I get to walk an Alpaca

"Smile we are having our photo taken.

 Do you have to keep eating your breakfast?"

"Now you and me are having a little chat!

You will behave and walk nice and finish your breakfast!"

"See everyone else? they are starting to walk, are you ready?"

"Come on, you me, an afternoon walk!"

"Come on, Ohh not more food!"

Alpaca Day

Every year Stewart and I give a Sunday to fundraising at 

"Azsu, Alpacas of Norfolk"for Cancer Care.

It's normally the last Sunday in July.

We set up a mini exhibition and demonstrate

carding and embellishing (dry felting).

It's a great day, we arrive early to see all the Alpacas being divided up 

into their different fields and the babies are so cute!

This year Jenn came to see what it was all about and went for

a walk with one of the one year olds.

She loved it!

To see more about Alpacas visit

HERE

Demonstrating Felting and Carding

I was demonstrating feltmaking all day and Stewart

was using a drum carder all day!

There was so much interest.

He was carding and showing the difference between

sheeps' wool and Alpaca.

We had tubs of the different types of wools

to show the difference and my

mini exhibition showed how the wools felt

in different ways, wet and dry methods.

It was a wonderful day.

Visit the Alpaca Farm

www.alpacabarn.co.uk

My Stand at The Alpaca Farm Open Day

Last Sunday Stewart and I was at The

Alpaca Farm at Cranworth, Norfolk for their Open Day.

I was there demonstrating wet and dry felting.

I had a great Stand area where I was

able to se up a display of felt work,

a wet felting area and an embellisher area.

We had two embellisher machines, which were

felting away all day with the felting public

and in between Stewart was carding and I was

layering up wool to make a piece of wet felt

and showing the process in the afternoon.

It was a wonderful day and

Thank you to all who visited and Nikki, her

family and friends who made us so welcome.

Visit the Alpaca Farm

www.alpacabarn.co.uk

Alpaca Farm

Alpaca Farm Visit

After card class on Wednesday I went off to

Nikki's Alpaca Farm at

near Shipdam.

Nikki took me round the farm and introduced me to

many of the different Alpacas and a few Llamas.

We stood in one field and she called them in!!!

90 Alpacas and several Llamas came running towards

us at great speed!

As they got closer the brave ones in this case a little

brown female called 'Suki', stopped for a close up,

right next to the lens and then blew warm air in my ear!

Their version of a kiss.

She then needed to be fussed constantly on her neck

and followed us around.

Nikki is amazing with them.

Their eyes are so beautiful and gentle.

It was a lovely experience.

I was visiting because I am participating in

the Craft demonstrations using the Alpaca Wool.

I am Embellishing and visitors can have a go too.

The Open day is the 30th of July 2011.

11am until 4.30pm.

Visit the website for more information about

Alpacas and the events.

Visit the farms website for more information

www.alpacabarn.co.uk