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The Official Journal of the Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association, Inc.
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Alpaca and Fiber
Industry News
Wanted: More Alpaca Fleece........20
Small Ruminant Clubs..................16
Alpaca United ..............................18
Everything Alpaca........................20
Alpaca Experience in Perú ............24
ICAR Camelid Symposium ............28
UK Yarn Firm ................................29
ARI-Registered Alpaca Count .....138
In Every Issue:
Contact Us......................................4
Letter from the AOBA President .....8
Letter from the Editor ..................10
Calendar of Events .....................135
Classifieds ..................................139
Marketplace...............................140
Ad Index.....................................145
The Last Page.............................146
Cover photo © 2012 Julie Bodette, Sunny
Meade Alpaca Farm, People’s Choice winner,
AOBA National Photo Competition
32
Score Big with AOBA Marketing:
The Power of AOBA on theWeb
By the AOBA Marketing Committee
38
How to Build an
Alpaca Run-in Shed
By Howard Jungkind
43
Wildfire! One Farm’s
Evacuation Experience
and Lessons Learned
By Denise and Ron Haines
52
From Fiber to “Fedora”
Alpaca Felt Hats
By Tom and Judy Kania
58
The ABC’s of Mini-Mill Equipment
By Linda Kenison
66
Pronking into theWorld
of Social Media
By Cindy Berman Morrow
68
Entering an Alpaca Fiber Arts
or Skeins Competition
By Christin Jones
74
Judging the 2012 Nationals
Spin-Off Competition
By Stacy Heydt
80
Live from Louisville:
Exclusive Coverage of the
AOBA National Show
Halter Competition .....................82
Perfomance Classes ....................96
Fleece Competition ...................100
Cottage Fleece Competition ......109
Skeins Competition ...................110
Fiber Arts Competition..............112
Spin-Off Competition................114
Photo Competition....................118
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Crochet Spiral Scarf
by Helen Hamann
130
It Just ‘Felt’ Right
by Marie Young
132
Men’s Crocheted Crew Neck Sweater
by Carl McGill
136
All About the Alpaca
Research Foundation
By Susan Forman
80
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