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Recent Blog Posts
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04/25/2025VIDEO: Take a Virtual Tour of our Mill!
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01/17/2025Reviews: What People are Saying About The Survival Sock!
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09/13/2024Download A Free Handwear Informational Print Out!
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09/13/2024NEW Downloadable Content: Know Your Alpacas! Coloring Page
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08/16/2024NEW Downloadable Content: National Alpaca Farm Days Word Search
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06/21/2024VIDEO: What to Expect When You Submit Your Fiber to NEAFP
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05/24/2024VIDEO: Getting Started Submitting Alpaca Fiber
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05/24/2024NEW Downloadable Content: Memorial Day Coloring Page
Alpaca Coloring Pages
- Happy Memorial Day 2024: Alpaca's Grazing
- Winter #1: Build a Snowman Activity
- Winter #2: Extreme Sports
- Valentine's Day: Alpaca Wedding
- St. Patrick's Day: Leprechaun
- Spring: April Showers
- Summer: Beach Day
- 4th of July: Colonial Alpacas
- Summer: Farmer's Market
- Fall: Apple Picking
- Halloween #1: Costume Contest
- Halloween #2: Spooktacular Halloween
- Thanksgiving #1: Giving Thanks Activity
- Thanksgiving #2: Pilgrim Alpacas
- Christmas #1: Deck the Halls
- Christmas #2: Santa's Workshop
Alpaca Fact Series
Business Resources
- Article: Email is still a MUST DO for all Alpaca Farms
- Article: Off the Beaten Path Event Ideas on the Alpaca Farm
- Download: Sock Photo Download Folder
- Graphics: Shop Small this Holiday Season
- Article: Form Follows Function: Dressing for Fall and Winter 2020
- Graphics: Sock and Handwear Comparisons
- Article: A Change in the Seasons: Farms Continue to Adapt into the Busy Harvest Season
- Graphics: How to Support Alpaca Farms
- Graphics: Alpaca Fiber Properties
- Article: Customer Retention: Building Customer Loyalty for your Ecommerce Business
- Article: Harnessing Storytelling to Market Your Business
- Article: The New Normal and a Renewed Support for U.S. Alpaca
- Article: Use Gift Cards to Increase Sales
- Article: Virtual Farm Tours: Bringing People & Alpacas Together in the Virtual World
- Graphics: Get the Most out of your Fiber Harvest
- Graphics: Alpaca Knitter's Yarn Guide
- Article: Mike and Sean's Adventure in Retailing
- Article: Harnessing Holiday Sales Momentum into the New Year
- Graphics: U.S. Alpaca Holiday Gift Guide
- Graphics: Small Business Saturday Resources
- Article: Tools and Topics for Implementing Healthy Soil Agriculture
- Article: Successful Social Media Marketing for Alpaca Farms
- Article: Agritourism on the Alpaca Farm
- Article: Finding Success at Fall and Winter Markets
- Article: Brand Identity & Your Local Community
- Article: Social Media: Alpacas are STILL Seriously Trending
- Article: Let's Get Personal: Expanding your Inventory with Product Personalization
- Article: Part 2: Promoting your Brand Online through Product Styling
- Article: Promoting your Brand Online through Product Styling
- Article: 7 Old School Ways to Spread the Word about your Event
- Article: 5 Ways your Open House can increase Future Sales
- Article: Top Alpaca Related Hashtags to increase your Reach!
- Article: Alpacas are SERIOUSLY Trending
- Article: How to Utilize CO-MARKETING
- Article: Farmers Share their Booths and Tips
- Article: Mobile Payment Survey Results
- Article: Product Photography Do’s and Don'ts
- Article: Driving Business After the Holidays
- Article: Marketing Reflection and Planning
- Article: The Slow Alpaca meets Slow Fashion
- Article: Use Gift Cards to Increase Sales
- Article: The Importance of Being Mobile Friendly
VIDEO: Take a Virtual Tour of our Mill!
04/25/2025
Do you wonder what we do here at the Fiber Pool day-to-day? Join us on a video tour of our 50,000 sq ft mill, and experience the journey that your fiber goes through from submission to socks!
The video covers:
0:00 - 0:42 : Introduction
0:43 - 1:13 : Collection U.S. Grown Alpaca
1:14 - 3:44 : Sorting, Grading, and Baling fiber
3:45-4:36: Our Manufacturing Partners and Quality Inspections
4:37 - 5:31: Knitting Survival Socks In-House
5:32 - 6:59: Yarn Skeining, Washing, Dying, and the Finishing Process
7:00 - 7:43: Cut & Sew
7:44 - 8:39: Pack'N'Ship
8:40 - 9:16: Outro & Thank you
