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R.A. Buffy

classification:

Foundation Herd

registration:

ARI#824096

gender:

Female

born:

09/09/2000

color:

Dark Fawn

Buffy was the first alpaca to come to Celtic Knot in November of 2005, with her cria Tilly at her side. Since then she has produced several female cria that are rapidly becoming the foundation of our herd. Buffy is often seen leading the herd and even maintained her dominance after we added a guard llama to the pasture.

Buffy's fleece is still dense and crimpy even after producing several cria, it spins up beautifully.

Kraussdale Maria Bonita

classification:

Foundation Herd

registration:

ARI#1163001

gender:

Female

born:

04/30/2004

color:

Medium Fawn

The second production female to join our herd, Maria has produced several cria that now grace our herdsire section. Maria is an independant gal and does things her own way, even if the rest of the herd is following the leader out to pasture and she wants to stay in the shed a little longer to eat all the hay or stay in the shade. Maria's offspring are easily regonized in our herd by distinctive white markings on the face, and legs of fawn bodies whether she is bred to a white or a bay black.

Maria's fleece has a nice soft hand and good staple length, making very nice yarn.

Macho Piccu's Secret Kiss

classification:

Foundation Herd

registration:

ARI#1079159

gender:

Female

born:

02/20/2005

color:

Medium Fawn

Kiss was introduced to our herd in 2006 to try and expand our genetic bloodlines. Kiss would like to be the leader in the pasture, and would have taken over if Buffy hadn't been in charge from day one and firmly established herself. Open a gate to a new pasture though and Kiss will try and beat Buffy in a race to get through it.

Kiss's rich dark coppery fleece has a more bold crimp than most of our other alpacas.

Placed 2nd (out of 7) in the MF/DF Spin-Off at the 2008 MAPACA Jubilee.

Placed 3rd (out of 4) in the MF Spin-Off at the 2008 AOBA National Conference.

Raspberry Hills Mystical Matilda

classification:

Foundation Herd

registration:

ARI#1289824

gender:

Female

born:

06/23/2005

color:

White

Matilda, or "Tilly" to us, came to Celtic Knot as a cria with her mother Buffy. Since then she has grown and is now adding her own cria to our herd. Each morning she is waiting impatiently for us to put out the grain and hay, and whines emphatically when it is not done fast enough or when someone oversleeps and breakfast is late! When anything new is added to the pasture Tilly always has to investigate it thoroughly.

Tilly may be white, but has the potential to throw color.

Celtic Knot's Lady Godiva

classification:

Foundation Herd

registration:

ARI#30834118

gender:

Female

born:

09/12/2006

color:

Dark Brown

Godiva was the first cria born at Celtic Knot. Her mother, Buffy, came to us bred to CPeruvian Accoyo Express 0222. We were delighted when she was born, but her dark brown color came as quite a shock since her mother is dark fawn, her father is light fawn and her half sister is white as snow. We have come to realize that no matter how sure you are of what color the next cria is going to be you must always be ready for surprises.

Godiva's rich brown fleece is sure to appear often in apparel made at Celtic Knot.

Placed 4th (out of 6) in Halter Class 116 at the 2008 PAOBA Breeder's Showcase.

Kaolin Racero

classification:

Foundation Herd

registration:

ARI#802658

gender:

Gelding

born:

01/13/1998

color:

Dark Fawn

Racero is the only Suri on the farm. He was added to the herd in the farm's first year to help bolster numbers to make the first arrivals feels more comfortable. He has since settled in as "uncle" to the junior herdsires keeping the yearlings in line.

AHR Theodore Bear

classification:

Foundation Herd

registration:

ARI#800965

gender:

Gelding

born:

09/26/1997

color:

Beige

Better known as Teddy, this gelding came to Celtic Knot in 2006 with our herdsire Montero. Even though Teddy's legs are a little short and he holds the title of oldest alpaca on the farm, nothing stops him from being the first to the feed pan at meal time. Not even Montero, who is a good 50lbs heavier and close to a foot taller than him, can beat him out.

CAR Montero

classification:

Herdsire

registration:

ARI#836515

gender:

Male

born:

04/17/2002

color:

White

"One Shot Monty" as we like to call him, has settled every one of our females on the first try, much to his dismay. Spit happens all too soon for him in the weeks to follow. Monty is a very large and dominate male, weighing in at over 250lbs of muscle, even with his size he is still easy to manage during breeding and spit-off sessions. He just can't be left unattended anytime there are open females on the other side of 4ft fencing without sturdy posts and a secure top board. Guess how we know that?

Though Monty appears white, he has a small fawn spot on his neck and has produced everything from white to dark.

Montero is Full Peruvian and is a grandson of PPPeruvian Royal Fawn 6014. Montero's breeding fee is $1500

Cria on the ground:

• JAR Mountaineer - dark fawn
• Celtic Knot's Isolde - white
• Double Black's Pronto - beige
• Celtic Knot's Lynette - beige
• Celtic Knot's Percival - light fawn

Celtic Knot's Merlin

classification:

Herdsire

registration:

ARI#31088107

gender:

Male

born:

10/05/2006

color:

Medium Fawn

Merlin was the second cria born on the farm and is one of the friendliest alpacas we have. He is a product of our Maria who came to us bred to RV Jeronimo, a bay black. As of yet Merlin has no cria on the ground, but he is anxious to remedy the problem.

Merlin's breeding fee is $1000 (until his first offspring start arriving)

Celtic Knot's Peruvian Tristan

classification:

Junior Herdsire

registration:

ARI#31088114

gender:

Male

born:

10/13/2007

color:

Medium Fawn

Tristan was the second cria born to our Maria and is out of Dracula's Mario, a white. Like his half brother Merlin, Tristan has white markings on his face and front feet. He also has a small gray spot on one hind leg. Tristan needs time to mature before his breeding years, but he is showing great promise with the quality of his fleece and great confirmation.

Raspberry Hills Earth Angel

classification:

For Sale (Foundation Herd)

registration:

ARI#20016012

gender:

Female

born:

10/03/2004

color:

Light Fawn

Angel is a great little female who joined our herd as we began to expand our numbers. She is a great mother and gave us a beautiful little fawn male out of our herdsire Montero. Unfortunately Angel has the same genetics as most of our original female stock, thus she is currently available for sale at $15,000. She is currently bred to Merlin, and comes with one free breed back to either Merlin or Montero. She can also be purchased as a package deal with her 2008 cria Percival for $20,000.

Angel's fleece has very nice crimp, with good staple length.

Celtic Knot's Isolde

classification:

For Sale (Foundation Herd)

registration:

ARI#30913141

gender:

Female

born:

11/28/2007

color:

White

Izzy is a beautiful, inquisitive girl and the spitty image of her half sister Tilly. Unfortunately for us, Izzy is out of our foundation female Buffy and our herdsire Monty making our breeding options for her very limited. She is currently available as a maiden for $10,000 and we will include a free breeding to one of our herdsires that can be used on any female in your herd.

Celtic Knot's Lynette

classification:

Cria

registration:

pending

gender:

female

born:

5/31/08

color:

beige

Lynette is as inquisitive as her mother Tilly and sister Izzy, and as strong and active as her father Monty. She has nice conformation and great potential in her fleece. At a distance she appears close to white, but has vague fawn streak down her back. Her good size and shape bode well for her future in our herd or yours.

Celtic Knot's Morgan Le Fay

classification:

Cria

registration:

pending

gender:

female

born:

6/7/08

color:

dark brown

Morgan is a striking animal with her rich brown coat ans black points. She is very laid back and easy to handle. Being Kiss's first cria, and sired by ELK Triple Crown, she will be an asset to help diversify our herd or put some great genetics into yours.

Celtic Knot's Percival

classification:

Cria

registration:

pending

gender:

male

born:

7/7/08

color:

light fawn

Percy may one day rival his father, Monty. He has been a powerhouse of strength from the beginning, trying to dominate the other cria in the pasture, even those currently bigger than he is. He has the makings of a great herdsire someday, but unfortunately he is related to most of our female stock. We would love to see him have the chance to produce for someone else. He can be purchased as a package deal along side of his mother, Earth Angel, until he is weaned.

Celtic Knot's Lady Elaine

classification:

Cria

registration:

pending

gender:

female

born:

10/15/08

color:

medium fawn

This lovely little lady is a true bundle of energy. She was up and running minutes after birth, and loves to pronk around the pasture encouraging others to follow. Elaine is also very smart, we learned this soon after she was born. We try to weigh our cria daily for the first week or so to make sure they are growing well. It didn't take Elaine long to recognize what the weight sling looked like, and after a few days became truly challenging to catch. As soon as she saw the sling she would head for open space to avoid being cornered, with or without mom. Being out of our female Maria and sired by Dracula's Mario, a white, she has the same white facial markings of her siblings. Her coat looks fawn, but on closer inspection white speckling can be seen throughout her fleece and her ears are grey.

Cottonwood's Morning Light (Scarlet)

classification:

Llama

registration:

ID#115593

gender:

Female

born:

10/22/1993

color:

Brown

Scarlet is the proud majestic sentinel watching over our pastures. As our senior guard llama she is ever vigilant and protective of our playful cria she keeps an eye out for predators that may be in the area looking for an easy meal. While she is not the easiest animal to work with, weighing far more than either of us (and she knows it), it is a settling thought that she is always in the pasture looking after the herd, since we need to get some sleep sometime.

Miss Sadi

classification:

Llama

registration:

ID#270885

gender:

Female

born:

06/06/2007

color:

White and Brown

Sadi breaks all the rules we have ever known about llamas. She rushes to the gate to greet you, she wants to be petted and if you don't she comes right up and puts her face in yours to get your attention. She has never spit on anyone that we know of, and is just the most lovable llama we have ever encountered. We hope to eventually have her looking after our juvenile females when we set up a weaning pasture to separate the maidens from our production females.