ADORABLE ALPACAS!

Kerry Lord was eleven years old when her parents Rob and Shirley Bettinson founded TOFT Alpaca Stud in 1997 with four alpacas. Now a successful stud farm with around 150 alpacas, TOFT’s farm in Warwickshire has grown from six acres to 52.

While Kerry’s parents invested in genetics to ensure high quality breeding, Kerry began to wonder whether the fleece sheared off annually had a use. She launched TOFT Studio in 2006 and began selling alpaca yarn hats. At that point, many people had never heard of alpacas. “I remember someone saying, ‘An alpacino? Is that a bird?’” says Kerry. “When I showed them pictures, they’d