I'm not sure if this goes here or in something yarn related, but yarn is a textile, so I'm guessing here.

I want to start spinning my own yarn. A friend of mine has offered me the wool from her Llamas if she ever gets around to shearing them, and I'd jump on that if... and this is a big IF. . . I knew how to clean the wool once I got it! I met Percy, one of her Llamas the other day. He has so much dust and junk in his wook I wondered how on earth does a spinner get that from this filthy beast and turn it into yarn? I know there is carding involved, but I want to know what is used to get the filth out of the wool before it even gets to that step.

I bought a book about spinning and it only talks about already cleaned wool. I haven't been able to find anything on how to get it to that point. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I am in an area that hasn't got access to a lot of classes or information locally on the topic of wool and yarn. Small farming community, they raise the stuff, but don't tell anyone what to do with it once it is off the animal. I thought about suggesting to my friend that she clean the animal before shearing. It might shear better and the wool would be easier for me to handle afterwards. I'm planning to make her a few things with it once I have it spun. She has two llamas, well she has four, but the white one and one of the others are up for sale, she's keeping only two.