Hi Fibernetters, Llama fiber runs the gamit of super slippery, fine to coarse, short to long and very clean to awful, awful dirty.
The single coated animals produce a wonderful spinning yarn. The double coated, heavy guard hair animals produce a ropey, harsh yarn. They do have a soft undercoat, which is wonderful, after the guard hair is removed. There are mills that offer dehairing, which removes the long, coarse guard hair and vegetation. Regular carding will not remove most of the vegetation, especially the pieces of hay, straw, and burrs. I've found that show animal owners will clean their fiber pretty well before sending it to a processor. However, those that have the animals as guard animals or pasture ornaments, don't do a very good job of cleaning before sending the fiber for processing. Gail White To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
