So we've been doing the Alpaca thing for about 6 years or so now, right?  Well, unfortunately we've not had the experience that we had hoped for and have decided to move on.  We still have family with Alpaca's though, so we'll still be able to offer nice fibers & rovings; That's the good news!  

Right now, we're just taking a break to figure out where we want to go next in our endeavors.  We've looked at Icelandic sheep and that may happen at some point. They're good for wool, meat and milk and we're really trying to live more and more self-sufficiently as we go on until at some point we can be mostly off the grid, so to speak.  Goats are a consideration as well for the same reasons. Mike has even looked into pigs and chickens but I'm not as enthusiastic about those.  ;)  I'm not a big fan of birds so I think chickens might be just too gross for me, and the pigs, well I'm afraid I would fall in love with the babies and have a hard time when it was time to slaughter. I just don't know if my heart could take it even if my head knew it was not a bad thing.

I still plan to keep the store open.  Over the years, I've totally fallen in love with the fiber community, and all aspects of the textile arts.  What I'm hoping for now is that I'll have the chance to really expand that avenue for myself and for the store without feeling as restricted as I had before, with our Alpaca focus.  It's one door closing, but a new and exciting door opening and I'm really looking forward to what it will bring!