You probably have Suri Alpaca, this resembles silk or fine long kid
mohair more than it does the Huacaya Alpaca that is more typical.    If
you are blending it, the fiber lengths need to be approximately the
same.  It may mean that you need to cut the Suri down to the Corrie
length or save the Suri for a more silk-like project and get regular
Alpaca for blending.   You can try carding a sample of the Suri and
Corrie by hand and see how it behaves. If it noils up, then you probably
don't want to send it out. 

Barbara C - eastern Mass. 

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Anne asked
> I bought the different kind of alpaca - the very fine, long and silky
> kind. Now that I have taken out the burrs and washed it, I am trying
> to tease it apart and it's tough going.  I was planning to have it
> processed with a find Corriedale fleece, but now I'm worried that it
> will make noils. 

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