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Alpaca
Fibre
Alpaca
fibre is a soft, lightweight, lustrous fibre, second
only to silk for strength, comparable to cashmere
for luxury and more durable than both. It is thermally
efficient and does not pill like cashmere. It is
also much more acceptable on the skin for those
with an allergic reaction to wool, due to its special
characteristics.
The
fibre comes in 22 natural colours, including a
true rich black, through chocolate brown and russet,
as well as various shades of grey, honey and fawn,
to a light champagne and finally pure white. Textile
quality fibre will typically have a fineness in
the range
18 – 28 microns.
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The
Alpaca of the Future!
(Well,
Hector's not quite there yet,
but he's got the right idea . . .)
Keeping
Alpacas
- the lazy way to a healthy life
style
How
we discovered that alpacas are
the perfect choice for people like us –
environmentally concerned, but bone idle!
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The
Alpaca Fibre Industry
(or
click here
to read full article in pdf format)
Although
UK fibre production is still quite small, at around 6 tonnes, it
is already the largest indigenous producer of a natural luxury fibre,
having overtaken national production of cashmere and mohair by both
volume and value in the last couple of years.
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The
Alpaca
Market
(or
click here
to read full article in pdf format)
"Why
would anyone want to buy an Alpaca?"
read
this article and find out . . .
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need to use Adobe Acrobat to view these articles.
If you don't already have this programme, you can download a copy
by clicking on the link below
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last
updated
August 27, 2008
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