Alpaca farming is considered the greenest fiber due to the ease of its production. One animal provides five to 10 pounds of fiber and the animals consume very little food compared to other grazing ...

KINDRED, N.D.-Chris Armbrust and her Dakota Fiber Mill in Kindred have been turning all kinds of wool into yarn since 2010, but this winter the shop added a felting machine that has opened up an ...

Alpaca fibre, often touted as the new luxury, has been on my radar a while, but as a fibre with such foreign roots, it has had to remain a distant thought. A few weeks ago however, I was fortunate ...

With a silky coat, fine-boned legs, dainty feet, statuesque bearing and curious demeanor, an alpaca is "a huggable investment," says Sherry Leslie, who's been raising the cameloids with her husband, ...

— Owners of one of Salem County’s very few alpaca farms will be opening their property to the public this weekend for National Alpaca Farm Days, giving visitors a chance to meet and learn about ...

With one slurpy kiss, Samson the alpaca changed Diane DelDuca’s life. After retiring from the phone company in Cañon City on a Friday, the lifelong animal lover started a gig as a receptionist at a ...

Richard Steffke, who once did handyman work on Grosse Ile, and his wife, Gail, a former professional race car driver, never saw it coming, but one day their lives took a turn down a road that would ...

Each kit contains two balls of alpaca yarn, knitting needles, stuffing and a knitting pattern for the alpaca toy pictured. To go into the draw, visit FARM’s Facebook page and submit a picture of you ...