perfecting designs, selecting special alpacas to participate, and ironing out details. After countless hours of preparing and perfecting, we have finally launched our own exclusive and entirely one-of-a-kind alpaca garments. So, what the heck does "one-of-a-kind" mean and how do we do it? Well, we start by identifying alpacas who possess exceptional density and fineness of fleece. This translates to a more luxurious feel of the finished p read more...
Olive
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Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Tim and I at the winery
Reflecting back on our recent trip to meet up with our friends Gerald and Janette of Ariya Alpagas in Montreal and to attend their annual children's fundraiser. The event, sponsored by the Perrone groupe was held on the scenic grounds of the Domaine Les Brome winery and featured an exclusive auction and live entertainment by reknown Canadian artist Zachary Richard. We then travelled north to the region of Charlevoix to visit our friends Pat and Nathalie of Alpagas de Charlevoix. What beautifu read more...
St Lawrence Seaway
Charlevoix
Alpagas de Charlevoix
Tonto
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Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Accoyo America Avani
Wow; can't believe we've been in the alpaca industry now for 8 years. What started as a small family venture has really blossomed into a large booming enterprise. We expanded our breeding program with the addition of elite herdsires from Snowmass and Accoyo America; we opened a virtual and on-site farm store; we joined the NJ Department of Farm Tourism; we conduct group farm tours and educational seminars about alpacas and the textile industry; we participate with local growers'/small business read more...
Avani
Avani fleece
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