Joanna and Giles de Bertodano

Burnt House Farm,
Langham Bridge Rd,
Farnham,
Suffolk IP17 1LX.

T: 01728 603097
F: 01728 602625
E: info@avocetalpacas.co.uk
W: www.avocetalpacas.co.uk

Visitors welcome by prior appointment.

Shop open Thursdays 10am-4pm
Minimill by arrangement



Winter Open Days
Saturday, 29th November 2008
Saturday, 6th December 2008
Alpacas in the barn, the ooh-aah pen for coasting crias, minimill and vibrant shop.
  • Huacaya alpacas for sale - breeding females, males and geldings - white, fawn, brown, black and mixed.

  • Services, advice and instruction for novices (only available here to established clients) - stud services, spitting off, shearing, scanning, weighing, breeding, maintenance on teeth, feet, ears, microchipping and injections.

  • Shop open Thursdays 10am to 4pm - Peruvian alpaca knitwear for sale - coats, jackets, scarves, sweaters, hats and socks for women and men, various styles, colours and designs at reasonable prices - supporting Peruvian indigenous small enterprises.

  • Our alpaca knitting wool for sale - natural or dyed colours, barber's pole and flecked colours available usually 50gmballs, 4ply 125Tex, or alpaca-shetland wool mix dk 50gm ball, cream or dark gray, or even random spot-dyed (each 100gm ball guaranteed unique and unrepeatable colours) for Moebius strip scarves;
    100gm rovings for handspinners - natural or dyed colours, even tricolour rovings for the more experimental spinner - makes neophyte and experienced handspinners' lives easier by far;
    pure alpaca felt, natural or dyed colours, 4ftx3ft in various thicknesses but usually embroidery thickness.

  • Wool Mill (mini-mill) - your own alpaca fibre, sheep wool or angora rabbit hair processed into yarn, batts, rovings or felts whether natural or dyed (to a colour near to what you chose from the completely unreal colour charts normally provided by dye suppliers) for further datails see Minimill Basics link below

  • Shetland sheep for sale - sheep, fleece and lamb.

  • Hay for sale - meadow, light land and marsh hay, no spray, small bales, barn stored, delivered.

Member of all known UK professional, passionate, parochial and partisan alpaca and shetland groups e.g. BAS, BCA, SSS, BCSBA, Warmwell,
and OUTCAA. .

  • Information on
  • Photographs
    • Alpaca landscapes, Peru
    Maps, Peru
    Alpaca and Llama Festival, Arequipa, Peru 2003
    Alpaca Festival, Arequipa, Peru 2007
    Colca canyon and salt train
    Arequipa and Santa Catalina
    Trujillo, Chan Chan, Huaca de la Luna
    Lakes Titicaca and Umaya
    mv Yavari, Lake Titicaca
    Pacific Ocean and Lima birds
    Humans and machinery

  • Directions: A12 - A1094 Aldeburgh road - 200yds first right - left at T junction

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    E-mail: info@avocetalpacas.co.uk
    2nd November 2008