Look at this wooly little face! Can you tell this is the other type of alpaca, a Huacaya Alpaca (check out the first alpaca post for a description of the two types of alpacas).
Teddybear face...
...one baby (cria) Suri Alpaca nuzzling up to another.
(The babies were so affectionate...to each other and to me too!)
...sweeeeeeeeet!
(A friend emailed me that with all of the recent "sweet" baby alpaca photos my blog needs to carry a "May Induce Diabetes" warning......hey!)
...hmmmm...she might be right!
...did you know alpacas don't have upper teeth? They just have a lower set of choppers, so they can't really bite you. Plus, in the 2.5 hours I was around them, not one (in over 30 alpacas) spit at me, so either Bill's alpacas are exceptionally polite, or llamas are bigger "spitters" than alpacas...
...a beautiful and soft muzzle. The alpacas were quick to come in close for a muzzle nuzzle...
...with such a smoky, smoldering look in her eyes, I think this one is headed for Hollywood...
...I can't get enough of an alpaca's profile.
With all the beautiful colors showing in alpaca fleece, there's really no need to dye the fiber. I had a lot of people write me about how they love knitting with alpaca yarn. It's soft and lightweight...and very warm too. Alpaca fleece does not have lanolin in it like lamb's wool does, so it's not waterproof, but a lot of people are allergic to lanolin, so alpaca fiber is considered hypoallergenic.
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