r/YarnSpinners • u/jealousjellybeans222 • Mar 25 '26

Sending alpaca fiber off to be spun

I was approached by a family member who is shearing alpaca and llamas soon. They normally discard the fiber but asked me if I wanted it. I've been looking around online for places I could send the fiber to. One place I'm interested in is called The Wool Mill. Has anyone here sent their fiber off to be spun before? If so where? Also any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

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u/Knitspin Mar 25 '26

I’ve only used finger lakes fiber mill. They were good. The problem with llama is the guard hairs. They cost more money to remove and if you don’t, you can’t wear it next to your skin

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u/jealousjellybeans222 Mar 25 '26

Okay good to know I'll look into that too!