Camelids Fiber

Camelid fiber textile fiber is classified as animal protein in nature, considered as special textile fibers.

The physico-mechanical fiber camelids are influenced by factors such as age, sex, altitude area of ​​breeding, feeding, genetic, etc.. One of the most important parameters in the classification of the fiber for textile use later is the length, the longest separating styling and shorter for carding.

The finer fibers have no medulla, which gives it an advantage in dyeing. Camelid fiber is solid at the sun, washing, use and physico-chemical processes.

The meat is high in protein, containing 21,274% alpaca and llama 24,821%, low fat and low cholesterol (0.5%).

Vicuña fiber: The vicuña between all camelids have the privilege of owning the animal fiber world's finest. The neck back and sides are light brown or cinnamon belly and inner thighs are white.

Its fleece weighs about 200 grams only consisting of 90% of fine fibers of 12.5 microns in diameter and length 3.2 to 3.8.

Guanaco fiber: has a shaggy coat relatively thin and short, light brown with black tones in the head. The fleece of about 450 gr. has two layers, the first with thick bristly fibers that protect the animal and representing 20% ​​of the total, and the second with very fine hairs (similar to that of the vicuña) ranging from 16.5 to 24 microns.

Alpaca Fiber: The color of the fiber is varied, though more uniform than that of the Flame, from white to black, brown tones presenting clear, dark, as well as silver gray, all as natural colors. The resulting fleece may be single or mixed colors presenting high variability of the fibers in color, average diameter, length, tensile strength, elasticity, flexibility, etc.. The average production of raw fleece per year is 1.6 kg, which pay 85% of clean fiber. The alpaca fiber has poor quality afieltrante with an average diameter of 22 to 24 microns, which is the best white listed on the market.

Llama fiber: The fiber is colored brown (light and dark) and mixtures, corresponding to these so-called natural colors.

The fleece has up to 20% of long bristles and protruding descerdar easy and the remainder are short and thin fibers of 20 to 26 microns.