yes, they are alpacas

Two Saturdays ago I finally realized my long-time goal of becoming some kind of crazy fiber baron, someone who controlled the entire means of fiber production from the top down in my clenched, capitalist fist: I got my own alpacas.

There are three of them — Cinnamon, Benz, and Silverton — and they are completely adorable as alpacas are wont to be. Those of you who’ve been following our progress on Facebook already know their origin story, so you can feel free to skip a bit. But for those that don’t, we got them from Don and Jody Stanwyck of Jo’s Fleece Fields, who’ve gone above and beyond the call of duty in helping us prepare to be first-time alpaca owners. I’d read and researched for years but the time had finally come to actually get alpacas, because the only way I was going to learn any more was by actually owning them.

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