When the New York Sheep & Wool festival rolls around every October we are reminded - it all starts with the sheep. Or alpaca. Or llama. Or goat. Or angora bunny. Or yak. Or quivut! Sadly, I really can't tell the difference between a llama and an alpaca. And I wouldn't know a quivut if it rang my doorbell. But without these animals and their beautiful fleece - we'd have to knit with baking twine.