Alpaca wool

Alpaca wool has a soft texture. The fiber has the luster of silk, making it even more coveted. Alpaca is warm and light weight. Containing no lanolin it is also naturally hypoallergenic. Additional performance characteristics include stretch, water repellency, and odor reduction. #PACABAMBA #sustainablehandcraft #sustainablefashion #sustainablymade #alpaca #wool #allnatural #andeantraditions #alpacafashion #ecofashion #ecofriendly #fairfashion #pichinkuyarn #allnatural #alpacawool

The last process before spinning into yarn is, drawing. Drawing wool compacts and thins the silvers that were combed together in the carding process. Drawing creates a continuous length of wool to ensure the wool evenly compacted. #BritishWool #ChampionWool #Wool #Carding #WoolProcessing #Industry #Bradford #Spinning #FleeceToFloor

In this article, I will show you five things I did with my alpaca fleece and tell you whether or not each product was profitable.

When choosing yarn for a new project, it's important to take fiber into consideration. But in the end, what's the difference between wool and alpaca, and why does it matter?

FLUFFfibers BFL in the Sticks and Stones colorway. I decided to to a gradient spin for Tour de Fleece. Here is the fiber after I hand-carded it into rolags. The long staple of the BFL meant my colors got much more mixed up than I planned, but I did end up with a nice gradient in the brown and charcoal families. On Ravelry

Dedar Milano is an Italian family-run house specialized in fabrics and wallcoverings for curtains, sheers, upholstery and walls. Dedar’s creations combine precious yarns with research into fiber technology to offer various solutions to our customers.

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Teddy Dear is a new yarn, a kind of boucle, a real Fashion Yarn. Content: 40% Alpaca Superfine, 50% Merino Wool, 10% Polyamide Yarn Group: E (9 - 11 stitches) / 14 ply / bulky Weight/yardage: 1.8 oz (50 g) = approx 82 yds (75 m) Recommended needle size: US 10 - US 15 / 6 mm - 10 mm Gauge: 4" / 10 cm = 8-11 sts Hand Wash, cold max 30°C / 86F. Dry Flat It's a very gentle yarn to knit with because the loops are nearly closed. Those more closed loops make it comfortable to knit and still give a…

Handmade Andean Alpaca Wool Blankets & Throws. Artisan made in Ecuador & Peru, by local communities. All Fair Trade products. We also give back a percentage of our proceeds to support sustainable growth. Alpaca Threadz also utilizes the highest quality alpaca wool threads to create blankets that will last a lifetime.

Alpaca is a very lovely and cute animal. We are giving here all interesting facts about Alpaca with photos-images-