At Surilox we breed lovely fine, lustrous suris and crimpy dense huacaya.

One of our aims is to sell our best quality fibre direct to hand spinners.

About Alpaca Fleece

Alpaca fleece is extremely light and between 1.5 - 4 times warmer than sheep fibre. This is because alpaca fibre is unlike sheep fibre.

Good Alpaca fleece will not irritate even the most sensitive skin. Most of our fleece has a Comfort Factor of 95 - 100%, so its softness is incredible. Even if the micron of the fleece is relatively high, the softness [usually referred to as Handle] will be amazing.

There are 2 types of alpaca fibre:
Huacaya Fleece is most often used by hand spinners.

Huacaya fleece is crimped like merino fleece, and is as easy to spin as sheep fleece. Huacaya fleece is more lustrous than sheep fleece & generally has a light, creamy lustre.

Suri Fleece
The elite alpaca fibre comes from a Suri Alpaca. This fleece grows like little ringlets, the fibre is straight and silky. Suri generally has outstanding lustre that goes from creamy to knockout! While it is quite slippery, & takes some practice to spin, the results are fabulous.

We have both types of fibre available in almost every natural colour.

Click here to see the colour chart.

Each purchase of fibre will come with a copy of the fibre analysis eg micron, comfort factor, in this way you can be assured that you will get the best fibre - not the fibre that the commercial processors did not want.

Click here for a description of fibre_analysis.

Alpaca fibre also dyes well, and felts into a magnificent cloth.

We have some beautiful fleeces & would love them to be used by people who will appreciate their fineness & quality, rather than sent to a commercial processor where they are mixed with inferior fleece just to improve the fineness or lustre.
Email an enquiry or Contact us to find out what fleece is currently available.

For a look at some wonderful Suri spinning & products take a look at the website of Beavona Lodge Suri Alpacas. www.blsurialpacas.com
Darrel at Beavona Lodge is the best Suri fibre spinner in Australia. His thread is unbelievable. He refers to spinning Suri Alpaca fibre as "working with Angel's Hair"
Follow his tips & your spinning, weaving, crocheting & knitting will be fantastic.

FAQs

Alpacas are shorn annually

Huacaya fibre should be around 80 - 120 mm in length

Suri fibre can be as long as 200 mm