Hi Wendy,
For commercial processing, spots are usually not a problem as the fiber is very well blended during processing. We have received an occasional blanket that had a spot we needed to remove. For example, the fiber of a very beautiful silver grey with a single brown spot. We removed the brown rather than placing the blanket with the rose grey. While spots are not usually a problem, you want to avoid ending up with a muddy color. With a little experience and a few trials, you will find out what goes with what to end up with the best blend.
Peter
Peter Lundberg
Elderberry Creek Alpacas/Alpaca Blanket Project
10868 Siegmund Rd SE
Stayton, OR 97383
503-769-9466
www.ElderberryCreekAlpacas.com
To: AlpacaTalk@yahoogroups.comFrom: alpacatalk@westwindalpacas.comDate: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:00:54 -0800Subject: Re: [AlpacaTalk] spots
Hi Wendy,After much discussion and disparaging of spots on alpacas, it was determined to be a non-issue. There was a "wandering spot" theory, which some, like Safley and Ian Watt claimed that if you have a spot on an extremity (head or feet) it could turn up in the blanket, and increase the chance of the dreaded "color contamination."With greys, there is much more latitude, but it is still preferred that the grey be a uniform color or shade, with no spots of solids or different shades or values or what have you. I don't see what the problem is, I have a rose grey boy with solid maroon starting halfway down his blanket, and he has spots of fawn, brown, white, and maroon in his blanket. I used to call him a "Dark Rose Grey Fancy Pinto Appaloosa." During processing, that colors are all blended and depending on the amount of blending, you will get a uniform blended heathered yarn, or with less blending, you'd get a nice tweedy yarn.So what's the problem? In the end, it was just a way to make some otherwise very nice animals worth less than the ones owned by "the ones who make the rules." Or so it seemed. It is prohibited to penalize for spots that do not occur in the blanket, and for greys they aren't judged on uniformity of color, so that shouldn't be penalized, either.HeatherHeather ZelenyWhite Lotus AlpacasCreswell, OR541.895.0964Holistic Farm and Elite Fleecehttp://www.whitelotusalpacas.comhttp://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/AlpacaTalk/joinOn Nov 19, 2008, at 7:24 AM, Wendy Edwards wrote:> hi - what is the issue about spots on an alpaca? Heather mentioned it > and aroused my curiosity - one of my favourite girls has spots - she's > beautiful and i can card four different colors from her: black, silver > gray, rose gray and steel gray. Everyone who sees her picks her out of > the herd and comments on how pretty she is>> is this spot thing a trend? Or is there a real breeding problem? I am > breeding her this spring to our solid color, full Bolivian male, > mainly because of his bloodlines, not his color.> Wendy> DreamWeaver Alpacas> BC[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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