Our Fiber Processing Services:
RAW or WASHED FLEECE ( Cost includes picking, carding and teasing )
CARDED
* BATTS ARE 9 inches wide by 26 inches long *
Washing fleece charge: $ 6.00 a lb based on incoming weight.
All prices below are on incoming weight only.
Carding into batts - $ 10.00 a pound
Carding into blended batts - $ 10.00 a pound
Carding into rovings for spinning - $ 10.00 a pound
Carding into clouds /bumps - $ 10.00 a pound
Suri is a flat fee of $ 16.00 a pound
If your Suri Fleece is in heavy locks there will be a $ 23.00 a pound charge
SPUN ( Cost included picking and carding and teasing )
Spinning services is in your choice of a skein or rolled into balls.
( Rolling into cones will be coming soon ).
Spinning 2 ply - $ 16.00 a pound
Spinning 3 ply - $ 23.00 a pound
Fiber blending for spinning - no charge
We do offer discounts on 10+ animals or more.
Suri is a flat fee of $ 16.00 a pound
If your Suri Fleece is in heavy locks there will be a $ 23.00 a pound charge
Examples of how much it costs to process your fiber.Processing alpaca fiber can be a complete win win for you. Here is how this can help your business grow and help the alpaca industry.
Lets say you send The Fiber Mill a alpaca fleece that weighs 5.1 pounds ( incoming weight ) You want it processed into yarn balls with a label.
After I sort, and pick out VM ( vegetable matter ) and process that fleece.
The blanket and neck yielded approx 600 yards of yarn balls.
You sell that yarn for lets say $ 14.00 a ball.
You have 20 balls of yarn.
Processing charge ( incoming weight ) 20 balls out of 5.1 lbs of fleece
The processing charge would be $ 117.30 for 2 ply 20 balls of yarn.
* Remember all fleece weighs differently, this is an example only *
So now to figure your profit...
You want to sell your yarn for $ 14.00 a ball
$14.00 x 20 balls = $ 280.00
- $ 117.30 ( processing )
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$ 162.70 ( YOUR TOTAL PROFIT OFF ONE ALPACA )
This price can be more or less depending on incoming weight of yarn.
You also need to figure in Shipping and Handling Charges
So if you have 4 ALPACAS with the same incoming weight and all spun into yarn
Then that is $ 650.80 Profit
Now with that yarn you can make the following for even more profit.
* These are depending on things we have handmade and how much yarn it took us *
These can change depending on what pattern you use.
1 - Alpaca Wrap takes 4 - 50 gram balls of yarn.
You then can take that wrap and sell it for $ 70 - $ 100.00
4 Baby Alpaca hats - 2 - 50 gram balls of yarn
You can then take those Baby Alpaca hats and sell them for $ 36.00 ea
1 Medium Alpaca Hat and Scarf Set takes 5 - 50 gram balls of yarn
You then take that Hat and Scarf set and sell them for $ 60.00 or more
* Now If your yarn is made out of Baby Alpaca fiber then your sell prices go higher then those listed above *
We will be adding Carding Processing Examples
and
What you can profit from just having your fiber carded instead of spun into yarn.
These are examples of What is processed.
CARDED FLEECE:
Your fiber can be processed, unwashed, washed, carded, skeined and spun, or made into something very special. ( See below )
SPECIAL NOTE!!!! ALL FIBER THAT IS PROCESSED IN OUR MILL, EITHER CARDED OR SPUN OR SKEINED COMES WITH A LABEL of your business logo.
Another food for Thought, with us being a small mill, the fiber you send us isn't combined with any other fiber or any other alpaca. What you get back either carded or spun is from your own animal. Larger mills process your fiber with others so you don't get your own alpaca back.
That is why smaller mills are on the rise!!!!
OUR SERVICES TO YOU ARE BELOW:
Carded fiber
Skeined and Spun fiber.
A fine end product!
We accept payments with via paypal. If you would like more information regarding our services please contact us at either of the following. Thank you.
Ph# 352-799-3234
Alpaca Stained Glass Art - Price $ 10.00 an hour
Cloud or Roving
A Batt of Fleece
A Bump of Fleece
A Cloud or Roving is what a spinner uses to spin yarn
A Batt or Bump is used to felt products. Like Hats or purses.
SPUN FLEECE
A Spinner uses the Cloud or Roving pictured above to feed into the spinning wheel and then you end up with a beautiful batch of 1 ply yarn. 1 ply yarn is just a single strand of fiber spun tight.
Most yarn is 2 ply or can even be as high as 8 ply yarn. It bascially is how many strands in a string of yarn. Example 2 ply is taking 2 - 1 ply spun yarn and feeding those single strands back into the spinning wheel to create a backwards twist on the yarn. This helps give the yarn strength and the term 2 ply yarn. Here is a few pictures of what you can do with your beautiful alpaca spun yarn.
Spun alpaca yarn
Alpaca wrap
Alpaca hats
OTHER ALPACA FIBER SERVICES
Paca purses - made by Shannon
( You can see a few purses at Griffonwood Alpacas Ole General Store)
To view pictures of her work please visit: Paca Purses
Alpaca Felt Hats - made by Kimberly
( You can see a few hats at Griffonwood Alpacas Ole General Store )
To view pictures of my work please visit: Alpaca hats
