Pedro Armendariz

Wisteria Suri Ranch becomes the first alpaca ranch to process the rare luxury Suri fiber at the Texas Fiber Mill. Wisteria Suri Ranch is the first and only Suri alpaca ranch located in Taylor, TX. Suri alpacas have silky, lustrous, draping locks and are very rare. Keiko and Matt Makarczyk, owners of Wisteria Suri Ranch, began raising Suri alpacas in 2007. Keiko was especially drawn to their silky lustrous fiber since her grandfather raised silkworms in Japan. After intense research, Keiko and Matt carefully selected alpacas for their starter herd and moved onto a ranch. Their ranch is home to the first full Accoyo ... Read Full Story

Wisteria Suri Ranch becomes the first alpaca ranch to process the rare luxury Suri fiber at the Texas Fiber Mill. Wisteria Suri Ranch is the first and only Suri alpaca ranch located in Taylor, TX. Suri alpacas have silky, lustrous, dra ping locks and are very rare. Keiko and Matt Makarczyk, owners of Wisteria Suri Ranch, began raising Suri alpacas in 2007. Keiko was especially drawn to their silky lustrous fiber since her grandfather raised silkworms in Japan. After intense research, Keiko and Matt carefully selected alpacas for their starter herd and moved onto a ranch. Their ranch is home to the first full ... Read Full Story

Alpaca’s are native to the Andes of South America they’ve been domisticated for thousands of years with no wild Alpaca’s remaining. The closests living species that are wild is the wild Vicuna. The Moche people of Northern Peru often use Alpaca images in their art. Alpaca’s are less intrusive to the enviroment given their grazing habits unlike sheep that require more acre’s for grazing. Read Full Story

by Silvia Jens Alpaca clothing is made from the fleece of the alpaca, a camelid (an animal related to llamas and camels) that is primarily raised in South America. Alpacas have very soft, luxurious, and durable fur that can be spun into either light or heavy weight fleece. While it’s similar to wool sheered from sheep, it is much warmer and is not as prickly. It also contains no lanolin, which means that while it is hypoallergenic, it is not water repellent. Alpaca clothing is also less elastic, too. However, alpaca clothing is often quite simple and affordable, although it can be used in ... Read Full Story

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