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Alpacas are bred for their fiber. They are sheared once
a year in the spring. This fiber is soft, light weight
and unlike wool, it can be worn against the skin without
irritation or itching. Alpaca fiber is three times
warmer than wool and softer than cashmere. Items made
from alpaca last for generations.
The Inca's believed that alpacas had the fiber of the
God's and only Royalty was allowed to own or wear it.
Alpacas come in 22 Natural colors and the fiber also
takes dye very nicely. We breed for fiber that is fine
and dense with crimp and brightness. Our breeding
program is for a variety of natural colors and we also have a nice selection of hand dyed yarns and raw fiber.
An alpaca will give you from 5lbs to 10lbs of fiber
each shearing. This fiber can be sold raw, or you can
sell it clean and carded. Also you can send it raw to a
mill for processing into yarn. or spin it yourself.
Selling price is $1.00 an ounce and upward over
$10.00. Finished yarn starts around $46.00 a lb and the
price goes up depending on finesse, luster, and color.
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