The Mill is now closed to incoming fleece until at least 1st June 2015
In the meantime, you may still email me for advice, price lists & preparation sheets but if you could hold off sending any more fleece for a while, that would be greatly appreciated. The mill has reached capacity & its time to clear the back log of jobs. This happens every year around this time, as lots of fleece arrives all at once. A word of advice here is to plan well in advance with your yarn, roving & felt requirements.
The rug won a first prize in the Weaving Section of the 2014 Show
Also, a felt handbag received a first in the Felting Section.
August 28th 2014
The rug being featured on my "Journey of a Rug" page
has now been completed and the final touches made in readiness
for entry into the AAA 2014 National Show & Sale Craft Section
Take a look.....
June 6th 2014
The mill has now re-opened for incoming fleeces.
I have made a fair dent in the backlog & hopefully have reduced the waiting time
to a more acceptable timeframe.
Please contact me about sending your fleeces in if you have been asked to wait.
Price list remains the same for July to Dec 2014.
AAA Conference - Adelaide 9-11 May 2014
March 25th 2014
The Gumeracha Spinners Group visit the mill.
The Gumeracha Spinners & Weavers visited the mill today & had a tour of the mill & had the process explained.
Also we had a "Fleece Preparation" demonstration. As some weren't "alpaca" people, it might have been the first time that they had seen this & it hopefully was beneficial for when they are sourcing fleeces for hand spinning.
Some went away with bags of rovings, multi coloured bumps and yarn. Have fun!!!!!
As a few were also weavers, we had a visit to my weaving studio & had a navajo plying demonstration.
Thank you for your visit - I hope to see you again.
March 1st 2014.
My Mill is closed to incoming fleece until at least the end of June.
In the meantime, you may still email me for advice, price lists & preparation sheets but if you could hold off sending any more fleece for a while, that would be greatly appreciated. The mill has reached capacity & its time to clear the back log of jobs. This happens every year around this time, as lots of fleece arrives all at once. A word of advice here is to plan well in advance with your yarn, roving & felt requirements.
New page added for all you Weavers & potential Weavers out there
Go & see the new page - Journey of a Rug. This work-in-progress shows rug weaving start to finish.
All aspects from initial fleece selection, preparation of the fleece into rovings, hand spinning, navajo plying
and then the weaving.
Events this Year 2014
Tasmania - Alpaca Fiesta 2014
Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th April - Easter Weekend
This is a great opportunity for all of my Tasmanian customers to come & have a chat. I will have a trade stand with plenty of info, photos, felt & more. Drop by my stand - I'd love meet you & put a face to the names.
May 14th 2014
A great time was had whilst staying at Jenny Wilson's house, meeting lots of really nice people.
The Fiesta went well with lots of breeders and craftspeople & a steady stream of interested people
from all around Tasmania.
The weather generally stayed good & we had a few days of sightseeing either side of Easter.
AAA Conference - Adelaide 9-11 May 2014
Echo Beach Alpacas will be there with a trade stand for you to come & discuss all of your requirements.
AAA 2013 National Show & Sale - held in Bendigo Vic.
Anne Marie Harwood of Echo Beach Alpacas takes out
Champion Weaving & Champion Felting Exhibit
14th October 2013
Roller Felter Sold at the AAA Nationals at Bendigo
Congratulations to Sherwinview Alpacas - Fiona Cannon.
We hope to see some fabulous products soon.
11th August 2013.
FOR SALE - ROLLER FELTING MACHINE
This is the Roller Felting Machine made by Snowy Creek Engineering,
as seen in the Australian FELT Magazine.
2013 AAA NATIONAL SHOW & SALE - 10-13 OCTOBER IN BENDIGO, VIC
See you there - at stand "F" in the middle of the Trade Stand Precinct.
Mini Mills Small Fibre Separator.
My new machine - the small fibre separator has arrived from Canada & has been installed.
This machine should make the passage of SURI through the system a lot better.
I will be trialling this new machine in the coming weeks.
Thank you to all of you who visited my stand.
Australian Alpaca Association - National Show & Sale 2012
26 to 28 October 2012 in Adelaide.
The handbags, felt cushions and felt sheets were a big hit.
Thank you to all of my customers who called round by my stand in Sydney.
