La Vida Alpaca And Tahoma Vista Fiber Mill

La Vida Alpaca and Tahoma Vista Fiber Mill raises alpacas in Yelm, Washington, a rural community in Thurston County about 30 miles southeast of Olympia. Jean Van Effen and David Bagshaw operate the property as both a working alpaca ranch and an on-site fiber processing mill, with the herd grazing in view of Mount Rainier.

The operation raises both huacaya and suri alpacas, and breeding services are available through several herdsires, including award-winning animals such as STLR Comet, Sunny Premier Semiahmoo, Archimedes of La Vida Alpaca, and Big Timber's Joshua. For those looking for alpacas for sale in Washington state, the ranch maintains animals across both fleece types.

The fiber mill, which runs out of a garage studio on the property, handles full-service fiber processing and produces custom artisan yarns, felted rugs, coasters, trivets, insoles, and felted sheets. A Great Pyrenees named Snowflake rounds out the farm alongside the herd. Classes in fiber preparation, spinning, and knitting are also offered on site, and the property includes a farm store and boutique stocked with alpaca fiber goods made in the mill.

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