It's all been washed (you know, there is something about washing wads of animal hair that just grosses me right out, I had to chant *it's fiber, it's FIBER* in order to quell my churning stomach...oddly, I'm always finding fiber in my food these days and that doesn't bother me so much, wtf?) but it's still got A LOT of vm that was sort of hidden in the middle of the wad. It's mostly falling out when I shake it and the rest ends up on my lap as I card it (with dog brushes-- this is not all that difficult but it's not much fun either...I don't see a helluva lot of raw fiber prep in my future, lol).
Gorgeous, shiny, rich deep chocolate brown. A little pokey because I'm not getting all the guard hairs out (whoever told me llamas and alpacas don't have guard hairs...you don't know what you're talking about!). I have no idea what I'm going to do with this but it sure is purty.
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hmm...from what i've seen, 'pacas have very few guard hairs but it does depend on the critter...if it's not a fiber-bred critter it's likely to have more...on the other hand, i'm fairly sure llamas have guard hairs pretty regularly...in fact i've got a sample from SOAR that i didn't get to comb before my class was over that ain't gettin' spun til i have combs to get those pesky hairs out! lol
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