Hubby was away at drill this weekend, so my sister and I took a drive out to a local alpaca farm where they were shearing their llamas. You could buy the fleece or order yarn. It was very interesting, and we both decided we have to come back with our kids some day.
Shorn llamas look pretty pathetic. My sister and I both thought of the Pixar animated short "Boundin'" that was on the Incredibles DVD. Shorn llamas look like the body of a deer or overgrown sheep with shaggy wool leg warmers with the head and neck of an ostrich with bangs.
I didn't manage to get any fleece. The one I wanted was reserved for the llama rancher's wife. I did get signed up for a spinning class, though. The lady that was demonstrating spinning seemed interested in my loom. I will have to get a pic so maybe she call tell me what kind I have and how I can work it.
I have one pound of sliver coopworth sheep roving, and I hope to get some more roving or fleece at the Bridgeport Highland Games on May 2. Of course, hubby still has to make me a spinning wheel....
