East Anglia Alpaca Mill
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Mill Processing Flow Chart

The journey through our Mill

Contact us to book your fibre for processing

Fibre arrives, is booked in, transferred to our bags & weighed in
Fibre is inspected, skirted (if required) & prepared for tumbling
Tumbled
Scoured
Picked
Carded
Gilled
Spun
Wound to cones for plying
Plyed onto cones
Skeined
Coned
Re-coned, wound to balls or skeins
Invoice sent via email
Processing sheets completed
Packed for shipping
Dispatched once funds have been received
 

We have not documented every step of our processing procedure to avoid revealing our proprietary techniques however there are numerous interim tasks we undertake too.

Some in-processing photos

Further information about the BAS Fibre marque can be found here https://bas-uk.com/fibre/bas-fibre-logo/