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Snowshill
Alpacas Products Alpacas are camelids. Similar to Llamas, but smaller, Alpacas are gentle and inquisitive by nature following thousands of years of domestication. They have a fine, dense fleece which occurs naturally in over 22 shades ranging from true black,through brown and fawns to purest white. Alpaca clothing and other alpaca products are made from this pure natural fibre. It has similar qualities to cashmere but, is a stronger fibre.
There are two types of Alpaca, the Huacaya and the Suri. The Huacaya is the more common of the two and the fleece has a denser, fluffier appearance. Suri Alpaca fibre is longer, flatter and silkier and, whilst more difficult to work with, makes very high quality fabric that hangs well and has a high lustre (many catwalk dresses include suri alpaca fibre but, sadly this is rarely the case with the final retail product, presumably due to cost). Here are a few examples of products made from the fleece of our alpacas. |
 3 FOLD-ANTHRACITE |
 3 FOLD-AUTUMN BROWN |
 3 FOLD-FAWN (SHADE 1) |
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 3 FOLD-FAWN (SHADE 2) |
 3 FOLD-ROSE GREY |
 3 FOLD-PALE CREAMY BEIGE |
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Shown above are examples of our Double Knit Yarn The price of the yarn is £4.00 per 50g ball plus postage and packing. There are two shades of Fawn (they are almost identical but, come from different batch runs). |
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Apart from clothing, this Alpaca fabric makes interesting natural coloured cushion covers. All of our yarn and fabric is made from the fleece of our own Alpaca herd and is 100% Natural un-dyed Alpaca wool. All of the processing, spinning and weaving has been done in the United Kingdom. A label, confirming that this is 100% pure UK Alpaca wool, is enclosed with each order. Cleaning/washing advice: Knitted garments should be washed using mild soaps or detergents specifically formulated for woolens. Either hand wash without wringing or, machine wash on a delicate woolens setting with minimal spin (DO NOT TUMBLE DRY). Fabrics should only be dry cleaned (it is advisable to inform your dry-cleaner that it is alpaca). We
are expecting some more fabrics to be available later this year,
including some herringbone designs. |
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Roger Mount of Snowshill Alpacas can be contacted at: Snowshill
Hill Barn or alternatively email: snowshillalpacas@btinternet.com Tel:
01386 853841 |
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Snowshill
Alpacas, Snowshill
Hill Barn, Buckle Street, Temple Guiting
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL54 5XX ©2008 Snowshill Alpacas All rights reserved. |
