March 30th, 2013 – Lets Get Naked!

Before you turn us into the authorities, let me clarify.  Rockville Alpaca Farm is hosting a “Lets Get Naked” Mini Fiber Festival organized by Teri Phipps.  The alpacas get naked – every year in the spring we shear these beautiful animals to harvest their fiber to use in numerous ways.  If you’ve ever seen a newly sheared alpaca, you know they look naked.  Most of our alpaca will be sheared on Mar. 18th during the day – come by if you are able, but on March 30th, we will show you what we do with this fiber – from coming off the alpaca to finished product.  The event is from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

There will be a shearing demonstration on our “little” ones-and some adults, some fiber artists, a fiber mill owner and other local alpaca farmers with some of their alpaca and products.

Come on out and join us for a fun day – there will be some hands on demonstrations to help you get the feel of fiber.