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Thank you to our Sponsors!
General Sponsors:
T,J. Patton
Winter's Hope Alpacas, New Mexico
Tom & Leanne Butchko
Mistleoe Farm Alpacas, Tennessee
Abbie Smith
Silver Moon Alpacas, Oregon
Jan Davis
Derwydd Alpacas, CA
Hotel Sponsors:
Linda Bolewicz
Hillsboro, Oregon
Treat the Evaluators to a meal:
Judith Korff
Wits End Farm
Lisa Cadieux
Gary & Ellen Barlow
Click on the links below and get to know these mills and the people who run them. These mills have agreed to offer discounts on processing to the participants of the event. Their sponsorship directly passes savings onto you!
For those of you who want their fiber back, don't forget about the great opportunity you will have with your sorted and graded fiber to use the discounts offered by the Sponsor Mills. See what a difference it makes in your end products!
If you are a farm or mill and would like to show support of this event and become a sponsor,let us know! The cost to you is offering a discount coupon to the participants of the Event.
Fiber purchase and pick-up
Vermont Fiber Factory
Dragonfly Farm
Alpaca Blanket Project
NEAFP
Fiber purchase
Alpaca Discovery Learning Kits(c)
Announcing the release of the first in the series :
The CIABA certified Alpaca Discovery Learning Kits(c)
Grades K-2: "Alpacas Begin With A"
Kits available:
Wholesale : 145.00
Retail 165.00
(suggested Retail 165.00)
Who qualifies for the whole sale price?
Wholesale price applies to CIABA members and educational organizations and facilities. Order yours now! The shcool year is about to begin! Questions? contact us
What is in the kit?
All kinds of wonderful activities!
Where can the kit be used?
introduce the kit and alpacas:
- Open Farm Days
- Fairs
- School Agriculture Curriculum
- After School programs
- School Agriculture Curriculum
- Libraries
- 4-H
- FFA
You can become a Sponsor!
A kit will be gifted to the facility of your choice in your name.
Learn how to become the Alpaca Representative in your State, Town or County. Email us for details
Sponsor a kit for your local school!
Now ,would you like to See the Kit?
Click on the picture
Check out new information on the spin cycle!
Wow! There is always something new with CIABA!
The North American Scarf Contest! Deadline Extended to Register by January 23rd.
"a Hum & a Hug"! Click on the picture to learn more!
CIABA's Unskirted Fiber Event was sucsessful!
Watch for an email blast coming soon!
Meet The Evaluators by checking out the links to their Companies
Wini Labreque of Starweaver Farm $ Fiber Innovations & Robyn Kuhl, Co owner in Certified Sorted® Systems, LLC.
Many have said this is the Fiber Event that changed the industry
Dont you think, it is time to realize......
It's not all about the ribbons it about the fiber!
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It is where we announce all the latest information. Interviews with the Industies most facinating people and projects. You don't have to be a member to sign up- but you might just want to be!
Pound for Pound, as Cottage Growers, our fiber can bring more profit to us through a cottage application. Our niche markets for specialty yarns, felted items, hand made garments, and artful creations will likely bring the highest yield directly back to the producer. However, with thousands of pounds of beautiful natural fiber available throughout the entire alpaca community, more must be done to fully utilize the potential of our fiber. Where will our focus be? Will we support the North American Fiber Markets? Will we support the efforts of our Co-ops, Designers, and Mills right here in North America? The answer is yes to all the above.
Whether you are an avid Show supporter, fiber producer, fiber enthusiast, textile creator, or designer/manufacturer, the network of cottage producers is your source of fiber. Our industry is here to stay.
Welcome to The Cottage Industry Alpaca Breeders Association ... where it all begins (TM).
It is all about fiber. No matter what you do with it, it simply all starts with the cottage industry. Without the growers and producers, fiber application has little meaning.
The Cottage Industry Alpaca Breeders Association (TM) was created to protect the interests of those producing natural fiber, and the animals that bear it. CIABA(TM) will continue to support all avenues, including commercial application of fiber that leads to a sustainable, profitable fiber industry.
