Specialist
Spinning Ltd. was formed in December 2003. We process alpaca fleece using modified
woollen mill machinery.
At
our premises in Oxfordshire the process starts at the Fearnought blender\opener.
The sorted fleece is weighed and fed into the blender. It then passes through
the machine and is blown to the specially constructed storage chambers, ready
for carding.
The
yarn, now spun onto tubes, is next wound onto cones ready for delivery or further
processing.
The
fleece is then processed on one of two carding and scribbling lines.
As
it passes from the card to the scribbler it flows over the scotch feed.
The
fibres are gradually aligned and beautiful roving is produced.
The
roving is then skillfully spun on one of two mules.
The
cones are stacked neatly into boxes.
The
opened fleece is then moved into the carding hopper.
