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Released for sale. Gilt Edge Jasper. Solid medium fawn certified male. Currently co-owned with Tironui Alpacas and Silverhill Alpacas. Jasper has cria on the ground ranging in color from white through to black. He has extreme density, low guard hair, soft handling fleece and a productive growth rate producing up to 6kg of fleece per year.




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NI Colourbration ‘White-Out’

Our fleeces swept the board in the White section of the North Island colourbration. Adobe won Supreme white fleece with 87 points... 

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2011 fibre results

2011 whole herd (90 alpacas) fibre results are now back. A quick analysis reveals: Whole herd FD average 22.1 micron.  Whole herd average SD is 4.2 micron.   Whole herd average CV is 19.1 micron 72% of our herd are finer than 24.9 micron. Outstanding results from Gilt Edge Tor De Force  by Camelot Tor and  Grand Flowerdale Society Girl. FD 16.6, SD 2.8, CV 16.6




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The One to Watch

 Gilt Edge Fireball. He has a pedigree to envy....




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Gilt Edge Alpacas are amongst New Zealand’s leading alpaca breeders. We specialise in elite huacaya alpacas that produce top quality soft-handling fleece for the end user. We export our stock to Europe and the UK and sell our alpacas throughout New Zealand. We are successful at shows around the country and have a loyal group of customers buying our luxurious alpaca fleece. We have built our reputation through successfully breeding sound framed alpacas with gentle temperaments and elite fleeces. Please browse our website and Contact Us with any questions. We will endeavour to assist you in anyway possible.

 

 

100% homegrown 8 ply knitting yarn for sale

Visit our shop page to buy your 50gm balls of our 100% homegrown knitting yarn. We keep our quality control very high, only 17-23 micron fleece is used in our product and the end product is luxuriously soft and lovely to work with. Commercially spun in the South Island and lovingly grown on our farm here in the Hawkes Bay, you can be assured of a top quality feel to any garment made from our yarn. Raw fleece along with carded fleece of ultrafine, superfine fine and medium qualities are also available.

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Home of our elite herd of coloured huacaya.

 

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