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The Mannings Annual Spinning Seminar was a wonderful day

The Mannings Annual Spinning Seminar
The Mannings Annual Spinning Seminar

The Mannings Annual Spinning Seminar

The Mannings Annual Spinning Seminar day on June 13, 2009 was a wonderful day.? The weather cooperated and didn’t rain, but on top of that it wasn’t terribly hot nor was it too cold.? When we arrived we found that we were placed under a nice shade tree across the road near the creek.? Across the open green space there were groups of people spinning and weaving.

It took Cimarron and Silver Ray a little to settle in to the routine of being handled and petted, but they did splendidly.? And Josh, but especially Jake, did a great job of handling them and telling the people about the alpacas.? We had several people comment to us about them and we really appreciated those comments.

We spoke to many people, some were familar with alpaca fiber and the difference between suri and huacaya fiber, but we were able to show many people the differences.? We also had several different stages of processed fiber for people to see, including roving, yarn and sheets of felt.? For those of you that were interested in purchasing some of the fiber, by all means, give us a call or drop us an email so we can make arrangements to get you some of the finest natural fiber in the world.? You can call 1(888)544-SURI (7874) or send an email to ‘info @ bigrockalpacafarm.com’ [without the spaces around the '@' sign].

All in all is was a great day and we got to meet so many nice people.? If any of you would like to visit the farm, please feel free to contact us to schedule a visit, there’s no need to wait for the open house.

The Mannings Annual Spinning Seminar Update

I know in my previous post I had said Gaston would still be in full fleece, but as we’re not sure when we would have gotten to shearing him we had it done at the AOBA Nationals Show.? He’s currently not feeling real well after his big weekend so we might not bring him to The Mannings Annual Spinning Seminar.

We are hoping for a break in the rainy weather for Saturday June 13 and it looks like it’s going to cooperate.