Catalog Update -- Raw Fleeces for Sale
Because I'm lazy busy and because they're still tossed stored in the living room a month after shearing and because my day job means I won't have the time to get to them for a while, I am offering some of our 2006 fleeces unskirted and straight off the alpaca at reduced prices.
These fleeces have not been skirted, cleaned, or processed in any way. The fiber is in exactly the same condition as when it was picked up from the shearing mat. These fleeces are guaranteed to contain vegetable matter, second cuts, pockets of guard hair and other undesirables. Short of shearing the alpaca yourself, you won't find raw fleeces rawer than these!
These reduced prices will last only until I manage to skirt the fleeces -- several months at the current rate of progress. Once I put the labor in, the prices will go up. I'll be posting one or two fleeces at a time over the next one to three weeks.
Raw alpaca fiber is now listed in the Alpaca Merchant section of our website. The fleeces may be purchased by clicking here. As always, please send is an e-mail if you have any questions.
The first two fleeces I am offering are Jubilee's 2006 blanket and seconds.
F050 Jubilee 2006 Blanket
Twenty-nine ounces of smooth black huacaya alpaca fleece with slightly sunbleached tips. The bleached tips won't be noticable after carding except to give the fiber a red-toned black color. This is not a soft fleece, but it has a very smooth handle for huacaya fiber of this diameter. This fleece won't pass the chin test, but will work well in hats, socks and outerwear. This fleece is not appropriate for garments worn next to the skin. Should be easy to skirt -- most of the debris will shake right out. Price will be $47-50 after I skirt it. Asking $40 prior to skirting.
Fiber Stats:
Average Fiber Diameter: 30.6 microns
Coefficient of Variation: 21.1 (Std Dev 6.5)
Comfort Factor (percent of fibers under 30 microns): 56.9%
Staple Length: 65.0 mm
Curvature: 27.6 Dg/mm
F051 Jubilee 2006 Seconds (neck)
Nine ounces. Similar to the above fleece but slightly shorter staple with noticeable guard hair. $10.00 prior to skirting.
These fleeces have not been skirted, cleaned, or processed in any way. The fiber is in exactly the same condition as when it was picked up from the shearing mat. These fleeces are guaranteed to contain vegetable matter, second cuts, pockets of guard hair and other undesirables. Short of shearing the alpaca yourself, you won't find raw fleeces rawer than these!
These reduced prices will last only until I manage to skirt the fleeces -- several months at the current rate of progress. Once I put the labor in, the prices will go up. I'll be posting one or two fleeces at a time over the next one to three weeks.
Raw alpaca fiber is now listed in the Alpaca Merchant section of our website. The fleeces may be purchased by clicking here. As always, please send is an e-mail if you have any questions.
The first two fleeces I am offering are Jubilee's 2006 blanket and seconds.
F050 Jubilee 2006 Blanket
Twenty-nine ounces of smooth black huacaya alpaca fleece with slightly sunbleached tips. The bleached tips won't be noticable after carding except to give the fiber a red-toned black color. This is not a soft fleece, but it has a very smooth handle for huacaya fiber of this diameter. This fleece won't pass the chin test, but will work well in hats, socks and outerwear. This fleece is not appropriate for garments worn next to the skin. Should be easy to skirt -- most of the debris will shake right out. Price will be $47-50 after I skirt it. Asking $40 prior to skirting.
Fiber Stats:
Average Fiber Diameter: 30.6 microns
Coefficient of Variation: 21.1 (Std Dev 6.5)
Comfort Factor (percent of fibers under 30 microns): 56.9%
Staple Length: 65.0 mm
Curvature: 27.6 Dg/mm
F051 Jubilee 2006 Seconds (neck)
Nine ounces. Similar to the above fleece but slightly shorter staple with noticeable guard hair. $10.00 prior to skirting.
posted by Upper Alpacas | 1:32 PM
1 Comments:
I really like the way you laid out this posting about the price of your raw fibre. The information you include is so much more than most people do.
Have you heard that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery *grin*. With your permission I think I'll follow your lead when I'm ready to advertise my fibre up here in Canada.
Thanks for the leading example!
Susan
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