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Alpaca fleece, Wool Expo, Armidale, NSW Spinning alpaca wool by Treadle wheel, Gotthard Pass, 2018. Yarn spun from alpaca wool. Alpaca scarf. Cambridge Food, Garden and Produce Festival, England. Alpaca fleece is the natural fiber harvested from an alpaca. There are two different types of alpaca fleece. The most common fleece type comes from a ...
The Farr Alpaca Company was a Canadian and subsequently American textile manufacturer specializing in alpaca and mohair worsted woolen products. Established initially in 1864 as the Randall Farr Company in Hespeler, Ontario, the company was subsequently moved to Holyoke, Massachusetts to avoid tariffs brought on by the Wool and Woolens Act of 1867, and was established as the Farr Alpaca ...
The surface structure of the fiber has scales as in sheep wool. [3] The scale spacing is between 7 and 14 scale rings per 100 microns. [4] The cell arrangement of the fiber is bilateral in transmission electron microscopy (as also in guanaco hair), while it is disordered in llama and alpaca. [5]
The carders used currently in woollen mills differ very little from machines used 20 to 50 years ago, and in some cases, the machines are from that era. Machine carders vary in size from the one that easily fits on the kitchen table, to the carder that takes up a full room [1] [ permanent dead link ] .
Alpaca fiber is sourced from alpacas. It is warmer than sheep's wool and lighter in weight. It is soft, fine, glossy, and luxurious. The thickness of the quality fiber is between 12-29 micrometers. Most alpaca fiber is white, but it also comes in various shades of brown and black. The most common type of alpaca fiber comes from a Huacaya.
Textile fibres or textile fibers (see spelling differences) can be created from many natural sources (animal hair or fur, cocoons as with silk worm cocoons), as well as semisynthetic methods that use naturally occurring polymers, and synthetic methods that use polymer-based materials, and even minerals such as metals to make foils and wires.
The CTTC offers traditional textiles as well as modern products created in various techniques including: backstrap weaving, knitting, and rope braiding. Each piece is made with natural alpaca, sheep or llama fiber and dyed with natural plant and animal dyes.
Warrenton Woolen Mill; Watkins Woolen Mill State Park and State Historic Site; Waucantuck Mill Complex; Wilcox, Crittenden Mill; Willard Manufacturing Company Building; William Clark Company Thread Mill; Winooski Falls Mill District; Worcester Bleach and Dye Works; Worcester Corset Company Factory