2008 - This year’s Lamafest Fiber Show has four categories in which to display your best fiber and fiber products including: Full Fleece, Handspun Skein, Finished Fiber Articles, and Walking Fleece.
The llama full fleece and alpaca full fleece classes will be judged for ALSA points. Lee Ann King will be our judge for llama fleeces and walking fleece and Mary Reed will be the judge for alpaca fleeces and walking fleece.
FULL FLEECE
All entries must be 100% llama or 100% alpaca sheared within 2 years of the date of the show, either full blanket or barrel fleece. There will be 3 llama fiber divisions: single coat, double coat, and suri. There will be 2 llama age categories: up through 24 months and 24 months and older. Alpaca fleeces will be suri or huacaya with 3 age divisions, 5-12 months, 12-24 months, and 24 months and older. Each entry must include the following information: copy of registration certificate, accurate date of shearing, accurate date of previous shearing, gender, owner identification and birth date of animal. Please refer to page 72 in the 14th edition of the ALSA Handbook for fleece preparation information. |