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Luxurious Alpaca Yarn from Little Valley Farm – Handspun with Love in the Hunter Valley

At Little Valley Farm, we take great pride in our herd of alpacas and their stunning fleece. One alpaca in particular, Reidy, stands out with her rich, dark brown fleece / wool that we’ve lovingly transformed into handspun yarn, which is available in our online shop.

Reidy’s fleece is a true treasure. Shorn each Spring, we harvest this luxuriously soft wool, and through a careful, sustainable process, it is handspun right here in the beautiful Hunter Valley. This isn’t just any yarn—it’s a connection to the land, to our alpacas, and to a slower, more intentional way of living.

Why Choose Alpaca Yarn?

Alpaca wool is renowned for being one of the softest and warmest natural fibres in the world. Unlike sheep’s wool, alpaca yarn is hypoallergenic, meaning it’s perfect for those with sensitive skin. Reidy’s yarn, in particular, boasts a rich, natural brown hue, a perfect shade for creating timeless, elegant knits or crafts.

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The Handspun Difference

Each skein of Reidy’s yarn is handspun and gives is that textured look and feel. 8PLY. 

Alpaca Yarn for our alpaca owners

Exciting News for Our Alpaca Owners! 🦙✨

For those of you who have purchased alpacas from us at Little Valley Farm, we’re thrilled to introduce a brand-new service starting in 2025!

During the upcoming shearing season, make sure to save your fleece, as we will soon offer hand-spinning services to help you transform your fleece into beautiful, usable yarn.
In the next eight weeks, we’ll provide all the details on how this service will work. In the meantime, as you prepare for shearing, be sure to store your fleece properly and skirt it carefully to get the best.

More info coming soon. Daniela.

While genetics play a major role, management practices also have a significant impact on fleece quality. By controlling fibre growth and timing shearing properly, you can ensure optimal results. Here are a few key tips:

  • Timing: Shear before pasture plants set seed to minimise contamination from vegetable matter and shear in Spring before it get to hot.

  • Clean paddocks: Keeping paddocks free of debris is crucial for maintaining fleece purity.

  • Nutrition and environment: Dust, poor nutrition, and environmental factors can affect the fleece's luster, tensile strength, and colour. Maintaining good animal health and nutrition is essential to prevent "tender fleece" that breaks easily.

  • Water sources: Keep alpacas away from creeks and dams to avoid fleece damage.

When to Shear

The timing of shearing is important, especially as spring approaches.

What we need 

Saddle only. Skirt and remove any short legs and neckpieces. You may lose up to 30% during the process and remove any dirt and vegetation matter. 

What you will receive 

70-80 g per yarn ball. Anywhere from 8 to 20 yarn balls (adult-size fleece).

Price

Will get quoted once we inspect the fleece. Price will include GST and P&P charges.

This yarn processing service is exclusively available to those who have purchased alpacas from us.


Alpaca Fleece for Spinners

100% Australian alpaca fleece, harvested from our alpacas at Little Valley Farm in the Lower Hunter Valley, NSW.

SURI Fleece

Fawn Suri. Unwashed.

Huacaya Daph

White and pretty clean not much VM. Raw. Unwashed.

NEVE

White fleece Huacaya. Raw. Unwashed.

Pansey

Black but not a true black. Def has VM as shown in the photos. Suri. 1.5kg

100% Australian alpaca fleece, harvested from our alpacas at Little Valley Farm in the Lower Hunter Valley, NSW.

From our Shearing Day 2023, limited stock is now available. P&P applies to each saddle posted. Only posted within Australia.


Alpaca Yarn for sale in the Hunter Valley

Get ready to craft something special with our handspun alpaca yarn! This luxurious fawn-colored yarn is perfect for your next project - not only providing an incredible softness and comfort, but made sustainably from Tamworth our cria, one of the newest additions to our farm. It's time you create a luxury piece that shows off both nature and nurture in style!

Handspun approx 8 PLY Colour: Fawn

Name: Cria Tamworth

10 yarn balls (not sold separately)

Each yarn weights approx 70-80 g each.

I have taken photos of the yarn outside to try and capture its true fawn colour. Please note, that it may look slightly different on your devices. As its handspun yarn there will be variations.

Alpaca Yarn for Sale Hunter Valley

Hunter Valley artisans have crafted a unique and limited edition of special Huacaya alpaca yarn!

Our alpacas were sheared in September 2022, and then the fleece was handspun to perfection by January 2023.

You can enjoy this gorgeous grey with flecks of brown Huacaya yarn from our Luitenant.

This extraordinary creation won't be available online again until the next shearing - so don't miss out on adding some beautiful Australian craftsmanship to your yarn collection!

Approximately 70g-80g per ball, 21 Yarn balls. See our shop cart for the price.

Photo: Please note that devices may not show the actual colour, so we have photographed the yarn outside to capture its actual colour.

Alpaca Yarn Huacaya Hunter Valley

No chemicals were used in the process, and it has been handspun hand-washed skein and then dried and ready to be knitted.

To order, purchase from our shop cart below. P&P charges will apply.

Postage via Australia Post with tracking number that will be sent to you.

Traditional craftsmanship meets modern fashion! This yarn has been lovingly spun and hand-washed by artisans, a process free from any harsh chemicals. Now ready to be knitted into something fabulous, it's the perfect combination of old and new - timeless skill with stylish flair.

Best worn close to your heart.

Grey alpaca at Little Valley Farm. Photo take early morning

Lieutenant

His fleece.

Little Valley Farm is located in the Wollombi Valley, Laguna. Hunter Valley. NSW

Afterpay your alpaca yarn purchase

Did you know that you can now Afterpay your alpaca yarn via our website? There is no better time to stay at home knitting away with this glorious 100% alpaca yarn.

Our handspun yarn balls are done in the Wollombi Valley and our Fibre Mill skeins are processed on the Central Coast and we are so happy to be able to process it locally. The mill is under one hour from our farm and love the fact that I can just zip down there when I need, being so close.

Our next shearing day will be September/October 2022 where we will have a lot more fleece available for all the spinners out there. Stay tuned for updates and once our shearing day is complete. For now, we have our fingers and toes crossed for no more rain - can’t shear wet alpacas!

For now, get shopping online as we only have limited white/fawn yarn and skeins available and you don’t want to miss out.

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I love Suki and all of the girls; they are my life. We spin their fleece into amazing wintertime jumpers that keep me warm every season!

Suki's personality is quite an original. She is quirky, inquisitive, and the first one to push the other girls out of the way so she can eat out of your hand. You can hear her saying nom, nom, nom whilst happily chewing away. She has lovely dense, soft fleece and has passed on her lovely fleece to her offspring.

She is also a snake bite survivor, and we are lucky to have her and her cria, Oberon, with us today.

How blessed we are to be able to hand spin the fleece, knit it and wear the garments that will last a lifetime. Thank you, Suki, our quirky alpaca.

The many funny faces of Suki above.

For a limited time only, you can purchase Suki’s yarn online from our shop cart.

We are selling the yarn in 2, 4 or 6 yarn balls in our kraft Gift Case.

These photos were taken on my iPhone today and I have tried to capture its natural colour. They also come in this handy kraft gift box. 8 PLY approx 75-80 g each yarn ball. Get it now before they disappear and you have to wait until we shear and spin again. It’s all handspun so expect rustic and many variations.

Daniela

Alpaca Suri Fleece available for sale

Shearing is done every October at Little Valley Farm. Fleece sorting is done randomly or when I get inspired to sort, spin and add it onto the website. It all takes time, and there is always a lot of beautiful fleece sort through.

So, where you can purchase our unprocessed fleece or handspun alpaca yarn? Jump on our website at @littlevalleyfarm.com.au or visit the stunning homeware and lifestyle shop in Laguna called @LagunaLuxe next to GNTP.


I have just added three saddles of fawn SURI fleece to the website so you can order online and we will post them to you. P&P charges will be added to the shop cart.

Click here to order online as the next lot of fleece won’t be available until October 2022 after shearing day.

Little Valley Farm is based in Laguna in the Wollombi Valley, Hunter Valley. We are only 90 minutes from Sydney but feels like a million miles away. To check availability for our couples only glamping experience contact Daniela via email.

Frequently Asked Questions here.

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Alpaca Fleece For Sale - Little Valley Farm

We have just completed our shearing for Spring 2021, and now our alpacas are ready and relaxed for the hot Summer days ahead. Freshly shorn and out of the sun, they enjoy the shade of the old Liquid Amber trees.

Biscuit and Flirty pictured here.

I will be spending the week sorting out which fleece we should spin and felt for our Summer 2022 projects. So far, we have counted 40+ saddles to work with and more for me to clean and sort out.

So if you love spinning or felting alpaca fleece, we have a range of white, fawn and brown fleece for your home projects. We have mostly Huacaya and some long fawn Suri fleece available.

Our alpaca fleece sale will start early November, and we will have saddles ready for spinning from $10, $15, $20 and $30. Our saddles have been partly skirted, (we have removed the neck and leg fleece). But, of course, there will always be some vegetation matter and dirt as they love to roll in the ground just before shearing.

Huacaya or Suri fleece?

Alpaca garments are often sought after for their softness and warmth. The two types of alpacas, Suri and Huacaya, offer different qualities in wool that can be used to create unique pieces of clothing. Learn more about the difference between these animals, so you know which type is best suited to your needs!

Alpaca fleece sales

Our sale day will be held up at our house, and please note, we are open via appointment only. Our fleece sales do not include feeding the alpacas as we are limited with our time and workload already. Also, please do not bring your dogs to our farm due to our strict bio-security policy.

As we are a COVID safe business, you will be required to QR code check-in on arrival.

Feel free to email us for raw fleece sales and what you are looking for. If you can’t make it to our farm we can post our fleece to you. Jump on our shop cart to view prices.

We will also have some more alpacas coming up for sale November-December. Simply email to be added to our livestock waitlist.

www.littlevalleyfarm.com.au/shop

Check out these adorable faces below?

Cleaning our alpaca fleece at Little Valley Farm

Super busy weekend cleaning our alpaca fleece before we sit down to start spinning it.

We have some raw fleece for you to get your paws on for felting or spinning. Sale from $25 per saddle and we will put it in the spinner for you.

If you’re starting out and you want to try Alpaca fleece for the very first time we have some (limited) saddles from $10.

Our Suri fleece has sold out. Currently available white and some brown Huacaya fleece. Pick up via appointment only. Watch the video below on how we clean our fleece before spinning.

I love using our spin cleaner! Email Daniela for more info or purchase the fleece online.