RE: [AlpacaTalk] skirting a pinto huacaya fleece...repost
Hi Heather,
What I'm having trouble with on this fleece is the problem that, once the
fleece is skirted
as soon as it is folded to put back in the bag, then the
white edge fibers are all coming off over the dark blanket
and the dark
blanket is scattering little fibers all over the white edges. That makes
the fleece look like the different parts have been "contaminated" every time
it is handled.
Also, even after spending literally hours on the fleece
there are tiny neps
of white on dark and dark on white
tiny second cuts of one color that show
up immediately on the other. I have bounced and pulled out dry lot debris
and so forth, just as usual
it is the cross contamination of the two colors
that is driving me wild.
I was wondering what hints anyone had to deal with these "challenges" of the
pinto fleece?
Best Regards,
Allison
From: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
Behalf Of Heather Zeleny
Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 11:01 AM
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] skirting a pinto huacaya fleece...repost
I think there must be some cross-communication going on.
To skirt the fleece for showing, as long as the two colors are uniform
in character, don't skirt off the white. That is what defines it as
pinto. :) Just make sure the get out all the VM, 2nd cuts, and anything
that isn't uniform in length and character.
To skirt the fleece for processing into solid colors, then you must
obviously separate the two colors and remove any color contamination.
However, if you want to blend the colors for processing, then you don't
have to worry about separating the two colors.
Heather
Heather Zeleny
West Wind Alpacas
Eugene, OR
Holistic Farm and Elite Fleece
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On Jun 15, 2007, at 10:44 PM, Allison Moss-Fritch wrote:
> Hi Amanda,
>
> I understand you.but I'm wondering how the judges know it is a p into
> if we
> skirt off all the white? Isn't it by definition necessary to leave
> some of
> it?
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