A new initiative for the collection of fleece and direct Alpaca yarn retail in Britain.

It is said that the sungod Inti created the alpaca to reward the Incas of Peru.  Even today alpaca fibre is still referred to as the ‘fibre of the Gods’.  These beautiful animals have been domesticated for thousands of years and the textiles made from their fleeces have been highly prized for centuries.

We are proud to offer you this yarn made from the fleeces of alpacas farmed in Britain.  One of the ‘noble fibres’, alpaca is softer, more luxurious, stronger and more resilient than the finest sheep’s wool.  It can be compared favourably to cashmere, has excellent thermal properties and is second in strength only to silk.  It is prized for its silky feel, weightlessness and warmth and comes in a great variety of natural shades (from pure white through the fawns and browns to grey and a true black).

All our yarns are spun in the UK using the worsted process, as this exploits the natural properties of alpaca fibre, giving a smooth, strong yarn that shows off the natural brightness of the fibre.

UK Alpaca is a privately funded company set up by four partners based in Devon: the owners of Classical Mileend Alpacas, Chas Brooke and Rachel Hebditch, along with John Arbon and Juliet Sensicle who own John Arbon Textiles and Fibre Harvest.

UK Alpaca buys from many breeders throughout Britain.  The fleece is bulked according to colour, graded by hand in Devon and then commercially processed in the UK in the traditional worsted way into hand knit and machine knit yarn for retail and wholesale use.