| Alpaca's have a look for themselves at
the mill. Alpaca fibre offers you cool comfort and warm
luxury through, breathability, and lightweight softness.
Its unique thermal properties, enable heat to be released
in warn conditions whilst trapping it when its cool. |
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| Mill manager Ian Zmitrowicz, helps out
in the blanket room. Here he uses an air-knife to separate
fringe rugs as they come off the roll. Almost all finishing
of consumer products are done here, in the blanket room,
from putting satin on a piece of fabric and making it
a blanket, to putting flocks on fire blankets to be sent
out to Australia's bush fire fighting teams. |
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| Bob - the Blender -Brown (right) explains
the to interested locals about the process of taking wool
from a sheep's back cleaning it, blending to get the desired
colour, carding the fibre to remove impurities and straightening
the fibre. Then spinning and twisting to yarn, then to
the weaving and beyond. |
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| Felting has become increasingly popular
in craft circles over the last few years, and its not
hard to see why with so many possibilities of what can
be made and then what it can be used for. |
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| Strips of natural Alpaca Fabric have been
dyed before being cut into squares to create this vibrant
quilt. |
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| Even some Alpacas were interested enough
to come down to the mill sale and craft show to see what
all the fuss was about. |
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