The Alpaca Store & More

Now the one round, the round is felt right there. If you notice he's got a crooked face. He has gorgeous sleeves and we never are able to show him because he has rice syndrome. He knows you give kisses. He'such a sweetie pie. The boys do fight viciously sometimes. If you don'take the fight teeth off they can draw blood. They all have names, they all have personalities. In fact right here, the one with the white on its neck is a much nicer animal. Much easier to control in the show ring and stuff. This browner one over here, this is Kovazos. He's a much nicer looking animal because he's got more around his face. But he is, he j No, you want some too? And we're working really hard to get these two to be friendly. So when somebody comes to buy you, you look like Get out of there Pedro. You can have some in a minute. I guess I'll have it now. I guess. They don't know he's listening. Okay this is KJ's Alpaca Ranch. My daughter had an AJ's Alpaca Ranch in Navarro, Ohio. She closed her store two years ago because she had gotten a full-time job and it was just too much for her. So at that time I thought it would be fun to open up a store. My husband was not in favor of that but my neighbor, Megan Schoenfeld, opened up a garden center last June I believe. And since then we have been talking about how much fun she had at her store and I said well I really want one. Well this is it. I finally got my Alpaca store and I opened up two weeks ago. The majority of the products in this store do come from Peru. The reason they come from Peru is because the United States does not have a commercial mill at this time. There are little mom and pop areas and I do try to support them. And if you'll see the flag over here, everything underneath the flag are socks that have been made in the United States of America. And as I find products made in the U. S. if they're good quality, I will be promoting those in this store. But all of the sweaters, the vests, anything that is high end will definitely be coming from Peru because there's no one in the U. S. that can make it in an affordable manner at this time. These are the socks made in the U. S. These things are from Peru. These are also, these items are mostly made in Peru. These are headbands. They should keep you very, very warm. Alpaca has a hollow core, un And so it insulates and it's much warmer than wool and also it is hypoallergenic. So if anyone is allergic to wool, they will not be allergic to alpaca. It is very soft and back in thousands of years ago in the Incan civilization, the kings valued alpaca fleece because of its softness and its warmth. We have lots and lots of gloves, scarves, socks. This is my match set table. Sorry, John, you can be in it. I have blankets made out of 100% alpaca. And this is called brushed alpaca. I have back here, I have an alpaca rug, a couple of alpaca rugs actually, and I sell the yarn, and this is from my alpacas. This was made from my alpacas. And there's another one. And then all of the different colored yarns down below, I own a 60-inch loom and I will be making more rugs with the colored yarns when I have time, which I'm hoping will be this winter. And things slow down. This is where I dry alpaca beans. I will wash my hands, but this is just dried alpaca poo. And what I do with this is then I grind some of it up, but I make alpaca poo tea bags, which is fertilizer for house plants. Now, you made a big trip over. Of course,