Ideal length 4- 6 inches (10 - 15cm) although we can work outside those lengths
The mill can process any micron although Alpaca does tend to lean to the finer side, being an exotic fibre
Our spinner has variable control so we can spin singles or two ply of any thickness, although some weavers do prefer 3 ply for warp strength
We provide the following services: tumbling, washing, picking, conditioning, dehairing and carding into rovings (for machine spinning) or batts (for felt), bumps (for hand spinning)
Turn around time can vary, but generally once your fleece is washed you will get it back within a couple of weeks
If blending fleeces try to match similar micron and length
You may prefer to tip cria fleeces, tips come out completely with some fleeces but not with others, especially if the tips are sticky.
Neck and legs can be processed but more than likely you will get a lot more loss, mainly because of length variation | If the fleece has been in storage check for contamination e.g. bugs, moths and mice
Check for brittleness if been in storage as these types of fleece will break in the machinery. Loss can be greater than normal
We can process 100% Alpaca both Huacaya and Suri
With Suri show fleeces we can rotocut into shorter lengths to process but you will get a bit more loss
The average loss in processing is 20 - 30% of the total incoming
We have achieved as much as 90% and as low as 50%, darker colours handle differently in the machinery so loss can vary
We try to maximize your recovery rate
We can process individual fleeces as little as 600g through to larger blends Click for a PDF guide |
