Llama Shaving Time

[peturpony27]

Thats one sharp knife...

[Jefferdaughter]

Clarifiction: fiber animals are shorn to harvest the wool or other fiber. This man is using a knife, but is not 'shaving' to the skin, leaving it bare, (like when men shave their heads).

Interesing video, thanks for posting.

[chaska108]

@Jefferdaughter Shaving sounded better at the time, later i did buy them proper wool clipper Shears, the dull knife although better than a piece of glass is not the best tool for sheering Llamas. NOTE: the funnest word in Quechua is the word for Bald Head > Pacla Pppaaaklaaaa  say that word and they will all laugh.

[gossemerwings]

Wow~ what a great video! I always wanted to go to Peru, the Andes, Mongolia~ I love how these people still live the very simple primitive life, and how they do everything from scratch!

Do you know what flowers and leaves they use to dye the yarn? I would LOVE to have that fleece~ lol! :)

I'm going to show this video in my Ravelry and spinning group as well, can you find out about the flowers and leaves for me? Thanks so much~ Dora ~ NYC :)

[Jefferdaughter]

@gossemerwings - As a fiber farmer and fledgling fiber artist w/ a lifelong interest in natural fibers (and how various cultures live(d)), I'd also like to know about the traditional dying methods of the Andean peoples. That said, I doubt those dyestuffs (flowers, leaves, etc) would be available elsewhere...

[chaska108]

@Jefferdaughter the dies come from High Andes plants, trees and insects, there are 8 basic color dies that are used to make 108 colors hues, I have more info on a blog, showing photos of each of the plants with the died un spun wool. i will post that link.