Alpacas!

Welcome to the second annual post of the Brainylady Alpaca Appreciation Society (an acronym more suited to sheep, but it will do...). Some of you may recall that my parents live up the road from alpacas, and you may even remember last year's inaugural BAAS post, which can be viewed here. My visit this year is a few weeks later than last year's, resulting in two major differences: haircuts and babies! (Among the alpacas, I mean.)




Aren't they funny, with their mop tops and furry legwarmers? As of yesterday evening, there were three babies, but they tend to hang back and stay close to their mamas. The other ones are pretty friendly. I love all their colours; I match them to yarns, like, "Oh, the skein of Touch of Twist I got at Rhinebeck must've come from an alpaca that looked like this one...." I bought a skein of laceweight chocolate-brown alpaca when I was in Vancouver, which apparently came from a farm in Mission, B.C.

You don't think anyone would notice if I just took one little alpaca and put it in my pocket, do you? Bill, can we keep him? Can we? Can we?


I fly home tomorrow. I'll show you my new yarn soon, plus a few more thrift finds. It's been a good trip, a very full three weeks. Now that it's summer, I actually feel ready to get back to the libraries and embark on thesis research. Big plans, big plans...