Monthly Archives: June 2011

While commercial yarns are uniform and quite affordable, the millspun or handspun yarns available from farms offer the opportunity to purchase fiber from a specific animal or even order hand-dyed yarn. Learn what goes into a skein or hank or meet the alpacas and their handlers up close by attending a show event. Coming up is the Western New York Alpaca Show, is July 9 and July 10, sponsored by the Alpaca Breeders of Western New York.