Welcome to the the fleece and fiber page.  Hope you gain some knowledge and it sparks an interest!  This is where I, (June) think the strength of the business is.  We make all these decisions and fuss about the breeding and what for??  So we can have fiber!  Good, soft, warm, exquisite luxurious fiber!!!  If you've never experienced alpaca fiber, you owe it to yourself to check it out and if you have...you know what I'm talking about!   It comes in 22 natural colors or can be easily dyed .  It is super warm, has no grease/lanolin so you can use it on babies, is easy to work with and totally eco-friendly from start to finish.  Once you see it and feel it you will never forget it and always want more.  It is often compared to cashmere and mohair, and was the fiber of choice of the Incan Royalty.

I've just added a lot of fiber and yarn to the store site, so if you are interested in buying...check out the   "FARM STORE".  Any questions or special requests..Please call!

Alpaca fiber is so versatile that is can be used for just about everything..spun into yarn to knit, crochet, or weave. It can be carded for both wet and dry felting.  The waste fiber like the real dirty stuff from the bottoms of their legs can be used as a mulch in your garden!  

  The possibilities really are endless--so let your imagination go and.....

                                                      FOCUS ON FIBER!

 

Just got a great supply of sock yarn in.  70% alpaca, 15% merino and 15% nylon.  Light Fawn is the natural color but am also hand painting some in nice, pretty and bright colors.  Of course, this can be used for any of your projects!  I'm going to use some for "Honeycomb" mittens and fingerless gloves!

 

New yarns available

  Just in time for your fall projects, some 100% alpaca yarn from our very own alpacas!  I have to say, this stuff is really nice!  I can't decide which one I like the best.  Call soon to order yours and to make sure you get what you want...limited amounts...after all, they do come from individual alpacas....oh, and let me know if you want a picture of the "donor alpaca" with your yarn!

   Yarns, yarns everywhere!  Have lots more back from the mill so the store is packed with beautiful soft alpaca yarn in almost all of the natural colors!  I don't have much gray but some dark silver gray from Peekaboo and some dark rose gray from Bailey.  Not alot of either so if those are colors you are looking for, you better hurry.  They are both two ply and a light sport weight.

Raw, Natural Fiber

   This is raw, natural fiber just as it came off the alpaca.  We have the shearer come once per year, in May, to shear and we harvest anywhere from 4-5 pounds from the little alpacas to over 12 pounds from the full grown ones.  Each alpacas fiber is seperated three ways during shearing and kept seperate from all the others.  Some is made into mill spun yarn, some I make homespun yarn, and I can card clean fiber on my drum carder and use that for felting or spinning.  I have all stages of fiber for sale, so give me a call if you are interested.

The first pair of Honeycomb pattern mittens I knitted.  Have made three pair so far, and made a honeycomb pattern hat to match one pair.  Forgot to take a picture of so will do that when it comes back from a contest entry.