Dutch Hollow Acres

I was inspired by Alpaca Farm Girl’s Amigurumi Fiber Arts Friday and had to try it out for myself.  I have a short attention span so I ended up making small things for my cats and dogs to play with.  

Cat toys are stuffed with a bell, catnip and some alpaca as filler.
Dog toys are stuffed with alpaca of course and a squeaker.

CLICK HERE: for photos of all of our little friends

FMM is back!  Get more visitors to your local harvest fiber store by listing it for free at Fiber Market Monday's. 

Just dye a new batch of roving or yarn?  Show it off! 

Proud of your fiber animal and want to show them off?  Post them too!

To enter your link and view others Visit AlpacaBytes.com

What does a share of Alpaca Fiber CSA get you?

- CSA share holder’s certificate
- Monthly Farm Newsletter
- Finished Alpaca Yarn!
- Quarter share = minimum of 10oz of finished yarn
- Half share = minimum of 1.25 lbs of finished yarn
- Full share = minimum of 2.5 lbs of finished yarn
- Our alpaca fiber is blended with other natural fibers like Tencel
so that your finished products are machine washable!

What do we spend shareholder fees on?

- Feed/Hay/Minerals
- Veterinary fees
- Fencing and other barn maintenance
- Shearing fees
- Fiber processing fees
- Shipping/handling

Yarn will be mailed out to you as soon as we receive the processed yarn from the mill. Milling times do vary and we will keep you updated in our newsletters as to when we expect shipment from the mill. CSA shares cost $200 for a full share, $100 for a half share, $55 for a quarter share. You’re welcome to purchase more than one share to double, triple, etc your take of the harvest. We limit the number of shares sold to insure everyone gets a fair amount yarn. The amounds per share are listed as minimums because if we have a good shearing with little VM or short cuts waste we may have a higher yeild which would give you more skeins!

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UPDATE 7/21/09!
Shares will be ready by Sept/Oct
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We have black roving and raw fiber
for our hand spinners
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Share holders are encouraged to visit our farm and see what we’re all about. Please contact us to set up a farm visit!

To Purchase a CSA Share Click Here - You will be taken to our Etsy Store.

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Alpaca Fiber CSA giveaway!

If you purchase a full, half, or Quarter share by August 31st you are entered to win even more yarn!

Names will be drawn totally at random and no preference is given to those who purchase full vs. half shares. The more shares you purchase the more times your name is in the pot!

If you purchased a full share you will win a half share of yarn that you can either keep for yourself or use as a gift for someone else.

If you purchased a half share you will win a quarter share of yarn that you can either keep for yourself or use as a gift for someone else.

If you purchased a quarter share you will win 2 extra skeins of yarn in your CSA share.

There will be 1 winner and the name will be drawn on September 1st. The winner will have 1 calendar week to respond to the winning email I will send. If there is no response another winner will be drawn in their place.

My mother-in-law got to work on some alpaca fiber yesterday.  Fiber color is dark grey with some green decorative floss in it for added sparkle.  By the time I came home she had crocheted a whole bunch of scrunchies!  What a great idea.  She even decorated them with beads, shells or wood.  It’s hard to display a scrunchie so I hope they turn out ok. 

These will be listed for sale on our website.

Check out other great fiber projects that others are working on.
Fiber Arts Friday