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New look. Same Great Site

Confused?  Don’t be.  We just had a face lift.

Our new site helps draw focus to our farm, loads faster, and has less “stuff” to clutter your view.

AlpacaBytes.com and DutchHollowAcres.com now has the same homepage.  If you navigated to AlpacaBytes.com and were expecting to find our posts you’ll now have to click on “Blog” at the top or  go to http://www.alpacabytes.com/blog/   Please update any link-backs you may have to the Blog itself.

Don’t worry!

100% of our AlpacaBytes archives are still available!  Use the search box to the right to help find what you’re looking for.

So, what do you think?  We’d love to hear from you.

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WIP: Yarn Everywhere!

Good day all.

So that little headband I was making to compliment my new hand warmers….. yeah I haven’t touched it since last Friday.  I think I only have 4-5 more rows to do and yet it sits.  I’m a slacker.

My second project you’ll probably never guess.  But I’ll post a photo of what it looked like while I was taking a break.  The end result will be featured on my FAF post this Friday.

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Alpaca Shoulder Roast

Alpaca Roast

 

I had friends over for dinner last night and asked them in advance if they’d mind eating alpaca.  They were thrilled with the possibility so I made a shoulder roast.  Let’s just say it was so good I didn’t even get to have any left overs,  they practically licked their plates clean with this recipe.

 

(1) alpaca shoulder 3-4lbs
(1) packet Hidden Valley ranch dressing
(1) packet Italian dressing
(1) packet brown gravy mix
(1) cup of cold water
Potatoes, baby carrots, sweet onion

 

Slice up the onion first and make a bed out of it on the bottom of the crockpot.  Mix up all the dry seasoning and rub a small amount all over a fork stabbed roast, place on the onions and add in potatoes and carrots.  Mix the rest of the seasoning with the water and pour the mixture over everything.   Set the crockpot on low and let her cook for 8-9hrs.

 

Ending result is a very lean roast that you can pull apart with a fork onto a serving platter.  After removing all the roast and vegetables I mixed up 2 heaping tablespoons of flour in about 1/3 cup cold water and added it to the juices  in the pot to thicken it up.
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FAF: Warm Hands New Horse

Well I did it.  I finished my second fingerless hand warmer since Wednesday.  Now both smashed up lefty and righty are toasty warm when the office AC kicks on in the middle of a snow squall.

I had some left over yarn from that ball so I decided to knit up an ear warmer for myself too.  I’m just a few rows shy of fishing it and then I’ll sew the 2 ends together.

Lastly I’d like to introduce you to my new pony! Ok Horse. Her name is Tyja and she’s a Friesian.  Isn’t she purdy?

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WIP: Why do we have 2 hands?

It’s well into fall and that means my company has kicked the AC into full gear for some unknown reason.  Since my hands were chilly I’ve decided to make myself a pair of fingerless mits.

So far I’ve finished this one.  Check out my lovely bruised knuckles.  I crushed them in some cattle panels over the weekend.  Awesome, eh?

So Question, why do we have 2 hands?  I’ve finished one of these things and have no interest in completing the other even though my right hand is now cold.  Darn you symmetry!  *shakes naked fist wildly into the air*

Yeah Ok that’s all I’ve got.  See you on Friday.