Homegrown and handmade: sustainable Suffolk wool from our flocks of Alpacas and Shetland Sheep
Phew, what a weekend! I am still feeling slightly overwhelmed with the sheer amount of beautiful yarn on display at this year’s East Anglia Yarn Festival. It was our first time exhibiting and I think it is fair to say we have found our happy place. Over 80 stalls appeared as if by magic in […]
28th January 2023 We had a fabulous time when we joined an enthusiastic band of crafters for Craft & Create at Essex Young Farmers Club Centre. Everyone was celebrating the joys of working with alpaca fibre. It was one of the first in person events that Eastern Alpaca Group had hosted since lockdown and we […]
We are extremely excited that we came home with first and second place rosettes from this years’ British Alpaca Society National Show. The show took place at Telford International Centre over the weekend of 26th/27th March. Around 600 alpacas were gathered together from across Britain so it was an alpaca lovers heaven! Our boys are […]
For the past couple of weeks we have been busy getting ready for the British Alpaca Society National Show. This year we have a trade stand and will be selling our felted soaps and a range of handmade accessories. The annual halter show is the largest gathering of alpacas and their owners in the country. […]
In the weakening autumn sun, I have set the loom up for the first time in ages. The soft aran weight Shetland has, as always, worked beautifully in the warp. I am about to load the shuttle with some lovely oatmeal coloured alpaca from our two boys Ben and Dumbledore.It is a beautiful day! 🙂
We have new Shetland ram lambs on the meadow! Last year we borrowed a handsome Shetland ram from Tilney Shetlands and the result was our beautiful ewe lamb Nimbus. This year we are being even more adventurous and have purchased not one, but two ram lambs for our flock. Spa Lodge Aillig is a grey […]
