ADAMSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- The mid-Atlantic region offers a few places that will clean and process alpaca wool, and finding a plant that will do the work in a timely manner has proven to be a challenge ...

Spring and summer means shearing-time on Ohio's 983 alpaca farms. As the state with the highest number of alpacas -- about 18,000 of the animals live here -- that means a lot of alpaca fleece coming ...

LAMAR • The alpacas at Arella Farm in Lamar got their yearly shearing this past Wednesday. The shearing, performed by Clean-Cut Shearing with shearingalpaca.com, is a process that both yields valuable ...

BLOOMINGTON - Deborah Barone compares spinning alpaca fleece to meditation. "Spinning is phenomenally relaxing," she said. "A friend of mine who is a psychologist is convinced your brain waves change ...

Judges considered characteristics like length uniformity at the Alpaca Owners Association National Education and Fiber Conference and Fleece Show in Burlington, Kentucky. Laurel Shouvlin’s fingertips ...

ADAMSTOWN — The mid-Atlantic region offers a few places that will clean and process alpaca wool, and finding a plant that will do the work in a timely manner has proven to be a challenge for many of ...