Fiberservices

Our Fiber Processing Services:

* WE ACCEPT HUACAYA & SURI FLEECE *

RAW or WASHED FLEECE ( Cost includes picking, carding and teasing )

CARDING SERVICES

* BATTS ARE 9 inches wide by 26 inches long *

3 POUND MINIMUM

Washing fleece charge: $ 8.00 a lb based on Incoming weight.

All prices below are on incoming weight only.

Carding into batts - $ 15.00 a pound

Carding into blended batts - $ 15.00 a pound ( Only 1 pass of blended fibers )

Carding into rovings for spinning - $ 18.00 a pound

Carding into clouds /bumps - $ 15.00 a pound

SPUN SERVICES ( Cost included picking and teasing )

Spinning services is in your choice of a skein or rolled into balls.

( Rolling into cones will be coming soon ).

3 POUND MINIMUM

Spinning 1 ply - $ 18.00 a pound

Spinning 2 Ply - $ 23.00 a pound

Spinning 3 ply - $ 28..00 a pound

Fiber blending for spinning - $ 15.00 a pound

Core Spun Rug Yarn - $ 30.00 a pound

Spinning Funky Art Yarn - $ 25.00 a pound ( Basic )

Adding Beads or Other Fibers like Silk $ 35.00 a pound

OTHER SERVICES: 3 POUND MINIMUM

DYE HOUSE SERVICES ( Cost included picking, and carding and teasing )

Raw or Prepared Fibers

We can dye your natural fibers into 60 different vivid colors. The cost is $10.00 per clean pound of fibers and $27.00 using our wool or $29.00 using our 50% wool and 50% mohair or merino blend. sample 3# Minimum of the same color, clean weight $ 10.00 per pound. Less than 3#, $15 per clean weight.

Raw Fibers ( You send in your fleece and we will dye it up for you, we will return your dry fleece in dye form for you to card and prepare into rovings. If you send in Raw Unclean fiber, there will be a washing charge per pound of $ 8.00.

Solid Dye Color - $ 10.00per pound

Two or Three Color Combo - $ 20.00 per pound

Handpainting - $ 25.00 per pound

2007

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 *

Your fiber can be processed, unwashed, washed, carded, skeined and spun, or made into something very special.

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:

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

Email: woodlandhillsalpacas@tampabay.rr.com

OTHER ALPACA FIBER SERVICES

Paca purses by Shannon

To view pictures of her work please visit: Paca Purses

Alpaca Felt Hats - made by Kimberly

To view pictures of my work please visit: Alpaca hats

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