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Nothing woolly about price of alpaca fleece! | The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Nothing woolly about price of alpaca fleece!
The Huddersfield Daily Examiner - October 25 2006

A Netherton family has become Huddersfield's first alpaca breeder.

The Barber family started breeding the animals, which originate from South America, two months ago at their second home in Leyburn, North Yorkshire.

Now the family have five alpacas with two of them, Tupac and Oregano, at Hinchliffe's Farm Shop in Netherton today and until tomorrow lunchtime.

Breeder and knitting expert Sally Barber said: "They're very unusual but they're becoming more popular in this country. [more]

October 28, 2006 in knitting, knitting business, knitting news, yarn, fiber and spinning |

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