Raw & Washed Fiber Processing Services
Fiber Types & What they are best suited For...
No discounts on yarn processing.
Yarn Processing
Our newly rebuilt carding machinery consists of a metallic
breast, a cross lapper, three breakers, and a condenser with 96 ends. We have a
rebuilt spinning frame, twister, coner, skeiner and a 48" picker. Our yarn
engineer has over 30 years of experience in the making of yarn.
The minimum amount of fiber is 25# raw or 15# clean. The most cost effective processing for you, the customer, is at least 100# grease wool or 50# clean wool. We are capable of processing greater quantities. You must have at least 30 pounds of clean weight or more for bulky yarn.
The staple length must be 2" and no longer than 6".
The yarn choices available are bulky, worsted, sport and fingering weight.
Please send a sample of yarn (if available) to resemble what you
desire. (The heaviest bulky yarn we can make is 1-ply, 975 yards to a pound
with 100% wool; 2 ply 487 yards and 3 ply 325 yards.) We
strongly recommend that if your yarns are
targeted for sock projects that 20 - 25% nylon
be added . This will make the yarn stronger and will make the finished
project more durable to wear. The additional nylon is $3.90 per pound for
white and $7.50 per pound for dyed.
A 25% -50% down payment is required when you send your fibers to be made into yarn. We have limited storage capability. A monthly fee of $20.00 per month will be charged after 30 days upon completion of your order.
There are 8 steps in the yarn making process. They are washing, picking/carding, spinning/twisting, coning, skeining, and re-washing skeins.
WASHING
1. Your raw fleece washed ... $4.95 per lb.
PICKING/CARDING (based on clean weight)
1. Your clean weight, 25 - 49# ... $8.60 per lb.
2. Your clean weight, 50 - 100# ... $7.60 per lb.
3. Your clean weight, 100# + ... $7.10 per lb.
4. Your clean weight of any fibers under 15 - 24# ..... $12.00 per lb.
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WE CAN PROCESS 100% MOHAIR, LLAMA AND ALPACA NOTE:
100% llama or alpaca yarn will have little or not memory. There will be
greater loss due to no wool being added. Therefore, we highly recommend
20% fine or medium, wool being added. (We cannot process 100% adult mohair into
yarn, must add 15% - 20% wool.)
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SPINNING/TWISTING/CONING (Price is based on finished weight. It is returned to you on paper cones and apply to your choice of bulky, worsted, sport or fingering weight yarns).
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1. Your carded fibers, 25 - 49# |
2. Your carded fibers, 50 - 100# |
3. Your carded fibers 100# or more |
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| a. 1 ply | $7.60/lb. | $7.35/lb. | $7.05/lb. |
| b. 2 - 3 ply | $9.05/lb. | $8.70/lb. | $7.95/lb. |
| c. 4 ply | $9.40/lb. | $8.85/lb. | $8.30/lb. |
4. Any fibers spun into yarn, 15 - 24# ..... $12.00 per lb.
5. Add $2.30 per lb. to spun weight for fingering, lace, or sock yarn.
6. Add $1.00 per lb. to spun weight for 100% mohair, llama or alpaca yarn.
7. Available fibers to be added to your yarn orders:
Natural Wool - $18 per lb. • Adult of Yearling Hair - $25 per
lb.
Dyed Wool - $26 per lb. • Tops - $19 per lb. • Kid Mohair -
$28 per lb.
SKEINING
1. $4.20 per pound for a 2 oz. skein
2. 4oz., 8 oz., & 1lb. Skeins - $3.90 per lb.
3. Rewashing skeins after processing - $4.95 per lb.
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Finished Rovings, Pencil Rovings & Combed Tops
