Handknit Reversible Beanie – Baby Alpaca
SWEATER – MEN
This thick and cozy handknit beanie is made from hand-spun baby alpaca yarn. Reversible and naturally warm, each piece is a unique expression of Andean craftsmanship.
Product Description
This handknit beanie is made from 100% baby alpaca using hand-spun yarn and traditional knitting techniques.
Double-layered and reversible, it combines two undyed natural alpaca shades in one piece. Thick, soft and deeply warming, each beanie is unique and reflects the beauty of handcrafted work.
Key Facts
Material
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100% Baby Alpaca
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Hand-spun yarn
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Handknit
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Double-layered
Color & Dyeing
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Undyed natural alpaca shades
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Two natural colors per piece
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No dyeing
Each piece is unique due to hand-spinning and handknitting.
Size
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unisex
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two sizes
Details
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Fully handknit
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Hand-spun yarn
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Reversible design
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Thick, cozy texture
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Each piece is unique
Origin
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Made in Peru
Care
- Airing is often sufficient.
- Hand wash cold or use a wool cycle up to 30 °C.
- Use wool detergent only.
- Do not tumble dry.
- Dry flat.
Alpaca or baby alpaca wool can clearly do more than any synthetic material. No wonder it has been used as a well proven raw material for clothing in the Andes for thousands of years.
- ultra light (weighs one third of sheep’s wool)
- keeps you extremely warm
- but aswell cooling effect
- does not scratch or smell (hypoallergenic )
- does not contain lanolin
- durable
- water repellent
- incredible soft
- non-flammable
- pillproof
At altitudes of over 3,000 meters, the animals develop a fur with a unique hollow fiber, which is significantly warmer and lighter than, for example, the fiber of sheep's wool. For the Incas, alpaca fleece had a higher value than gold and silver. No wonder it is also called "fiber of the gods".
Small hooves, small footprint. Alpacas are not kept in huge herds, which graze whole areas of land. Quite the opposite. Mostly, they are bred by smallholders in the high situated regions of Peru. This kind of keeping hardly represents a burden on the environment. As a 100% natural raw material, alpaca is of course also completely biodegradable
Easy care - self-cleaning
The extremely dirt- and odor-repellent fiber does not need any special care. Alpaca textiles should be washed by hand in cold water with natural soap and laid flat to dry in fresh air.