"I brought fleeces from my herd to Jody and observed as she went through the grading and sorting process.  We recorded several different attributes about each fleece, and Jody graded by the handful, rather than a whole blanket.  

The fleeces were sorted to grade, as well as into Long/Short and Hairy/Non Hairy.  The result was amazing.  We had bags of fleece that were ready to process, but there was so  much more than that.  Several cria fleeces were graded, and one of the comments was "tender tips."  If it weren't for Jody, we'd have tried to process it into yarn.  Because of her advice, we instead
blended these fleeces with 30% silk to strengthen it, had it returned as roving, and handspun it.  

To date, it is the most beautiful product I've had the pleasure of having my hands on.  If we hadn't gotten the sort, it would likely have been ruined by a commercial spinner.  That was worth much much more than the price of admission.  On all of our fleeces, we got comments and ideas about what was good in the fleece and what needed improvement.  This information will be invaluable when we begin making breeding decisions for the girls.  

Jody is a pleasure to work with, and extremely knowledgeable about fleece in its own right, and it's use in different types of processing.  As for me, I can market my end products honestly and appropriately.  The end products have been exceeding my customer's expectations and giving them an incredible impression of alpaca fleece.  This contributes to the success of the industry as a whole.  I will continue to bring my fleeces to Jody for grading, as well as purchasing graded fleece.  I can't think of a better investment to protect the inherent value of our alpacas."

- Chris Condley
Elite Yarn Plus, LLP