Alpaca Fair: This morning i attended the Alpaca fair in the next town over. Many animals ( alpacas ) in enclosures to be shown. I was disappointed in the lack of saleable items(...

colo43 Loc: Eastern Plains of Colorado

This morning i attended the Alpaca fair in the next town over.
Many animals ( alpacas ) in enclosures to be shown.
I was disappointed in the lack of saleable items( gloves- scarves- etc etc) being sold.
The Rovings were more along the lines of natural fibers instead of colorful dyed rovings that one could and would use to make their items with.
The people i spoke with welcomed me to take pictures. So be prepared to see their livestock.

Suri

Suri ( looks like long curly locks of fur

colo43 Loc: Eastern Plains of Colorado

set 2

colo43 Loc: Eastern Plains of Colorado

set 3

Alpaca Scarf $95

Erv Loc: Medina Ohio

Very fun Marilyn!! So what you are saying is you saved a lot of money? :):) Janny use to drag me to tees too.:):)
Erv

colo43 Loc: Eastern Plains of Colorado

Erv wrote:

Very fun Marilyn!! So what you are saying is you saved a lot of money? :):) Janny use to drag me to tees too.:):)
Erv

Well i left $21 for a pair of fingerless gloves for driving..
That was my big expense for the Day..
:)
I think it was more in the interests of selling some animals rather than wool or items.
Right now i don't need any more livestock..
:)

kaz6756 Loc: Canarsie,Brooklyn, New York

I want one. She might no like the concrete jungle. They are beautiful. Thanks for sharing

kaz6756 Loc: Canarsie,Brooklyn, New York

I want one. She might no like the concrete jungle. They are beautiful. Thanks for sharing

pianist38 Loc: Nebraska

Sounds like fun. I like #3 in Set 1. :-)

colo43 Loc: Eastern Plains of Colorado

kaz6756 wrote:

I want one. She might no like the concrete jungle. They are beautiful. Thanks for sharing

The 6th photo down had 2 older alpacas and a 2.5 month old baby.

colo43 Loc: Eastern Plains of Colorado

pianist38 wrote:

Sounds like fun. I like #3 in Set 1. :-)

It was a perfect morning for them, altho its getting quite warm now.

angela k Loc: Long Island

I just love them with their big beautiful eyes and extra long lashes!! And the first one needs those bangs cut!! lol...
Nice set Marilyn, thanks for the share. I love going to places like that, hope you had fun!!
:-D

colo43 Loc: Eastern Plains of Colorado

angela k wrote:

I just love them with their big beautiful eyes and extra long lashes!! And the first one needs those bangs cut!! lol...
Nice set Marilyn, thanks for the share. I love going to places like that, hope you had fun!!
:-D

To be truthful, i was rather disappointed. I felt it would be homemade items from the fibers,but all were commercially made. The rovings were White and fawn.
But i have both of those and i washed- picked and carded my own and my color is a much prettier shade than anything i had seen there. Again all theirs had been commercially roved .

The lack of dyed wool was a real bust( not that i needed any) but it would had been nice to see colors and know what was new on the Market.

All in all, i think the show was more along the lines of sales of the livestock than fiber or items.

I needed to attend to find out, now i can just pass on bye next year and smile..
But i did manage to buy a pair fingerless alpaca gloves for driving. My one big splurge of the day..
:)

angela k Loc: Long Island

colo43 wrote:

To be truthful, i was rather disappointed. I felt ... (show quote)

But at least it was a day out and different! I have to admit, I've never done felting, I did however, after brushing my cats, roll their hair into a ball, I wet it a bit, and I could have made beads out of it!!

colo43 Loc: Eastern Plains of Colorado

angela k wrote:

But at least it was a day out and different! I have to admit, I've never done felting, I did however, after brushing my cats, roll their hair into a ball, I wet it a bit, and I could have made beads out of it!!

Because of the cats fur being so soft you would have to blend it with more wool than fur to make beads.
I used some of Hevs fur and had to blend it with wool to get it to bind.
They did have a rabbit at the fair and i know they sell fur from it, but its expensive.

angela k Loc: Long Island

colo43 wrote:

Because of the cats fur being so soft you would have to blend it with more wool than fur to make beads.
I used some of Hevs fur and had to blend it with wool to get it to bind.
They did have a rabbit at the fair and i know they sell fur from it, but its expensive.

I wouldn't wear fur beads, but it did stay together, it would be a good project if someone lost their cat as a remembrance ball, I actually think I saw that somewhere, maybe on pinterest!