Having spun my first skeins of alpaca, I have learned the hard way that there is a huge variation of soft and coarse fibre across the fleece, and that just a small amount of coarse fibres carded and spun in, can make the whole skein coarse and prickly. 😨
YouTube confirms that alpaca should be sorted and graded.
Check out this video by the Butterfield Alpaca Ranch.
I’ll be looking for a local shearing and grading course in the spring.
Nationality, identity and being an angry Brit
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9 months ago I wrote "How I became a Brit with a German passport, and why I
no longer am", just as I was considering taking more serious step towards
perma...
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