Country Life: "Why Not Llamas?" Gianina SchwaneckeAlready addicted to llamas' yarn, Janette Buckingham thought she'd give farming the animals a spin. "For me, I like just being able to turn fibres over to people who will use them, and certainly the money's good too," she told Country Life. Today she has about 40 llama and guanaco which she runs alongside the Gotland sheep on her 25-acres in the Catlins. The Gotland sheep came later, a breed popular for their dark and grey-toned wool and originally from the Gotland Islands off the coast of Sweden.