The majority of alpacas are huacaya which have a short, dense, crimpy fleece which gives them a wooly appearance.  At Bent Pine Alpaca Farm, we raise the more rare suri alpacas.  Suri fiber is very fine, silky and lustrous, and forms long, pencil-like locks.  Each animal is sheared once a year, yielding 5-10 pounds of fiber.

Traditionally,  suris were almost always white, but U.S. alpaca breeders have been selectively breeding to produce colored suris.  Bent Pine Alpaca Farm maintains tradition by breeding for light colors with our Peruvian suris.  It is as soft as cashmere, lustrous like silk, and warmer and stronger than wool without the scratchiness.  Alpaca fiber accepts dye exceptionally, well, allowing us to offer beautiful products in a wide variety of colors.