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 Enjoy this festive season and all the best in health and happiness for 2018!
Kathy and Corinne and all our fuzzy and feathery friends at Alpaca Tracks T(h)read Lightly) You can find as at the Ottawa Farmer's Market today at Lansdowne. Then, we will be taking a short break until the New Year. Happy Holidays and see you in 2018!
 Looking for some cozy Christmas gifts? Visit our farm at 820 County Road 18. We are open Dec. 20th, 21st and 22nd: 10:00 - 5:00 pm. December 23rd, we are off to our final Ottawa Farmer's Market of 2017. It is at Lansdowne and opens at 9:00 am. It closes at 3:00 pm then we are on holidays until the New Year. :) Thank-you for buying local!
Please note that our farm store is closed both Saturday and Sunday. You can find us at the EY Centre (Ottawa Farmer's Market). On Tuesday, I will be at the Civic Hospital as a vendor. We will be open Wednesday and Thursday from 10:00 - 5:00 and Friday 10:00 - 3:00. Saturday, December 23rd we will be at the Ottawa Farmer's Market at Lansdowne then we are taking a break for the holidays. Thus far, it has been such a great Christmas Season and very rewarding to meet so many new and returning customers! Thank-you for shopping local!
Our farm store is open December 13th and 14th from 10:00 - 5:00 and December 15th 10:00 - 2:00 pm. Address: 820 County Road 18, Oxford Station, Ontario K0G 1T0. We will be at the Ottawa Farmer's Market that has moved to the EY Centre for this week-end only. Our hours are from 9:00 - 3:00.
Today, you can find us at the Ottawa Farmer's Market at Lansdowne. It is a great place to find those locally made Christmas gift. While you are there, have some lunch! There are a nice selection of food booths. You can find Alpaca Tracks T(h)read Lightly on the right hand wall about four booths down. Look forward to seeing you there.  http://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/video… . . .and here are our boys: Avatar and Picasso promoting World Vision's Gift Catalogue. You too can give a gift that will give twice by visitingworldvision.ca/gifts. Here is Picasso after his debut on TV/ He didn't like the slippery floors so was quite content to sit back and enjoy the ride. This happened on @CTVOttMornLive https://t.co/ONo7yWhPHm The alpaca boys are happy to be home.   We are very pleased to offer this felting course with Wendo right at our farm.
2017 Christmas Shopping Opportunities: Where in the vicinity are the gals from Alpaca Tracks?10/29/2017  Chilling with the alpacas is behind us. We are like Santa's Workshop getting ready for our Christmas Season. Are you looking for that one of a kind or luxuriously comfy gift for your loved ones? We can help! You can find us at the following locations and events:
Saturday, November 4th and Sunday 5 November: (This coming week-end) The Ottawa Valley Weavers and Spinners Guild Ex and Sale November 7th: 101 Centrepoint Drive, Ben Franklin Place, Nepean: vendor at the Escape Manner Fundraising Event. November 7th: Vendor at the Vanier Building on River Road November 8th and 9th: The Civic Hospital Vendor's Alley November 11th and 12th: Our Farm Store will be open. Novemberr 12th: Felting Workshop with Wendo November 18th: The Christmas Show at the High School in Prescott November 18th and 19th: Watson's Mill Christmas Market November 20th and 21st: The Civic Hospital Vendor's Alley November 25th: St Michael's Christmas Craft Show, Kemptville November 25th and 26th: Watson's Mill Christmas Market December 2nd and 3rd: Watson's Mill Christmas Market December 2nd and 3rd: Ottawa Farmer's Christmas Market in the Aberdeen Pavilion/: Landsdowne December 5th and 6th: Civic Hospital Vendor's Alley December 9th and 10th: Ottawa Farmer's Christmas Market in the Aberdeen Pavilion/Landsdowne December 16th and 17th: Ottawa Farmer's Christmas Market in the Aberdeen Pavilion/Landsdowne December 19th: The Civic Hospital Vendor's Alley December 23rd: The Ottawa Farmer's Christmas Market in the Aberdeen Pavilion/Landsdowne Our farm store is open by appointment only during this busy season. 613-258-0177 or 613-323-3933 (Kathy's cell) Please check our website blog for updates. You can also follow us on FB, Twitter and Instagram: Alpaca Tracks T(h)read Lightly.  Alpaca Tracks T(h)read Lightly Annual Fall Fiesta/Culture Days
Sept. 30th and Oct. 1st Offering you a sneak preview! September has been our summer and here, at Alpaca Tracks, we are happy to take the beautiful sunny days when we can get them. This coming week-end we are hosting our annual Alpaca Tracks T(h)read Lightly Fall Fiesta! We invite you to drop by our farm to meet the animals that produce this beautiful wool and to Celebrate Canadian Culture Days with us! Please do share this email with your friends and family members. We look forward to your visit! Kathy & Corinne www.alpaca-tracks.com From Fleece to Fashion We sheared our alpacas and Llamas in mid-May and sheep and angora goats in mid-June. The three angora goats: Mopsy, Flopsy and Pisco had their second shearing in mid-September. After shearing, hours are spent sorting and classing. We will have our skirting tables set up so you can see where we start after the big shearing day has come and gone. It is all about our harvest! By taking the time to sort and class, we are able to determine what the best end products are for each of the different grades of wool. Processing Our wool is then bagged and shipped to different specialty mills. We get rovings, batts, yarn. socks and insoles back. Then the fun begins! This is where we have the opportunity to create. Picker, carder, dye pot and FeltLoom are a few of our well-used pieces of fibre processing equipment. We will be giving demos. We are pleased to be hosting our friends Mary Moore and Tom Lilico with their fine art work. Calling all knitters and crocheters! Pull out your needles or hook . . . it is time to knit or crochet an infant hat. What is this all about? Alpaca Tracks T(h)read Lightly will donate enough yarn to knit/crochet 20 "Period of Purple Crying Caps" When: Saturday, Sept. 30th Time: starting at 11:00 We will be knitting & crocheting infant hats. Each and every day infants across Canada are shaken and abused because the person caring for them became frustrated with their crying. Many times the abuse could have been prevented had the person caring for the infant only known that early infant crying may be normal. (for more info. visit: http://clickforbabies.org/partners/ontario.php) Please bring water, a chair, tent for shade (if you have one), snacks and your knitting needles or crochet hooks. We will have cakes of approx. 100 yards of various weights of purple alpaca yarn available. (enough for 20 hats) If you would like to bring your own yarn, please do so. Canada 150 Come celebrate the arts with us! We invite you to bring whatever project you are working on and a chair. Work on your project and share your enthusiasm and talent with others. SHOW & TELL in a relaxing atmosphere with alpacas, sheep and goats grazing near by and free range chickens doing what they do best forage! Come on over with your spinning wheels Sunday at noon. On Saturday, our neighbours and friends Ricardo and Vicki will be preparing some delicious Brazilian hot dogs that we will be selling between 12:00 and 2:00. This is a meal in itself. There will have a veggie option available too. We have no idea how many of each to plan for. If you would like to email me to let me know you would like one, that would help us in the planning. To date, I have orders for 15. The Brazilian hotdogs will be available while supplies last. On Sunday, we will be selling chili and apple crisp. The Chili and apple crisp will be available from 12:00 until supplies last. Enjoy music? We will have a campfire sing-along from 2 to 4 each day. Bring your singing voices and instruments.. Don't forget your lawn chair! Our farm store will be open from 10:00 - 4:00. We have a nice variety of Canadian made alpaca products as well as some Fair Trade items from Peru. We will also have some freshly harvested honey available for purchase. Don't forget to check out Tom and Mary's artwork. Get an early start on some Christmas shopping. Hard to believe but 3 months from today is Christmas! |
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AuthorsKathy Enright and Corinne Côté, co-owners of Alpaca Tracks T(h)read Lightly. We raise alpacas and create fine alpaca ware from their exquisite fibre. NewsletterPlease fill out the form on our contact page to sign up for our friendly and informative Newsletter. Please note that you can unsubscribe at any time.
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