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Tuesday, August 05, 2008

RE: [AlpacaTalk] Buying alpaca fiber?


Thanks Heather,
Couple clarifications though. We are still accepting farms into the project. And, when the inventory phase is complete, we should be able to pay $8-$10 per pound (I believe that the farms who help in the current phase should be able to supply us with the estimated 12,000 pounds per year that we expect to purchase.
Further, the throws will have a small percentage of wool (not regular wool, but one of the finer wools) which is needed to be able to process using their mill. Alpaca has no memory and the distance between the rollers is such that 100% will sag to far. The experimental runs have resulted in a very fine product that feels more like all alpaca than otherwise.
Wholesale cost (to the supporters) should be $40 for this first run. The design should be either a plaid or herringbone (Carol will need to finalize this real soon as we will be taking the fiber for the first run to Pendleton later this month).
By the way, we are a little short of white Huacaya for the first run so if you have any of it available, we would sure appriaciate receiving it within the next week or so.
Thanks again for all your support Heather.

Peter

Peter & Carol Lundberg
ElderberryCreekAlpacas/Alpaca Blanket Project
10868 Siegmund Rd SE
Stayton, OR 97383

503-769-9466
www.ElderberryCreekAlpacas.com
ElderberryCreekAlpacas@yahoo.com


To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.comFrom: alpacatalk@westwindalpacas.comDate: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:39:58 -0700Subject: [AlpacaTalk] Buying alpaca fiber?

Hi everyone!I suppose you all got the mass email today for "CASH FOR YOUR ALPACA FIBER" from the American Alpaca Fiber Federation, LLC. I followed the link and what I garnered from scanning the page was that they will be making 80% cotton 20% alpaca denim??? I didn't see what they planned to pay for the fleece they buy. I apologize in advance for being a bit skeptical, but I don't really want alpaca in my denim, and I do want to know what someone will pay me for my fleece.Here in Oregon, we have a really great project going, thanks 100% to Peter and Carol Lundberg. It's the Pendleton Alpaca Blanket Project. I have donated almost 30 pounds of fleece. That was all of the "good stuff" I was willing to part with! Many others have donated far more, and people are still donating fleece! Please follow this link to learn about this very exciting project!http://www.elderberrycreekalpacas.com/The idea is, we donate fleece, and those who have made donations by June 15th (yes, that date has passed but they may be flexible on this) have the opportunity to purchase throws at cost plus 3%, which they estimate will come to less than $40 per blanket. We can then re-sell them at an estimated retail price of... I dunno, what does a 100% alpaca throw go for today? $100, $200? No matter, good return on your investment.In the future, they plan to and really want to be able to purchase fleece from growers (us) at a minimum of $2 per pound. I know, that sounds like peanuts... sort of. It is an avenue to sell your product. It is a place to grow our industry. I know they want to offer more than that in the future.Wanna know what I think might be happening with that American alpaca "co-op"? I think they gather up all the fleece, have it processed, sell it at very low prices to Red Maple and other partner vendors, and then sell the finished product back to us, the producers. They don't offer cone yarn to us. They just want our free fleece. And then maybe they write a token check for a couple 100 bucks for your 10 years of membership, donations, and participation. Plus members have to pay shipping costs. I don't think those dividend payments even pay the shipping!The Lundbergs and Pendleton Wool are different. We're Oregonians! We want to make good stuff and reward people for their hard work! It's hard work raising alpacas! We think everyone deserves compensation for their efforts!So that's my limited view. I also know that I am going to be working hard to make product from my 2nds and 3rds. Hey, that's the throw-away stuff! If we can make product from every bit of fleece that comes off our alpacas, we can make a go of this industry.HeatherHeather ZelenyWhite Lotus Alpacas(formerly West Wind Alpacas)Eugene, OR541.895.0964Holistic Farm and Elite Fleecehttp://www.alpacanation.com/whitelotus.asphttp://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/AlpacaTalk/join[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

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