Alpaca
Alpacas, for those of you that aren’t familiar with them, are South American camelids. There are two varieties of alpacas: the suri alpaca, and the huacaya alpaca. The fiber alpacas produce is very soft and fine, and is warmer than lamb’s wool.
Suri alpacas are a bit rarer than huacaya alpacas. Suri alpaca fibre is longer, silkier and has far less crimp than either huacaya alpaca fleece or sheep’s wool. It drafts and spins beautifully, much like silk. If there are any current auctions for suri alpaca fiber on eBay, you’ll find them here:
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100% Suri/Huacaya Alpaca Roving~Striker/Nikon~8 oz US $22.00 End Date: Monday Jul-06-2009 19:48:07 PDT Buy it now | Add to watch list |
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~Huacaya/Suri Alpaca Roving~Vannessa/Thea~8 oz~ US $20.00 End Date: Wednesday Jul-08-2009 17:00:26 PDT Buy it now | Add to watch list |
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90-10 Suri Alpaca-Mohair Roving Spinning Fiber - 8 oz US $27.75 End Date: Monday Jul-20-2009 7:25:14 PDT Buy it now | Add to watch list |
Most of the alpaca fiber you’ll find in the United States is of the huacaya variety. Both suri alpaca fiber and huacaya alpaca fiber is virtually lanolin free and thought by some to be fairly hypo-allergenic. If you haven’t tried spinning alpaca fiber, you should. Huacaya alpaca fibre will probably be easier to work with than suri alpaca fiber for most beginning spinners because it is generally a bit denser. Alpaca fiber can also be used for felting, although it often takes a bit longer to felt than wool. Click any of the pictures below to get more information or place a bid!
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4oz Romney&Alpaca Mix Ready To Spin batts wool fiber US $8.25 (0 Bid) End Date: Saturday Jul-04-2009 11:02:57 PDT Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list |
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ALPACA Organic Spinning Wool Felting 2nd 3rds Raw craft US $3.58 (4 Bids) End Date: Saturday Jul-04-2009 16:01:53 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
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Rich Dark Brown Roving...100% alpaca.........NICE US $15.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Saturday Jul-04-2009 16:32:21 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
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Bay Black Roving...100% alpaca.........NICE US $15.00 (1 Bid) End Date: Saturday Jul-04-2009 16:34:20 PDT Bid now | Add to watch list |
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Alpaca fleece/fiber, 2nds & 3rds, 10 lbs free of debris US $25.00 (0 Bid) End Date: Saturday Jul-04-2009 19:04:14 PDT Bid now | Buy it now | Add to watch list |
If you see an auction marked “alpaca cria fiber” or “baby alpaca fiber” that means that it is from an alpaca that is less than a year old. You’ll find that alpaca cria fiber is even softer than that of an adult alpaca.
If you can’t find what you are looking for on eBay, you should check out the Alpaca spinning fiber at Paradise Fibers.