Alpaca fleece is the natural fiber harvested from an alpaca. There are two different types of alpaca fleece. The most common fleece type comes from a Huacaya...
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modern breeds of alpaca, separated based on their respective region of endemism and fiber (wool) type: the Suri alpaca and the Huacaya alpaca. Both breeds...
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The Huacaya alpaca is a breed of alpaca (Vicugna pacos) that has a unique appearance and fiber quality. This breed is the most popular alpaca breed with...
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domestic sheep and silk. Also very popular are alpaca fiber and mohair from Angora goats. Unusual fibers such as Angora wool from rabbits and Chiengora...
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An alpaca is a South American camelid. Alpaca or ALPACA may also refer to: Alpaca fiber, the fleece of the Alpaca ALCAPA (tectonic plate), see Carpathian...
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alpacas may be bred for the lustre of their coats. Atav, Rıza; Türkmen, Fatih (2015). "Investigation of the dyeing characteristics of alpaca fibers (Huacaya...
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Fiber or fibre (British English; from Latin: fibra) is a natural or artificial substance that is significantly longer than it is wide. Fibers are often...
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Fiber or wool taken from animals or hairy mammals. e.g. sheep's wool, goat hair (cashmere, mohair), alpaca hair, horse hair, etc. Silk fiber: Fiber secreted...
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to Vicugna vicugna. "The Vicuna: the precious treasure of the Andes". Alpaca Fiber News. Archived from the original on 21 October 2009. Bayly Letts, Andres;...
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Fiber crops are field crops grown for their fibers, which are traditionally used to make paper, cloth, or rope. Fiber crops are characterized by having...
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Peru. The Colca is also well known for crafts: goods knitted from baby alpaca fiber and a unique form of embroidery that adorns skirts (polleras), hats,...
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used weapons made out of wood, stone, copper and bronze, while using an Alpaca fiber based armor, putting them at significant technological disadvantage—none...
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Carbon fibers or carbon fibres (alternatively CF, graphite fiber or graphite fibre) are fibers about 5 to 10 micrometers (0.00020–0.00039 in) in diameter...
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South America. The alpaca is mainly raised for its wool. Out of the domestic camelids, the alpaca produces wool with longer and finer fiber than the llama...
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Abby Franquemont (section Franquemont Fibers)
pay for the home they lived in," the Franquemont girls learned to spin alpaca fiber at or before the age of five years, hoping to reach a professional standard...
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cloth. alpaca Alpaca is a name given to two distinct things: The wool of the Peruvian alpaca. A style of fabric originally made from alpaca fiber but now...
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Acrylic fibers are synthetic fibers made from a polymer (polyacrylonitrile) with an average molecular weight of ~100,000, about 1900 monomer units. For...
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arrangement of the fiber is bilateral in transmission electron microscopy (as also in guanaco hair), while it is disordered in llama and alpaca. In addition...
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etc.) Plant fiber (coir, ramie, sisal, cotton, flax, hemp, jute, kapok, kenaf, moss, linen, abacá, etc.) Animal fiber (wool, silk, alpaca, camel, angora...
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flame-resistant and crease-resistant. It is considered a luxury fiber, like cashmere, alpaca, angora, and silk, but is more expensive than most sheep's wool...
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Rayon (category Synthetic fibers)
commercialised in some countries as sabra silk or cactus silk, is a semi-synthetic fiber, made from natural sources of regenerated cellulose, such as wood and related...
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Abacá (redirect from Manila (fiber))
importance, being harvested for its fiber, also called Manila hemp, extracted from the leaf-stems. The lustrous fiber is traditionally hand-loomed into...
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Yarn (category Fibers)
produce longer fibers. This increases the need for shearing to prevent pests and overheating. Other animal fibers used include alpaca, angora, mohair...
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llama and suri alpaca fibers. Today, Tillman is retired, retaining about forty animals on his ranch. He still writes about llama and alpaca husbandry, and...
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specialized in embroidery in her off time, while her father made weavings from alpaca fiber during his days away from the mines. Poma spent her youth between the...
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Felt Fiber art Tweed Worsted Yarn Wool crepe Wool satin Wool coating Wool melton British Wool Marketing Board IWTO Worshipful Company of Woolmen Alpaca wool...
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List of textile fibres (redirect from List of textile fibers)
Textile fibres or textile fibers (see spelling differences) can be created from many natural sources (animal hair or fur, cocoons as with silk worm cocoons)...
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(also known as gut) is a type of cord that is prepared from the natural fiber found in the walls of animal intestines. Catgut makers usually use sheep...
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