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News and updates from the UK Alpaca team


Devon County Show 2023

Last week was Devon County Show when finally, post Covid, it returned to its normal time in May. This meant [...]

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Summer Time

It’s a two plus two for you this time around, with two light and airy tops and two lightweight cardigans. [...]

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New Mule

Great excitement here as the new mule arrives, one amazingly versatile farm vehicle. Our old one that we bought in [...]

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Something New…

That’s enough holiday for a while. It is back to work with a celebration of one of our favourite designers [...]

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Shepherd’s Hut: Open for Business!

At long last our Shepherd’s Hut, the Alpaca Hideaway, is open for business. We have had four sets of guests [...]

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Good Times

Get that confetti (biodegradable of course) the wedding season is coming up, my first one for 2023 is on May [...]

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Shows, shows, shows

Exhaustion reigns, honestly we are dead ducks after a weekend at the British Alpaca Society National Show in Telford, followed [...]

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Shows, A Hut and Family

Alpaca Hideaway At last, our Shepherd’s Hut is ready and up on the Unique Hideaways website.  We are very happy [...]

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British Alpaca Society National Show

When you read this, Chas and I will be stood up at the British Alpaca Society National Show at the [...]

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Celebrate the Coronation

Celebrate the coronation of King Charles lll with our Coronation Knitting Kits. There is a fabulous scarf in blue D/K [...]

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Unravel in Farnham

Last weekend we were at Unravel in Farnham, that was a bit of a blast from the past, in that [...]

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Mother’s Day!

Heads Up Sons and Daughters, it is Mother’s Day on March 19. Forget it and your name will be mud! [...]

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That Time of Year

This is the time of year when we sort the wheat from the chaff and decide which of our weanlings [...]

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Happy Days

Happy Days - have a look at our stunning new colourways in UK Alpaca’s hand-dyed DK range. We met Becca [...]

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Castles & Coastlines (and Snow!)

From snowy Northumberland to snowy Devon last Friday, at the end of our short holiday. Probably colder in Devon although [...]

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Shawl or Sock?

What a busy couple of weeks. We have had rain, snow, ice and now some sunshine. Things are starting to [...]

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Unbelievably Wet

It is still unbelievably wet here. We’ve had to move any alpacas that were down in the valley up to [...]

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V Necks and Stripes

Can you believe we are halfway through January already? It has certainly flown by. If you need something to keep [...]

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Merry Christmas

Happy Christmas to you all and thank you for your custom in 2022. Watch out for our next newsletter in [...]

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First Frost

Dry at last, no rain here for several days so we are all drying out and although we have had [...]

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