Paca Talk Episode #2–”What to do with Fiber”
Show Notes
On the Farm
Our fleeces: www.et-farms.com/fleece.php
Alpacas in the “News”
The Daily Show Iraqi Budget Surplus
The Onion “Congress To Raise Alpacas To Aid Struggling Economy”
Llama fetus ritual to help Bolivia’s Morales?
- Sign up!
- Planning guide
Alpaca Basics—Basics of Fiber Processing
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- First, skirt it
- Small mills deal with alpaca fiber
- Star Castle Mill http://www.starcastlefarm.com/
- Silver Falls Spinnery www.silverfallsspinnery.com
- At festivals/fairs
- Black Sheep Gathering
- Flock and Fiber –home of the “parking lot sale” on Sunday
- At alpaca fleece shows
- Sell to/Join a Fiber Co-op
- Alpaca Fiber Co-op
- North American Alpaca Fiber Producers
- Alpaca Blanket Project
- partnered with Pendelton Mills to make blankets
- American alpaca Fiber federation
- making cloth for designer jeans
This has been episode number 2 of Paca Talk, the podcast for alpaca people by alpaca people. If you missed anything, check out our website at www.pacatalk.com. There are links to useful alpaca sites and good books for alpaca farmers of all experience levels.
Music by Jim Soloway on a Soloway guitar. Find him at http://www.jimsoloway.com/ or http://www.myspace.com/jimsolowayguitars .
