We love to open our barn to the public. That’s why we have two major ‘Open Barn’ events each year. The first one is in May, the weekend before shearing. This usually occurs Mother’s Day weekend. What a great treat to bring mom out to the farm, meet and learn about the alpacas and pick out an alpaca for mom to take home! Seriously, we sell our fiber boys to hand spinners or to family’s as pets. On a different scale for mom, we stock a fiber arts and yarn store full of things for mom made from her favorite alpaca’s fiber. We sell fiber straight from the animal, washed and carded into rovings and slivers, spun into a variety of weights of yarn as well as a range of finished products from felted placemats and table runners to knit sweaters, socks, hats and scarves.
Our second annual 'Open Barn' event is held the last weekend of September to celebrate National Alpaca Farm Day. In addition to having our fiber arts & yarn store open, you’ll be able to feed the alpacas treats, learn the differences between the suri and huacaya breeds and feel the difference in fiber softness between month-old cria and adult fiber. You can also make it a great learning experience for kids! Our learning center makes a great way for those curious about alpacas to learn more about their care and feeding and whether an alpaca breeding business would fit your lifestyle, income and entrepreneurial situation.
2009 National Alpaca Farm Days, September 26 & 27, 2009, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Plan to stop by our farm as we throw open the barn doors and introduce you to our alpacas. Enjoy the thrill of having the alpacas nibble carrots and alfalfa pellets from your hand. Meet our newest arrivals who will be literally just days old but just as frisky, cute and soft as you can possibly imagine. Learn about alpacas - where they came from and how they came to be here in America, what you feed them and what do you do with their fiber, how you take care of them and how they take care of you! Check out our fiber store and see and feel just how soft, warm and hypoallergenic their fiber products really are. We stock socks, pillows, hats, scarves, capes and yarn of all types and, as we say, the yarn is "colored by nature and painted by rainbows." You won't want to go home empty handed!
