Hollister Free Lance – Dorrance holds a class on spinning and knitting every third Saturday of the month to show people how to use the alpaca wool. Helping Hands is a weekly feature of the Free Lance that focuses on contributions made by individual volunteers in our
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Woman finds natural niche raising alpacas
Morning Sun – Gratiot County resident Maple Smith fell into raising alpacas and spinning alpaca wool around the same time young women were drawn to knitting and crocheting. The result is a perfectly timed venture she has grown to love. A research study
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Detroit Free Press – Photos by WILLIAM ARCHIE/Detroit Free Press) Judy Maybee of Ortonville admires Bedelia, a 4-year-old alpaca, on the 15-acre alpaca farm she and her husband have in Ortonville. The couple have nearly 70 of the animals, which are valued for their soft

Quality Fabric Of The Month
Textile World – Hardy said the new version of the shirt is more comfortable and performs better than the original. The Latitude 15 shirts are made in Peru and are offered in the United States through retail outlets including alpaca farm stores. Available in two

Colorado Springs Gazette – THE GREAT WESTERN ALPACA SHOW: May 4-6, Denver National Western Complex; www.alpacabreeders.org. STAGE INCREDIBLE CIRCUS MAT : Acrobats, jugglers, contortionists, unicyclists and clowns, 7 p.m. May 4 and 11, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. May 5 and 12, 2 p.m
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Munch lunch
Canada East – Truffle, a recently shorn Alpaca, eats her dinner as she sits in her pen with others during the Mid-Atlantic Alpaca show in Harrisburg, Pa., yesterday. This article and many more on this site are available exclusively to subscribers of the Telegraph
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