$10/lb (includes pre-wash tumble for camelids)

EXTRA GENTLE SYSTEM!

(Note: this kind of wash is really a hot soak ONLY 140 degrees! with Unicorn Power Scour, then spin, rinse, another wash, spin, then two rinses and a spin -- no agitation -- to remove dirt and lanolin/oils. This washing will not take out straw, burs, chip, or vegetable matter.)

See why we use Power Scour!  https://www.unicornclean.com/

https://fossilfibers.wordpress.com/2023/01/24/method-and-results-of-testing-common-wool-scouring-agents/#:~:text=Overall%2C%20Power%20Scour%20removed%20a,and%20Kookaburra%20which%20removed%2037%25.

Often required for slick fibers – alpaca, llama, angora, cashmere, angora bunny, etc.

$4/lb

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(We do not carry fiber for blending – you provide what you want added to your fleeces.)

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Blending guidelines:

• Wool (SHEEP) to wool in any ratio

• Angora/Pygora (cashmere, mohair): not less than 50% wool

• Angora bunny: 50% wool

• Dog: 50% wool

• Suri alpaca: not less than 80% wool

• Silk and Bamboo: not less than 80% wool

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$13/lb to $17/lb (depending on fiber type) 
     Standard wool -- $13/lb
     Alpaca/Llama -- $15/lb

          (NO 2nds or 3rds!)
     Goats -- $17/lb
     
Excessive vegetation will be charged at next higher rate.

No "Per-pass" fees. We separate until fiber is as free of hair or vm as possible without unreasonable loss of customer fiber.

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(Note: only 90-95% removal of guard hairs and vegetation is possible.)

Asking for 100% alpaca or llama roving?

Maybe.

It is a gamble because we cannot tell from inspecting a bag of raw alpaca whether it will produce a cohesive enough web to be pulled through our roving deck. If it does not, simply falling off our swift and drifting apart after the doffer comb, we will continue to card the fleece to cloud and return it to you as cloud. We do not stock generic wool to blend, nor a range of colors to match your alpaca. We simply cannot substitute our judgment of the quantity, quality, and kind of wool you would like to have blended with your alpaca to make it run on our carder and roving deck. 

The safest bet for alpaca roving is to blend a minimum of 25% wool – sheep wool (long wools are often not effective). 

$22/lb -- Sheep 
$26/lb -- Camelid (alpaca, llama, etc.)/Goat

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Can be stripped or spotty if desired -- see Blending

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$2 per measured bump for ounce specific sizes (ie. 4 oz.)

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Add $2/lb for heavily dyed fiber

Add $4/lb for matted fiber 
 
Batts (approx. 2 feet wide by 4 feet long -- thickness determined by weight)

Roving (approx. 1 inch dia.) loose in a bag or wound into a log-shaped "bump."