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News and updates from the UK Alpaca team


Shrug Season

What a lovely hot couple of weeks it has been. The farm is blooming and cria are coming thick and [...]

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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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