This Alpaca was bought unprocessed for my personal use. It had fine VM and dirt to remove but Alpaca has no lanolin. To keep handling to a minimum and reduce the chance of felting, the alpaca was soaked in net bags to wash and rinse. Clean, the fiber was opened with a picker, drum carder, and hand combs. Some VM still remains and can be picked out during carding and spinning. Photos 1-2: Clean, picked; Photos 3-6: Clean, drum carded. Pictures 7-8 show the fiber before washing. Photos 9+ show additional views. It can also be used as stuffing for pillows, craft projects, wall hangings and dryer balls. Time and effort has gone into preparing it to spin. There's no profit to be made; just the love of the fiber.

Cindy