MANGOWOOD FARM DESIGNS

I have explored many aspects of art and craft throughout my life, as a child with my mother making my own clothes on the Singer treddle sewing machine, knitting and crocheting.

Today it seems a natural progression from working with fibre and textiles to processing fleeces, cleaning, picking, carding and spinning or felting the silky fibre.

Alpaca fleece come in 22 natural colours, we do not beleive in dyeing our natural fibes.

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The raw Huacaya fleece ready for the picker
The fleece after being through the picker, dirt and
vegetable matter removed.

The picked fleece - ready for the drum carder.
The picked fleece worked through the carder.

Batts produced from the carded fleece.
The carded batt spun and wound into a skein and finally a ball.

Felted Hat - Mixed Huacaya Alpaca Fleece with Silk trim.
Felted Hat - Huacaya Alpaca Fleece with Merino and Silk Trim.

Felted Hat - Huacaya Alpaca Fleece
Felted Hat - Huacaya Alpaca Fleece


Knitted Shawl - Grey Suri Alpaca, Hand picked,
carded, spun.
Crochet Shawl - Huacaya Alpaca, Hand picked,
carded and spun.