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WOW!! NAFD, Fleecy Fiber Foray & More.

Drum Carding 101 by Sarah Emery of Brookfarm Alpacas

Thank you, thank you, thank you! We were so thrilled and surprised with the support and turn out for National Alpaca Farm Days! Brookfarm Alpacas, Alpaca Shire, and Alpacas of Sonoma were pretty blown away by the turn out over the two-day event Saturday and Sunday, September 27 & 28, 2008.

The three Alpaca farms had teamed up months before when we decided to participate in NAFD and started to set our plan in place for the weekend. We were surprised with the interest from the local press, as you can see from our News & Tips page. Then there was the spot Dr. Rhonda Stallings did on “Pet Talk” on local radio station KSVY, when she hosted Vicki Arns (Alpaca Shire), Heather Sowinski (Alpacas of Sonoma), and Debbie Emery (Brookfarm Alpacas) and interviewed us about upcoming NAFD. Then there were the posters we put up everywhere.

The week before started out with a visit a week in advance my mistake. Then there was the 2-3 other visitors mid-week who just want to drive out and make sure they knew how to find us. An then one more visitor the Thursday before the actual event. But they all returned later on the right days! :-)

Brookfarm Manager, and jack of all trades, Mark did his usual excellent job of laying out the parking area and all the signage. We opened up the farm gate to Sonoma Mountain Road so visitors could exit there making a complete loop to facilitate the flow of traffic.

But little did we know that so many people, from the age
of infant to about 80 years young, would come to see,
feed, touch and photograph alpacas; watch and
participate in felting, spinning, carding, and skirting
demonstrations; purchase yarn, fiber, roving, knitting
kits, scarves, hats, felted bags, rugs, socks, childrens’
books, and finger puppets; browse magazines with
beautiful high-end alpaca clothing featured; ask and
get answered a myriad of questions about alpacas and
fiber; sit and knit under the shade of the willow (even
take a slip from the willow!); and enjoy a cookie, or
apple juice throughout it all. Yes, it was a day full of
“Alpaca” and everyone seemed to enjoy all aspects of it
and be very appreciative of the learning experience.

View our photo collage of the weekend here:
NAFD PHOTO COLLECTION

And then, if NAFD wasn’t enough, all three farms collaborated again on October 11, 2008, for the Fun Fleecy Fiber Foray at the Sonoma Community Center. Another fun fiber days was had by all. View the photo collage here:
FLEECY FIBER FORAY PHOTO COLLAGE.

Stay tuned because Fall cria are about to hit the ground real soon!

Brookfarm yarn now available at Sonoma Yarn.

Mark your calendars for
2009 NATIONAL ALPACA FARM DAYS ~
Saturday & Sunday, September 26 & 27;
right here at Brookfarm.

Mark & Debbie

Sunday, September 28, 2008

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