[AlpacaTalk] Re: Developing a market for fleece -New Zealand
Hi Chuck - thanks for your message - it really does help me to get
this perspective. I guess my questions were symptomatic of not
being fully net worked in the NZ alpaca scene - yet.
I hope you don't mind, but I will contact you privately.
Thanks
Mandy
Bonita Alpacas
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>
> Hi Mandy,
>
> We live in New Zealand and we do the same thing with the fleece
from 125
> alpacas that we did when we had two, six, ten and twenty alpacas.
We pool
> the different colours with other breeders, have it spun into yarn,
and sell
> it on TradeMe (like EBay). We divide up the yarn in the same
ratio as our
> contribution to the pool. In other words, if we put in 5% of the
raw
> fleece, we get 5% of the processed yarn.
>
> Of course, nobody is interested in processing anything with a
micron of 27
> or greater. We have to find other things to do with such coarse
fibre
> (duvets, dog blankets, felting, insulation, etc.).
>
> Another option is to simply sell your finer fleece (less than 24
micron) to
> someone like Linda Blake (NZ Southern Alpacas) or others who are
interested
> in buying such fleece.
>
> Hope that helps you?
>
> Chuck
> Auckland
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
[mailto:AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
> Behalf Of mmttocher
> Sent: Monday, 21 January 2008 3:37 p.m.
> To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogro
> Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Developing a market for fleece -New Zealand
>
>
> Hi everyone - I hope no-one from NZ reads this because I am
worried
> there maybe people here working on this and are already on the
way to
> solving the problem!
>
> I only have 2 alpaca and now in my study have two fleeces. What
do I
> do with them in New Zealand home of top quality merino sheep and
> angora goats?
>
> Although i quickly state I have not researched this issue
thoroughly,
> it seems there is not really a market for alpaca fleece here.
Alpaca
> breeders with greater than 75 alpaca - mostly white - can sell
their
> fleeces, but those of us with only two can't readily sell.
>
> Is this a world-wide thing? Can someone please give me some
pointers
> on how to develop a market for small quantities of fleece?
> Thanks
> Mandy
>
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>
>
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