New Breeding Stock

I'm proud to announce that White Mountain Llamas has purchased five new Angora rabbits (three bucks and two does) to use for breeding. Two brothers were purchased with similar genetics to our past litters - a chocolate and a chocolate agouti. Their names are Espresso and Apollo respectively. They are from Woolly Friends Angoras. We originally got Apollo for fiber and Espresso for breeding because we wanted to yield chocolates, fawns, and whites this year. They were born on August 12 and 13th of this year and they 100% French. We also purchased an unrelated doe that is 75% German and 25% French. She is a white and we have named her Vanilla! She was born on July 1 of this year. Vanilla came from Acres Acres Angoras, which is also where we purchased our first buck, Ethan Allen. The last two additions came from Smith Family Farm, breeder Katie Smith. We purchased a new doe, Spang's Ivy and JG's Santonio. Ivy is a 100% French Pearl Sable and Santonio is a black otter, 68.75% German, 18.75% French, and 12.5% Tan. I would highly recommend each of these rabbit breeders for rabbit and fiber related questions.

Here are some pictures of the new additions being welcomed to the herd!

See how big Ivy is! She weighs 10 and a half pounds in full fiber!
Here, she meets the herd!
Bella gets a nose full of fiber she snuffles Ivy so much!
Winny is excited to meet Tony. She is the first to greet him. She seems to say, "You're a pretty small llama, I like the ear tassels though!"


Seen above is Aurora. She is not new to us, she is actually from Dusty and Ethan's litter of 2008. Her owner did not have enough time for her and sent her back to us. She's a very sweet rabbit, has lovely color, and we will most likely use her for breeding this coming year.

Below is Apollo, our three month old buck. He is a 100% French chocolate agouti. His fiber has red, brown, and gray rings in it - he is beautiful!
Here is Apollo's full brother, Espresso. We will be using him for breeding this coming season. He is a chocolate.
Here is one of the new hutches Pop helped me make this past week. Its light weight and spacious. Dust Bunny will have a place to raise a big litter this spring!

Thanks for visiting our blog! I'll get pictures of Vanilla up ASAP.

Yarn and Scarves for Sale!

White Mountain Llamas (Fran, Erika, and Hana) will be at the Neskya Movement Arts Studio in Franconia, New Hampshire on December 5th of this year. We will be selling our yarn, hats, scarves, and greeting cards. If you are interested in our products, but cannot go to the Holiday Crafts Bazaar at Neskya, just sent me an email and I can send you the product you wish to have.

Please email me with any questions about our products: erika.wml@gmail.com
We price our hand-spun yarn by the ounce. $8 for >49% Angora, $6 for >49% llama, $5 for >49% wool. For a general hat or scarf, 100 yards of yarn is needed. We recommend going to the Yarn Garden in Littleton, New Hampshire to get a pattern or lesson!

E33
2.25 ounces 50% Angora 50% llama
36 yards

H07

4.375 ounces 100% llama

73 yards

H18

3 ounces dyed silk/Marino wool

88 yards

E15

2.375 ounces 50% Angora 50% Icelandic Sheep Wool

51 yards (more skeins of this)

H17

4.625 ounces 50% dyed silk and Marino Sheep Wool mix 50% Angora and Llama Mix

138 yards (more skeins of this)

E23

1.875 ounces 50% Angora 50% Beacon Down Wool

40 yards (more skeins of this)

E26

2.25 ounces 50% Angora 50% Llama

46 yards

E32

1.375 ounces 98% Angora 2% dyed silk

70 yards

E24

3.25 ounces 30% Angora 30% llama 30% mohair

58 yards

H02

4.5 ounces 50% Angora 50% llama

123 yards

E20

2.25 ounces 100% Angora

44 yards (more skeins of this)

E27

4 ounces 50% Angora 50% llama

33 yards

Below you can see some of our scarves. There are loose knit and tight knit ones depending on the style. You can see this from the photo. You can pick yarns for us to knit or crochet into hats and scarves. Scarves <>2 ounces $50, and >5 ounces, $65.

SH01

2.125 ounces Angora

51"X6"

SH08

3.125 ounces Angora/Llama

59"X4.5

SH07

1.75 ounces Angora

45"X3.5"

SH04

2.25 ounces Angora

46"X5"

SH05

2.75 ounces Llama

34"X8.5

SH06

3.375 ounces Angora/Llama

46"X5"

...Hats!

Here are the examples of hat patterns that I can knit:

Below is a "checkered pattern." There are actually squares of knit and pearl going up the hat. This is an example done with acrylic yarn. It has a single pompom on top.

Here is the knit/pearl brim pattern. It has several crochet loops as a pom pom. Here is a "whorl" pattern. See how the knit and pearl twists up the hat? It has three little crochet loops for a pom pom.

Here is a hat that was just knitted. These hats are nice because the brim naturally curls up. I put three pompoms on this hat. Here is a hat knit from baby llama fleece. Its all-natural color and has a single pompom on top.Here is an example of another scarf pattern. This scarf has been crocheted in a lacy pattern.The acrylic hats are $25 each and the hand-spun hats are $45 each. The acrylics are 8"X8" and the baby llama fleece hat has a 10" brim and is 8" tall. Each hat stretches.

Thanks for visiting the blog! If you are interested in our products don't hesitate to shoot us an email and we can give you more information or send our hand-made White Mountain Llama products to you!

Further Reading

Here are two interesting articles on sustainability and llamas as a way to diversify your farm enterprise. Enjoy!

Fryeburg Fair

Our friend, Lynd Blatchford from Greenbriar Llama Karma Farm took the following pictures of us at Fryeburg Fair this year! Hana is seen below with Bella in the Pack Obstacle course doing a lovely demonstration of picking up a front foot. The next picture is the versatility class, Hana demonstrating how Bella and Aurora have cross-species relations!

Thank you Lynd for the wonderful pictures!

The next set of pictures are for our favorite part of the Fryeburg Fair Llama show - the costume class! Below is our poem that was recited at the fair while we walked around the ring! We hope you enjoy :D.

The Stitchy Llama Sisters

The Stichy Sisters love to knit

They made their very own outfits!

From their hats and scarves to the blankets and shawls,

The Stitchy Sisters never bought at malls.

They spin their yarn from animal fleece

Those of goat, rabbit, llama, and sheep.

And what do you know?

In their search for fiber

They found some Stitchy Llamas!

The Stitchy Llamas are sisters as well!

The two pairs are alike in more ways than you can tell.

Both pairs are 6 years apart

But they are always together,

Both love to crochet and knit,

And when they get mad, sometimes they spit.

The Stitchy Sisters barter and trade

Some llama fiber for blankets

That the two sisters made

This time of year what comfort and warmth

You can get from llama-spun garments like these!

After some practice the four sisters talents grew

And they decided to start selling their stylish garments to you!

So Hail! White Mountain Llamas

(for that is what the sisters are now called)

They travel all over New England

Throughout the fall.

Look for them in Farmer’s Markets and Crafts Fairs galore,

Or perhaps in some North Country Store.

They’ll be spinning and kitting away while they talk

To catch your eye while you’re out for a walk.

Please visit their blog and let them know what you think!

You can find their White Mountain Llamas email link!

After the show, you can find the sisters in the barn,

You should get their autograph, before they are gone!



We hope you enjoyed! Thank you for visiting!

Post Fair Season

Well, its post fair season - what a trip! Hana and I did 5 weekends in a row and one double weekend to get our hand-spun yarn, Angora rabbits, and in some cases the llamas to Haverhill, NH, Sugar Hill, NH, Tunbridge, VT, Fryeburg, ME, and Bradford, VT. We will now have discounts on livestock, yarn, and apparel (scarves, hats, etc.) through the new year! Also see our drop spindles (pictured below).

Currently we have four French/German hybrid Angora bucks for sale. There are two black steel, one black tortoise shell, and one fawn. We also have one female yearling llama for sale and one non-breeding female for lease. We are planning on having unrelated Angora litters for spring and autumn of 2010!

As always, if you need any information on Angora rabbit and llama care, please email us and we will be happy to point you in the right direction. Remember - every Angora rabbit comes with a free fiber lesson! Remember to visit our gardening blog.

Erika and Hana are going to craft fairs! We bring our White Mountain Llamas "Warmth, comfort, and style" fiber arts and Angora rabbits to the festivals. We were in Sugar Hill today doing a spinning demonstration and selling Dan's artwork, our hand-spun yarn, salves, and greeting cards.

We will be at Vermont Sheep and Wool Festival this weekend (October 3rd & 4th) selling our Angora bunnies (French hybrids, black steels, fawns, and black torts). We only have 6 bunnies left! If you need to reserve one email me! We will also be selling our hand spun natural-colored yarns from our llamas and rabbits and running the llama obstacle course.

On October 5th & 6th we will go to Fryeburg Fair in Fryeburg, Maine with the llamas for the show Tuesday morning 8:30 - noon. Come visit us at one of the largest agriculture fairs in the Northeast!

On October 10th I will be selling the last of whatever I have at the Bradford, VT Farmer's Market (rabbits, yarn, etc.). I will also be leading a workshop titled Alternative to Conventional Lawns. I will be talking about food and fiber production from lawns as well as a little landscaping alternatives. I hope to see you there!