I'm here at the Ricoh Arena for British Alpaca Futurity
I've never been to an alpaca show before so I'm not really sure what to expect.
I'm hoping that my alpaca wins the Cutest Alpaca prize!
I'm wearing my Alpacalypse hoodie today, that you can get from my website cakeswithfaces.co.uk
So let's see what's going on!
Look this one's got panda eyes!
I see your alpacas have some rosettes - what did they win?
Greg won Intermediate Grey Male
The championships are done by age group and colour
So you have all the junior whites, intermediate whites, and so on
...through all the colours - there's 24 colours.
[funny alpaca noise]
So soft!
It looks kind of crimped!
They've had their hair done before they were shorn!!
We've been told that these are the top alpacas in the UK - these are the best!
They're almost as tall as me!
Some of them look too fluffy to see very well!
Congratulations on your alpacas winning some prizes!
You said it was the two grey ones?
And they're not as common as the other colours?
The greys are more difficult to breed
So you don't get them as often.
Why are there all these fans around?
It's to keep the alpacas cool.
Because they've got so much fleece on...
and it's quite warm in here with the lights
They'd get very sweaty and their fleeces collapse and droop
Because they get damp inside
So the fans keep the air circulating and it cuts down the humidity
This one definitely looks like he's going to start the Alpacalypse!
I think these ones are going to win Fluffiest Alpacas!
I love your little alpacas, they're so cute!
You said they're made in Peru?
They are, yes - we do a lot with the Peruvians to support them in their efforts with alpacas
And we're of course doing as much as we can with the UK and our own alpacas
...using their fleece: it's hypoallergenic, super soft, super-fine.
I heard that alpacas were first tamed by the Incas 6000 years ago?
They were actually developed by the Incas
They developed the alpacas and llamas from wild strains of animal
called guanaco and vicuna
in the camelid family
Thousands and thousands of years ago
They developed the llama for carrying things - very much bigger than alpacas
And very broad backed, very strong
And very short, wiry fleece
They developed the alpaca for it's wonderful fleece
And that fleece is temperature reactive, so it keeps the Incas warm in the winter and cool in the summer
I heard that their fleece is flame retardant too, is that true?!
I haven't personally put a match to any of my alpacas...
And I don't think I'll be doing that!
But to be honest I have put flames to the toys.
How can you do that?!
I wasn't just feeling vindictive one day...!
We have to check for fire safety
So they have had a flame put to them
And yes, it is flame retardant
So it won't ignite, it'll just fizzle out
Look, you can knit your own Albert the Alpaca from alpaca wool
Doomsday Knits: Projects for the apocalypse and after
Or: The ALPACALYPSE and after!
These people at the Yarn Garden have clearly shorn my alpaca!
And this one matches me!
Look at these dragon scale gloves - they'd be really good for a Game of Thrones cosplay
I love your sign: "Dress like no one's judging"
That's your motto?
It is my motto, yes, I came up with it quite a while ago
And just suddenly went - oh my god! - dress like nobody's judging.
Because that's totally where my designs are from, and where my heart and belief in what I'm doing is from
As well as being sustainable
Instead of conforming to high street fashion and "we've got to be wearing this at this particular season"
And then throwing it away
That's terrible!
Yes, and having no freedom in how we actually really want to be.
Well I have certainly never seen so many alpacas!
If you want to come to this show next year, I'll put the link in the description
It's called British Alpaca Futurity
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They're a bit different from this one!
And if you like my Alpacalypse Hoodie you can get it from my website www.cakeswithfaces.co.uk
[funny alpaca noises]
[thunder]