Alpaca fleece is sinfully soft and cuddly warm, but you can do more than wear it. You can create items from this fine fleece and sell those items.
A very hot fiber trend right now is felted knitted or crocheted handbags. Many celebrities, including Julia Roberts, are sporting purses made with this technique. You knit or crochet a purse and then you felt it in your washing machine. Alpaca fleece works great for this fiber trend. It felts nicely and makes a handbag that feels great to carry. The 22 natural alpaca colors that are available make very stylish purses without dyeing fiber.
Another trend is to needle felt. You use a barbed needle and dry felt all sorts of items. You jab the fiber with the needle until it tangles and felts. Handbags, hats, and 3d characters can all be made with alpaca fleece and felting needles.
Clothes made from alpaca fleece are appearing on fashion runways very frequently lately. Designers are loving alpaca. You can design your own sweaters, dresses, or other garments and sell them.
Where can you get alpaca fleece to cash in on fiber trends? Well, you could get it straight from an alpaca farm. Or you can get raw fleece on ebay. You can felt it or spin it into yarn. Or you can get ready made yarn from either of the two places previously mentioned.
Make your unique handmade items of excellent quality and you will be able to sell them. I find the local market to be most lucrative. Selling to people who can see and touch your product is best, but you can, also, sell on ebay or etsy.
Don't be shy about putting your product out there for people to see and feel. Every time I show my alpaca fleece products, I sell them. When people feel how soft alpaca fiber is, they just have to have some.
You can cash in on fiber trends, too. Get a little alpaca fleece and give it a try.
Get more ideas and information about alpaca fleece. Debby McCandless raises alpacas and sells handmade items from alpaca fleece.
Source: www.articletrader.com
