This fleece is a nice white and grown locally to me in TN from a shepherdess that the is passionate about this breed and washed and skirted by me. It has been washed and scoured very carefully with Unicorn Power Scour. I have skirted the fleeces but have not thouroughly picked them or processed them any further. You will need to pick and process in whatever manner you wish before spinning, felting, or dyeing the fiber. My favorite method is using carders and mixing with some wool before spinning to increase the memory of the yarn.
I try my best to skirt the fleece and take out all of the nasty bits, but I am not perfect and may have missed some. There will be some hay or vegetable matter in it. I have tried to remove any seconds or thirds but there could be some and the guard hairs have not been removed.
This alpaca fleece is extremely soft and is also great to just spin from the cloud.