Auntie E's Knits

Post-pandemic shearing is still a little crazy around here as in, we need to do our own. The Farmer had to shear alone last year, and his go...

Sometimes you have to take care of business on your own... even if it does not go so well. Our shearing team didn't make the rounds this...

Eight+ weeks into the quarantine has so many of us feeling a little bit too fluffy on top, so you can't help but feel a little bit jeal...

May 19th was this year's shearing day, and it was lovely to get another "few" pounds of fiber and see the animals emerge sle...

Every shearing day is unique. Unfortunately this year no one was home to see it happen. The Farmer had to hood a graduating doctoral candida...

Last Saturday finally arrived after the poor alpacas had to carry their fluffy fleece around for an extra month. Our shear team had multiple...

At which repetition does a novelty wear off? Our fourth year of shearing on May 3rd had a little feeling of "been there, done that...

For the third time already , it was shearing day at Shady Grove Alpacas, and high time for it. The temperature was in the 80's an...

After 13 months of growing their fiber, it was shearing day for the alpacas today. Instead of traveling to another farm like last year , a y...