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» A Survey of Suri Alpaca Fleece Characteristics
   Technical paper describing a survey of the various parameters by which the quality of Suri alpaca fiber is being determined. Authors: Cameron Holt and Sue Scott.
   http://www.suriheadquarters.com/images/library/surifleece.pdf

» A Survey of the Relationships of Crimp Frequency, Micron, Character and Fiber Curvature
   January 2006 report to the Australian Alpaca Association about the correlation of fiber curvature and staple crimp frequency in alpaca fleece fiber, and an identification of the effects that micron, crimp frequency and definition of character may have in
   http://www.elitealpacabreedingsystems.com/library/curve.pdf

» Alpaca Fiber
   List of on-line articles about the processing, applications and quality of alpaca fiber for textile applications. Also, glossary of technical terms. From IAC. Ideal Alpaca Community.
   http://www.ideal-alpaca.com/alpaca-fiber-processing-52.htm

» Characteristics of Wool
   Factsheet about the physical and chemical characteristics for wool fiber.
   http://bms.seregon.com/repository/wool/scm/uploads/characteristicsofwool.pdf

» Controlling Health Hazards from Wool Process Dust
   Information sheet published by the Confederation of British Wool Textiles (CWBT), about preventing health risks caused by exposure to wool dust in manufacturing processes.
   http://www.cbwt.co.uk/new/TIS9%20Wool%20Process%20Dust.pdf

» Fiber Testing for Alpaca Breeders
   Extensive technical article describing the various methods and techniques for testing and measuring of alpaca fibers. Author: Cameron Holt.
   http://www.elitealpacabreedingsystems.com/library/alpaca_fibre_testing_2007_july_new_S_2007.pdf

» Fundamental Principles of Fibre Fineness Measurement. Part I
   Collation of a series of articles about the principles of the measurement of wool fiber fineness, providing a comprehensive resource for the primary determinant of the valua of wool. Author: Peter Sommerville.
   http://www.awta.com.au/Documents/Research%20Papers/Reviews/Fibre_Fineness_Measurement_Part_01.pdf

» Fundamental Principles of Fibre Fineness Measurement. Part II
   Technical paper reviewing the various definitions of the term diameter as it relates to the measurement of wool fiber. Author: Peter Sommerville.
   http://www.awta.com.au/Documents/Research%20Papers/Reviews/Fibre_Fineness_Measurement_Part_02.pdf

» Fundamental Principles of Fibre Fineness Measurement. Part III
   Third chapter of a series of articles about the principles of wool fiber measurement, describing the various technologies employed to determine fiber fineness and diameter. Author: Peter Sommerville.
   http://www.awta.com.au/Documents/Research Papers/Reviews/Fibre_Fineness_Measurement_Part_03.pdf

» Fundamental Principles of Fibre Fineness Measurement. Part IIII
   Fourth chapter of a series of articles about the principles of wool fiber measurement, describing the projection microscope which defines wool fiber fineness in terms of the mean width of the projected image of the fiber. Author: Peter Sommerville.
   http://www.awta.com.au/Documents/Research%20Papers/Reviews/Fibre_Fineness_Measurement_Part_04.pdf

» Fundamental Principles of Fibre Fineness Measurement. Part V
   Fifth chapter of a series of articles about the principles of wool fiber measurement, describing the gravimetric method of determining fiber fineness which relies on weighing a definite number of fibers, cut to a certain length and expressing the mean fin
   http://www.awta.com.au/Documents/Research%20Papers/Reviews/Fibre_Fineness_Measurement_Part_05.pdf

» Fundamental Principles of Fibre Fineness Measurement. Part VI
   Sixth chapter of a series of articles about the principles of wool fiber measurement, describing the use of micrometers and micrometer callipers the measure fiber thickness. Author: Peter Sommerville.
   http://www.awta.com.au/Documents/Research%20Papers/Reviews/Fibre_Fineness_Measurement_Part_06.pdf

» Fundamental Principles of Fibre Fineness Measurement. Part VII
   Seventh chapter of a series of articles about the principles of wool fiber measurement, describing the optical diffraction theory and its practical use in the measurement of the mean diameter and standard deviations in the diameter of fibers. Author: Pete
   http://www.awta.com.au/Documents/Research Papers/Reviews/Fibre_Fineness_Measurement_Part_07.pdf

» Fundamental Principles of Fibre Fineness Measurement. Part VIII
   Eighth chapter of a series of articles about the principles of wool fiber measurement, describing the utilisation of radiometry in the determination of fineness and diameter of wool fiber. Author: Peter Sommerville.
   http://www.awta.com.au/Documents/Research Papers/Reviews/Fibre_Fineness_Measurement_Part_08.pdf

» Fundamental Principles of Fibre Fineness Measurement. Part VIIII
   Ninth chapter of a series of articles about the principles of wool fiber measurement, describing the method of using vibration techniques to determine the diameter of wool fiber. Author: Peter Sommerville.
   http://www.awta.com.au/Documents/Research Papers/Reviews/Fibre_Fineness_Measurement_Part_09.pdf

» Fundamental Principles of Fibre Fineness Measurement. Part X
   Tenth chapter of a series of articles about the principles of wool fiber measurement, describing a method of measuring particle size and particle size distribution to determine the fineness of wool tops and core samples of greasy wool. Author: Peter Somme
   http://www.awta.com.au/Documents/Research Papers/Reviews/Fibre_Fineness_Measurement_Part_10.pdf

» Fundamental Principles of Fibre Fineness Measurement. Part XI
   Eleventh chapter of a series of articles about the principles of wool fiber measurement, describing the application of sedimetometry (the measurement of rates of settlement of particles or fibers in a fluid) in the detemination of the dimensional characte
   http://www.awta.com.au/Documents/Research Papers/Reviews/Fibre_Fineness_Measurement_Part_11.pdf

» Fundamental Principles of Fibre Fineness Measurement. Part XII
   Twelfth chapter of a series of articles about the principles of wool fiber measurement, describing the theory of using flow rates of air or fluids through porous beds of fibers to determine the dimensional characteristics of fibers. Author: Peter Sommervi
   http://www.awta.com.au/Documents/Research Papers/Reviews/Fibre_Fineness_Measurement_Part_12.pdf

» Fundamental Principles of Fibre Fineness Measurement. Part XIII
   Thirteenth chapter of a series of articles about the principles of wool fiber measurement, describing the principles of photometry and its applications in the measurement of wool fiber fineness. Author: Peter Sommerville.
   http://www.awta.com.au/Documents/Research Papers/Reviews/Fibre_Fineness_Measurement_Part_13.pdf

» Fundamental Principles of Fibre Fineness Measurement. Part XIIII
   Fourteenth chapter of a series of articles about the principles of wool fiber measurement, describing the current image analysis techniques available to determine wool fiber diameter. Author: Peter Sommerville.
   http://www.awta.com.au/Documents/Research Papers/Reviews/Fibre_Fineness_Measurement_Part_14.pdf

» Grades and Lengths of Grease Wool
   Technical article describing the blood system, the numerical count system and the micron system as the three grading systems in use for fine, medium, long and crossbred wools. Author: S.B. LeValley.
   http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/livestk/01401.pdf

» Handling and Marketing of Wool
   Technical bulletin from the University of Maine dealing with the production, handling and marketing of wool in New England, including a glossary of wool terms.
   http://www.umext.maine.edu/onlinepubs/htmpubs/2070.htm

» Is Crimp Important?
   Technical paper reporting the results of a study of various alpaca fleece samples for crimp measurements and characteristics. Author: Cameron Holt.
   http://www.elitealpacabreedingsystems.com/library/crimp2.pdf

» Llama Fiber
   Article about the history, characteristics, properties, harvesting, preparation and hand spinning of Llama wool. From Llamas of Atlanta.
   http://www.llamasofatlanta.com/new_page_9.htm

» Study into Comparative Differences of Scientific Testing Machines in Alpaca Fibre Measurement
   Technical study, aiming to test the comparability of four different techniques in measuring alpaca fiber as an integral part of the process of marketing and classing of alpacas and alpaca fiber. Authors: Dr. I. Davison and C. Holt.
   http://www.elitealpacabreedingsystems.com/library/testing.pdf

» The Effect of Age, Fleece Weight, Fiber Diameter and Live Weight on the Relative Value of Australian Alpaca Fleeces
   Lecture presented at the 2006 AAA Conference in Australia about the impact of commercially important alpaca fiber production and quality attributes on the relative economic value of alpaca fiber production, and introducing a method to assign an economic a
   http://www.elitealpacabreedingsystems.com/library/effect_on_value.pdf

» The History of Wool
   Fact sheet about the history of wool, from the Stone Age to the present times.
   http://bms.seregon.com/repository/wool/scm/uploads/historyofwool.pdf

» The Importance of Wool
   Review of the various qualities of wool used in carpets, wool fiber structure, the differences in natural and industrial fiber dyeing processes, and traditional and contemporary carpet design techniques. From the Oriental Rug Review. Author: Stanley Bulba
   http://www.rugreview.com/83wool.htm

» Wool Grading
   Technical article about the process of wool grading where fineness, length, color and appearance of the fiber determine the end use and value. Author: Rodney Kott.
   http://www.montana.edu/wwwpb/pubs/mt8380ag.pdf

» Wool Production
   Web site created by students of Purdue University's school of Animal Science Sheep Management, providing information about the history of wool, its characteristics, washing and processing, applications, and the economics of wool production. Authors: Jill
   http://ag.ansc.purdue.edu/sheep/ansc442/Semprojs/2002/wool/index.htm

» Wool, the Natural Fiber
   Short article detailing the properties, characteristics and applications of wool fiber. From Canesis Network, Ltd.
   http://www.canesis.com/Documents/Wool_natural_fibre.pdf