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Sector: Crochet, Knitting, Other, Weaving
Type of Business: Distributor, Manufacturer

Bio

Retire? No! We had another puzzle to solve. Anna and her twin sister, Mary, won titles in show rings across the nation with Mary’s champion alpacas. However, many processing mills used the same scouring soaps and processes on low-micron alpaca fiber, as they used to clean heavy lanolin-coated sheep wool. So how do we clean and protect all those natural fibers?

Back to the lab to search for gentle, more environmentally pH friendly components that could clean urine, dirt, and clay from natural fiber, while protecting its structure and luster. And, why not sell aftercare cleaning and conditioning products to merchants and hobbyists? The idea worked, and Unicorn Fibre products were the result.

Fast forward a decade. We relocated to a 25-acre farm in Virginia’s horse country and moved production to Chattanooga, Tennessee. After National Geographic featured Blossom on PBS, Anna wrote a memoir about the pet deer we raised for ten years, “Blossom – The Wild Ambassador of Tewksbury.” The book and the audio versio will be released in Aug. 2025

Best of all, our family is close by. Mary lives on an adjoining 120-acre farm and has an alpaca herd of 80. Least I forget. There are our four horses, a donkey, two dogs, and a cat; all of whom we also consider part of the family.

Who would have thought of the link between natural fiber cleaning and baby diapers ten years ago? Our niece, Melanie Anderson, came on board with her retail and customer service expertise and is the voice of the new family of Unicorn Baby products.

The goal has been to create innovative formulations of pH balanced agents for natural fibers, garments, and woven fabrics. While we initially focused on the specific needs of alpaca fiber, we also wanted a versatile deep cleaner that could remove organic soils and contaminates from wools and fabrics like cotton and linen. They also had to perform in lower water temperatures, be effective in both hard and soft water, produce fewer suds for those “he” machines and be septic safe.

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Contact UNICORN EDITIONS, LTD

8076 ENON CHURCH RD
THE PLAINS, Virginia
20198
United States

9086423039

5403640156

http://unicornclean.com

PINO@UNICORNCLEAN.COM