Tru Irish Blog — Alpaca Wool

Marian started knitting at the age of 8 and was taught by her mother.   Later in life, she bought a basic knitting machine and learned to create beautiful Knitwear on the machine. She worked for Lainey Keogh, John Rocha & Rachel Mackay, all of whom were well-known Knitwear Designers. Eventually, she decided to go out on her own to create her own collection. One day she discovered the Alpaca Yarn online and from then, she has been buying it since. She imports the yarn from Peru where all the Alpacas roam freely in their farms.  Alpaca Yarn is a light, luxurious, hardwearing...

So Wednesday, I got a call from a woman telling me she had an alpaca farm. I thought she had got the wrong number but had asked for me to begin with. We continued to converse and she told me she needed her alpaca wool marketed. I was a bit confused I must admit as I was wondering if she understood the concept of Tru Irish as an online initiative to support local crafters and champion craft and design in North Monaghan. I decided there was nothing to lose by going to meet her so we had organised to meet the...