From the Bag to the Bank

What You’ll Learn

Gain an understanding of these

Fiber Art Industries and discover

what their consumers want to buy:

 

· Spinning

· Weaving

· Knitting/Crochet

· Felting

No Experience Necessary

1 Day Seminar & Workshop

This seminar offers:

· Mill Prep

· Marketing

Hands On Learning

This workshop is designed to teach you how to turn alpaca fiber into cash in five simple steps: 

 

1. Understanding the Fiber Art Industry 

2. Selecting a Niche Market 

3. Creating a Demand through Product Design & Presentation

4. Preparing a Fleece for the Mill

5. Communicating with a Mill

 

AND …

You will develop and design a market for a product

AND…

You will  prepare an alpaca fleece for the mill

This is the same seminar that we’ve presented at:

· AOBA Mid Winter Conference

· World Alpaca Conference/AOBA Nationals

· Breeder’s Choice Auctions

· And many alpaca shows

PLUS

The expanded 1-day version also includes a workshop on product development.

Contact

Stacy in Missouri                       OR                           Lisa in Tennessee

Mill Prep

Hands On Learning

 

You will actually OPEN the BAG, learn how to skirt and sort the fleece to create better yarn.  It’s a different process than preparing a fleece for the show.

 

Do you want to combine your fleeces?

 

Or keep the fleece as individual alpacas? 

 

All fleeces serve a purpose, but they are not created equally.  We’ll show you how to decide how to prepare each fleece and which ones are compatible. 

 

The reasons for doing so are covered in the Marketing Section of this class. 

 

How do you want your yarn to come back?  It all depends on the micron count and your plans on it’s uses.

What You’ll Learn

Marketing

Hands On Learning

What You’ll Learn

Get ready to get your fiber out of the bag and into the bank.

Now that you’ve create finished goods from your own alpacas, how do you go from bag to bank?  We’re not telling our secrets here.  But you’ll get lots of advice and marketing techniques as we close our seminar.  Stacy and Lisa have many years experience in the advertising/marketing world. 

We’ll brainstorm together and you’ll be inspired.

As fiber artists and alpaca breeders

we can help you

get your fiber out of the bag and into the bank!