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Friday, May 30, 2008

Re: [AlpacaTalk] Spin-off questions.... My fiber is a mess!!! Can it be salvaged?

Are you looking at a huacaya or suri?  Huacaya tends to come off in a ane-piece-blanket better than a suri but maybe not if your shearer just sheared and didn't know you wanted it sorted.  I would recommend you clean as much hay, debris, VM out as possible, then clean it again. Lay everything out like you have done, let your eye tell you what is the blanket (best fleece). You want your fleece to be consistant, clean and appealing to the eye. Don't be afraid to pull lots of that less appealing, courser, odd colored, inconsistent fiber out.  They do judge on the weight but more important is the grading of what the judge has in front of them.  I have skirted and reskirted and reskirted fleece before I sent to a show.  Now I have learned to do most of the work BEFORE the paca gets sheared and let the shearer know this fleece will be going to a show.  They know what to do from there.  Have fun!! There is no better way
to get to know your animals than to skirt, sort and examine their fleece.  Once last thought-if you don't feel comfortable sending in the whole fleece--try a spin-off-- you'll only need 2-4 oz of the best you can find in that pile on your bed.
Ace & Robin Buettenback

B4 Alpacas LLC
3742 S Locust
Grand Island Ne 68801

--- On Fri, 5/30/08, Nancy Schell <walnut_hill@centurytel.net> wrote:

From: Nancy Schell <walnut_hill@centurytel.net>
Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Spin-off questions.... My fiber is a mess!!! Can it be salvaged?
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, May 30, 2008, 9:27 AM

Hi all,
I would like to enter my fiber to a few spin-offs. But, being a
newbie, I didn't watch carefully enough when the shearers at the show
stuffed the fleece in a bag. I accept the fault of not being too
concerned at the time.... But now that I have it lying on the spare
bed... I can't make heads or tails of any of it!
I think I can sort of tell what the neck area is and the legs... so
I might be able to find most of the blanket areas... It is in a bunch
of clumps... not one big blanket.
Do I need to get ALL of the hay dust out of it? Being at the show, we
didn't blow the fleece before they sheared. So there is some VM in
there.

Sorry if this is long.... can I salvage any of this to send in?

Thanks in advance,
Nancy Schell
Walnut Hill Farm
Metamora, MI

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