8522 Dover Road • Apple Creek, OH 44606www.morningstarfiber.com

330-439-4301

Located just east of downtown Apple Creek on State Rte. 250.

Specializing in wool processing for Icelandic sheep & alpaca

Morning Star Fiber Processing

At Morning Star Fiber, we are set apart from other fibermills by specializing in the unique processing needs ofIcelandic sheep and huacaya alpaca producers. We featuredehairing to separate out the tog from Icelandic sheepand the guard hair from huacaya, making the outcomeof rovings, yarns or felts exquisitely soft. Fiber separatedby the dehairer is most often processed into felt rugsfor a minor additional fee. Our mill has the capability ofspinning yarn to your specification. Yarn twists aresteam set and put up on cones, in center pull balls, or in1.5 or 2 yd. skeins at the customer’s weight specification.

We offer color blending and fiber blending at the picker,carder, drawframe, spinner and plyer. Morning Star Fiberalso offers custom dying and spinning of novelty yarns.

Icelandic customers often have the tog (long wool fromthe dual coat) spun into 3 ply rug warp. We also offerlopi yarn from natural Icelandic, and a “lopi-style” yarnfor huacaya — which is a worsted weight single, similarto pencil roving with only 1.5 twists per inch.

Another service offered at MSF is felting from fibersthat have been taken out at the dehairer or secondsfrom huacaya. We love to design rugs with roving bitsleft over from your spinning, or make “reversible” feltsfrom 2 different colors of animals. Our felts can bemade in weights from 1 to 2 pounds of batting. Thethinner felts can be sewn on regular sewing machines.The thicker felts make great rugs by the bed or in frontof the sofa. Felt sheet size is 3’ x 4’.

Our Goals

• Surpass the expectations of our customers, employees and the community in areas of service, safety, quality and protection of the environment.

• Build a tradition of integrity and respect with our customers, employees, suppliers and community.

• Generate an avenue of profit for our customers by adding value to raw fleece and returning high quality products for use or resale.

• Seek ways to develop industry-wide fiber processing standards.

Fiber Processing Customer Responsibilities

• Proper skirting to remove debris like chaff, dung,sawdust, pebbles, shearing short cuts, etc.

• Payment for shipment of fiber to and from Morning Star Fiber.

• Complete processing details to accompany each fleece with bags clearly labeled with customer name/address/phone/email; animal name/type; and milling process desired

• Complete payment at the time order is shipped for processing, excluding only felting, ball-winding and skeining charges that have to be billed upon completion of processing.

Our Services

• Shearing• Scouring• Picking• Cutting long fibers• Dehairing• Carding to bump,

batt or bag• Blending colors or

fibers• Drafting• Spinning• Plying• Steam setting• Cones• Center pull balls• Skeins• Felts• Dyeing

We specialize in small batch processing with aminimum of only 3 pounds. This provides undilutednatural color so products can be marketed by theindividual animal.

We hope to serve you well as we partner in addingvalue to your fleeces through processing to yourdistinct specifications.

Cost Estimator

Check out our website cost estimator on the FiberProcessing Pricing page. Just enter your fleece type,weight and desired processes! Your processing fee isautomatically figured for you.