Exploring Michigan - Alpacas and Frankenmuth

A much better bet? An alpaca festival in Birch Run, Michigan!





The Alpaca fest was an intimate affair in Birch Run, Michigan - only a few miles north of Flint.  There were lots of fuzzy faces to look at, but not much in the way of fiber or yarn to purchase. I found these gems right before we decided to leave.


Commercially spun, hand grown yarn from LissaBeth Alpacas, Dowling, MI.  Hand dyed by her niece, I couldn't resist these yellow and grey skeins. With 220 yards a skein, I am sure to find something great to knit with this fantastic yarn.

From Alpaca Fest we drove north to Frankenmuth, MI.  I had no idea what I was in for.  It was a Bavarian Disneyland.  It was fun, but extremely odd!  The town was packed - there was a craft fair and the weather was superb.  P and I were there for several hours, most of which were waiting for our food to arrive at a local tavern.  But I had a fantastic brat with sauerkraut that was almost worth the wait.  While walking in town P pointed down the street and said that he saw a shop sign with 'yarn' on it.  Sure enough, he found the local yarn shop for me.  I didn't buy anything, but it was comforting to know I could have!

We didn't go in to the Woolen Mill, but if we ever have visitors who want to go to Frankenmuth (save us!) then I hope to go explore Michigan's oldest woolen processing mill.  We escaped Frankenmuth with our sanity intact, but a little leery of Bavarian-themed towns.