GUANACOS

Prince Legolas, our first registered guanaco yearling boy being silly. This picture was taken shortly after he was shorn.

Welcome to our ranch and store, Royal Fibers.

Click here: Guanaco Facts to learn more about guanacos.

Prince Legolas came to us with Ms. Piggy (formerly "Stinkette") from Utah. Ms. Piggy is 1/2 guanaco and 1/2 miniature llama. She is definately Queen Bee around the Guanaco pen! Her fiber seems to be more like the guanaco sire's than her dam's. Both were shorn before they arrived, so I have not had a chance to spin their fiber yet.

Guanacos do have guard hair and the softer downy undercoat. The processing to remove the guard hair and the (generally) lighter coat, as well as the scarcity of guanacos outside of South America all lead to the premium price of this fiber. Of all the world's furbearing animals the guanaco's wool is second only in fineness to that of its wild cousin, the vicuna. I will have guanaco fiber available through the store soon.

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