"From cria to sweater, we cover it all!"

What do we do with our fiber?

After the number one question of "Do alpacas spit like llamas and why raise them?", this is the next freqeuntly asked question. We encourage alpaca ranches to utilize their fiber and not let it sit in the barn or basement. Over time, it will rot and not be usable for processing. If you don't have time or want to bother with it, consider donating it to fiber pools or processing mills and let them use it!

We just finished up our 2008 shearing season which yielded us over 135 pounds of beautiful suri alpaca fiber! We value all our fiber and a very minimal amount is thrown out. Holli is currently sorting the fiber and skirting blankets either for show competitions or processing. Here is how our crop of fiber for 2008 is being used:

*Best fleeces go to competitions throughout the country all year long either in fleece shows and/or spin offs.

*Blankets will be skirted for processing into soft rovings for resale for handspinning, felting, and weaving.

*Blankets will be skirted for processing directly into exquisite yarn for resale.

*New this year, seconds and thirds were given to a fiber pool that will process the fiber and manufacture products here in the United States. Check out our farm store as it will soon carry more American made products from this fiber pool!

*Seconds and thirds are being skirted, washed, and carded by Holli to be used as fiberfil. Our store will soon carry an exclusive line of pet pillows that will be stuffed with alpaca fiber for that extra warmth and comfort for your best buddies. Check out our store shortly as Holli is currently working with an experienced seamstress to create this unique item. (This is the memorial day weekend project for our ranch)

*dirty thirds are used for lightly mulching around flower and vegetable beds to keep unnecessary critters (including our dog, Lizzie) from digging.

 

Check back often  as we will be adding  fiber education to this page!