Alpaca sweaters are now popping up in the offerings of big retail names such as the Gap, Land’s End, and J.Jill.
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Alpaca in Big Retail Names
Posted in Alpaca Industry and Business, Alpaca News, Fiber, Fiber Arts, tagged alpaca, breeder, cardigan, J.Jill, Land's end, sweater, the Gap on November 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
How Fiber Arts Advance a Breeding Program
Posted in Breeding and Reproduction, Fiber, Information for Alpaca Breeders, tagged alpaca, breeder, breeding, Fiber Arts on November 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Using the fiber from your alpacas is not just about validating its value. It can also help the alpaca breeder to shape the direction of their breeding program and influence the qualities you wish to work on in your production.
Understanding Medullation
Posted in Fiber, Information for Alpaca Breeders, tagged alpaca, alpaca fiber, guard hair, histogram, kemp hair, medulla, medullation, OFDA100, primary fiber on July 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The correct and incorrect use of the word medullation regarding alpaca fiber description.
Field Trip to Yocom-McColl: Interpreting that Histogram Report
Posted in Fiber, Information for Alpaca Breeders, tagged AFD, alpaca, curvature, CV, fiber, histogram, micron, SD, spin fineness, standard deviation, Yocom-McColl on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Alpaca blog post covering a field trip to the measurement lab, Yocom-McColl in Denver, CO and the terms on an alpaca histogram explained: AFD, SD, CV, % over 30, spin fineness, curvature.
