The mid-Atlantic region offers a few places that will clean and process alpaca wool, and finding a plant that will do the work in a timely manner has proven to be a challenge for many of Frederick ...

One alpaca typically gives about5 pounds of fleece a year, she explained. When one of the animals is about to be sheared, they first vacuum it to get out any vegetable matter, such as hay straw or ...

Judy Larsgaard is building a wool mill near Northwood, North Dakota, that will process alpaca fleece and sheep wool and fleece.

It took her about a year to find a company able to process the fleece. While the yarn is spun in Alberta, a knitting company in New Brunswick produces the machine-knit hats, mitts, scarves, socks ...

The fleece sheared from Morden Hall alpacas is sent to the British Alpaca Fibre Cooperative who process the fleece into finished products. The Garners do not make any profit from the fleeces. Peter ...

Judges considered characteristics like length uniformity at the Alpaca Owners Association National Education and Fiber Conference and Fleece Show in Burlington, Kentucky. Laurel Shouvlin’s ...

ADAMSTOWN — The mid-Atlantic region offers a few places that will clean and process alpaca wool, and finding a plant that will do the work in a timely manner has proven to be a challenge for ...