Shetland Alpacas

Long awaited drainage work started in the fields! Poor Martin, who is doing the work, has been hit with torrential down-pours, making the task all the more difficult. However, drain ditches from years ago are being re-opened and the heavy rain has been testing them! Alpacas deeply interested in the machinery on site!
Many additional felted and knitted products have now been added to other pages on this site....please take a look!
 
 
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Great day with our local model , Susan, taking lots of pics of the latest garments. Perfect weather any perfect location...thanks Susan!
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Well, the nights are starting to draw in and the rain has come back to north Shetland, helping the grass to grow one last time before the autumn proper. Ditching work to be completed as soon as possible to avoid winter swamp! 
Finally got round to adding more products to the website for sale...so feel free to browse!
Starting to plan for the main craft fair in November...loads to do.
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well the fields have continued to dry out...but now we need rain! As the rest of UK gets a soaking, we are almost in drought conditions. Not much to report other than the fact that the lambs continue to grow at an astounding rate, the alpacas are all sheared now (by hand) and mating time for them is now over, pregnant or not!
Hopefully the crofters' health will improve in august to allow essential pre-winter work to get done to avoid swamp conditions again. 
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Well...progress!  New stud male (Horatio) has arrived from the Scottish Borders. He is settling in well and its great to see a jet black alpaca on site ! Many thanks to Border Mill !
Lambing finished for the year and we have been lucky enough to get 10 lambs from the 6 Soay ewes this year. The one excitement has been having a light shaded ram lamb which is going to be kept as a full ram for the future (Casper!)
We have been hand shearing as many of the alpacas as possible and have collected man...
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Just sold two of last year's ewe lambs to a lovely couple in Voe! Always sorry to see them go, but confident in their new owners.
Rain has continued today...with the fields returning getting very wet again...Oh for some dry weather very soon!
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