Alpaca dyes pretty well. Here are some examples of wool, white suri and white huacaya washed and then dyed. I used the same dyepot for all 3 fibers.
Top Left suffolk wool washed, top right huacaya fiber washed, left bottom suri fiber washed.
Top Row:1st picture is from left to right wool, huacaya, and suri. 2nd picture is wool alone. Bottom Row: is Huacaya alone, and then suri alone.
Alpaca cards and combs really well too.
1st Photo is an alpaca(dark brown-black)/ shetland(taupe color) blend top. The 2nd photo is carded alpaca (black) mixed with white angora and red firestar.
Here is some huacaya spun up on my new sequioa spinning wheel. This fiber was just washed not carded or combed.
I think alpaca is a wonderful fiber to work with. The more I play with it the more I like it.
Let me hear your comments have you played with alpaca fiber yet?
PS. Here are all the fibers I will be playing with for the next couple of posts(sneak-peak ahead).
I’ll tell you what the top 3 are wool, huacaya and suri. Can you guess the bottom 2 and the one on the right? I’ll tell you in the next blog.
PPS. I’ve finally finished my son’s mitts. He is so happy with them.
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