The past few days I have been washing alpaca fleeces to prepare them to send to the mill. After the fiber returns from the mill it will be "roving" which is wonderful for spinning. Last year I wash all the fleece by hand, but this year I did a trail wash in the washing machine. The fiber came out perfect (not felted!), so I am washing the rest of the fleeces in the maching.
After the fleeces are washed I lay them on large screens in my back porch to dry. It takes between 24-48 hours for the fiber to dry. My dog is always suspicious when there is alpaca fiber laying around the house!
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