Saturday, April 30, 2016

I was kissed by a llama!

Last weekend was the Washington County Fiber Tour. The first farm we visited was the Quarry Ridge Alpaca Farm.
 I got a very happy welcome from this beauty. She came right up to check me out.
Besides a few llamas, the farm has many alpaca. 
They are much more shy than the llama, but when you stand very still they will come up to you.










They are so cute, but they have really funny feet. Made for climbing around in the Andes, I suppose.


At the other farms we saw BFL sheep,
angora goats

and cashmere goats

 While the sheep and angora goats are sheared, the cashmere goats just have their undercoat combed out, so they always look this beautiful.

We also had time to visit a carding and spinning mill. I didn't know we had a local mill anymore.

Yes, I came home with quite a bit of yarn and roving. Altogether, it was a very fine day.

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