Fibre Information

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The Basics

Alpaca fleece comes in over 22 natural colours from white through fawns, browns & greys to black. It is prized for it’s excellent thermal qualities without excessive weight & it’s beautiful soft handle.

There are two types of alpacas the Huacaya whose fleece grows outwards from it’s body like a sheep with a crimped fleece & the Suri who fleece hangs down from it’s body in spiral locks.

There is a great variety in alpaca fleece quality, style & fineness & the categories of fleece are  roughly grouped into the following:

 

Ultrafine - Under 18 Micron

Superfine - 18 to 20 Micron

Fine - 20.1 to 23 Micron

Medium - 23.1 to 26  Micron

Strong - Over 26 Micron

 

 

The finest of the fibre categories attracts the highest prices & is used for luxury garments, the middle of the road groups are used in clothing & homewares with the coursest fibre closer to 30+ micron used for carpets etc.

Australia is producing some of the finest alpaca anywhere in the world.

 

Huacaya

Suri

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