Well, I never did finish it off, nor did I get photos of the lambs with their tails docked, oh well, maybe later. To continue with Saturday’s tasks, in the late afternoon as it was cooling down we moved the alpacas to the next paddock because they’ve topped enough off the new grass so as to let it bush up, they are now up in the paddock around the arena and barn. Also we ripped down the fence on the boundary of our place and John’s as a while ago his cows broke through it, and this week he intends fixing it, but our compost piled had collapsed and was in the way so I moved the offending part using the FEL and the tractor.
On Sunday we went to our felting lesson, it was really hot and sunny at our place, so shorts and t-shirts were the order of the day, but by the time we got to Eketahuna the weather was abysmal, thankfully the workshop was inside. After a tour of her workshop she did a demonstration of how to make a felt bag from 100% alpaca, it looked surprising easy! After lunch every one had a go, Steph made a felt evening bag and I made the strap for it. At least now we have found something we can try to do with our fleece that we have stored. The carding and spinning ideas we had for a business kind of went out the window yesterday as we realised that without such large equipment, we would not be able to compete. Time to start looking for another opportunity, starting a commercial flock of high quality suri alpacas still looks quite attractive, but once more the same problem arises, land and investment! Oh well we’re not even 30 yet, so we’ve got a while!
On Sunday afternoon we went along to the WoodTurners Christmas BBQ, we had quite a good time, and thankfully it was only 6kms away.
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