Peach, Clementine & Lana

Peach with mum Clementine &
Grandma Lana in the background

The late arrival of Reid

Reid & Ruby Tuesday

On the day Lana's cria Kobi was born it was very hot, too hot for the little cria to be out all day so we brought them into the shed out of the sun. At 3pm we let them back out into the paddock & Ruby Tuesday made a very quick dash for the poo pile & stood there with her tail up, a sure sign a cria is coming. I did say to Martin, 'look at Ruby go' but then carried on working thinking it is a little late for a cria now. Ten minutes later he said 'are you watching Ruby as she's having a cria', oops, & 5 minutes later Reid arrived! He's a cute little cria, Ruby's first & took time getting used to his long legs, he is very friendly. We found his name when we were searching for Aslan's & Kobi's, it means red & there is also a Bondi lifeguard called Reidy.

Lana's look alike Kobi

JandJ Kobi

With 5 mums due I was sure we were in for some births soon & on Friday I was not disappointed at 10.15 we had the very quick birth of Kobi. 
Kobi really is cute, such a sweet little face, he looks like Lana when she was born. Lana's cria are Clementine, Kiki & Caspian so the new cria's letter is K. I have been looking for an unusual name for the past year & whilst watching Bondi Rescue heard the name of one of the lifeguards, Kobi, & added it to my list on the wall, so Kobi it is.

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A cute little ZsaZsa

ZsaZsa with her mum Kiki & Cain nibbling her ear

I had to go out Thursday morning & guess what, missed another birth. Martin was watching the girls, still mainly Claire but this time is was a black alpaca giving birth. Kiki who is a first time mum, sister to Clementine, her mum Lana is waiting to give birth in the paddock as well. Martin nipped back to the house for a towel to clean the little cria's face & she was on the ground before he got back, speedy delivery:) Pretty little black cria, her mum Kiki has a beautiful face. With my word association to remember all the names - Kiki is a character from Hector's House, television programme of the 70's, Hector the dog, Kiki the frog & 
ZsaZsa the cat & as my little cria is not a boy, ZsaZsa it is & the name really suits her.

Introducing our beautiful Peach

On Monday I was waiting for a new arrival. Claire had never had a cria later than this, but this year she is still holding on. When I went down to the paddock instead of Claire in labour I saw Clementine.
Clementine was pregnant last year but unfortunately all did not go well & the cria was not born alive, so I was really keen for a better outcome this year. Luckily both Martin & I watched as she gave birth to make sure nothing went amiss that we could help with, but all went well & apart from a little easing at one point it was a very normal birth. So Clementine is the proud mum of a beautiful girl Peach, she is a gorgeous brown colour very unlike her mum & gran Lana who are both fawn. Clementine like Lana is very steady & gentle & I really hope that Peach takes after them.

Lana, Luminaria & Clementine

Couldn't resist taking this photo, my pale colours together!

Autumn Collection

This is the first of this years Collection of scarves & cowls. I have searched the internet for new designers who will allow us to knit their beautiful patterns in our gorgeous alpaca wool. 

This first cowl designed by Elena Rosenberg is called Bridget Cowl & knits superbly well in alpaca because of it's drapey nature. We have knitted it in Lana, Thea & Barbers Pole our colours from the past couple of years & it looks fab, really easy to wear & perfect for all ages. 

Bridget Cowl in Lana

We now have our new colours back from the mill & Valerie is quickly knitting one of each of these as we are at our first event in Stamford on Sunday.

The colours we have added this year are - Frazer - white, Kitt - beige, Lucia - light fawn, Charity - mid fawn, Ruby Tuesday - dark fawn, Dragonfly - mid brown, Buck & Nell - grey, Celmentine & Persia - grey, Celeste - black, Hope - black, Kiki - black, Nell - black & Sapphire - black, lots & lots of gorgeous soft alpaca wool to knit.

JandJ Caspian

We had to wait another couple of weeks for the second to last cria of last year. Lana Caspian's mum is very sneaky, she does not like us seeing her give birth. When Clementine, Caspian's big big sister was born I was checking Lana every hour & when I went to check her near a bunch of nettles a little cria stood up! The next year she snook big sister Kiki out at 7.30am. Caspian is the closest to seeing the birth I have had, he had only just touched the ground, he was born at 9.45 & Lana gave no indication she was in labour as normal, she is a very good mum, keeps her cria close & is very attentive. He has always been very photogenic & cute & very inquisitive.. We took him to the Newark & Notts Show & he was in a class with Henley, Hen came 2nd & Cas came 4th a very good result.

JandJ Enya

Gem was humming last night & a new cria is imminent.

Gypsy with Enya, Divine & Flora

JandJ Enya was born on 19th July at 10.30, text book birth, her mum Gypsy is a very experience mum she has had 4 cria with us before Enya, Lana, Deacon, Murphy & Malachai. Gypsy babies are now given Irish names so Enya was a good choice for us an we like Enya's music.Up and feeding within an hour, Enya is jet black with a beautiful head & has grown into a gorgeous little girl.