Alpaca Beanie
Alpaca:
Vicugna pacos or Alpacas are natives to the Andes Mountains in South America. They look similar to sheep, but are larger and have long necks. Alpacas only have fleece fibers, not woolen fibers, and are used for woven and knitted items including blankets, sweaters, hats, coats and other textile goods as well as ponchos in South America. Alpaca fiber comes in many different natural colors including 52 classified in Peru. The finest of alpaca hair, and its hollow, insulating core give alpaca fiber a smooth, velvety, hand and cloud-weight softness.
Alpaca in the textile industry primarily refers to the hair or fleece fiber of Peruvian alpaca. KATA sources the majority of our alpaca fiber from outside of Arequipa, Peru in the Puno and Cusco areas, close to many artisan work groups. These alpacas are free range roaming animals with pasture rotation. The alpacas are not fed hormones and do not receive chemical dippings for ticks or parasites. There are no chemical ingredients allowed on the land or animals.
There are many great benefits to using alpaca fiber. Much like sheep's wool in many regards, alpaca is lighter weight but warmer and softer to the touch (not prickly) than wool. It has only a minimum of lanolin fiber which makes it nearly hypoallergenic. This allows us to use this natural fiber in a variety of our knit and woven garments that will breathe naturally, provide warmth and be gentle to the skin. Our undyed alpaca has a natural color spectrum which ranges from the whitest white to intense black and includes over twenty brown and grew tones. Undyed color combinations create a wide variety of natural beauty and diversity in our garments without using chemicals which adversely effect the environment.
Vicugna pacos or Alpacas are natives to the Andes Mountains in South America. They look similar to sheep, but are larger and have long necks. Alpacas only have fleece fibers, not woolen fibers, and are used for woven and knitted items including blankets, sweaters, hats, coats and other textile goods as well as ponchos in South America. Alpaca fiber comes in many different natural colors including 52 classified in Peru. The finest of alpaca hair, and its hollow, insulating core give alpaca fiber a smooth, velvety, hand and cloud-weight softness.
Alpaca in the textile industry primarily refers to the hair or fleece fiber of Peruvian alpaca. KATA sources the majority of our alpaca fiber from outside of Arequipa, Peru in the Puno and Cusco areas, close to many artisan work groups. These alpacas are free range roaming animals with pasture rotation. The alpacas are not fed hormones and do not receive chemical dippings for ticks or parasites. There are no chemical ingredients allowed on the land or animals.
There are many great benefits to using alpaca fiber. Much like sheep's wool in many regards, alpaca is lighter weight but warmer and softer to the touch (not prickly) than wool. It has only a minimum of lanolin fiber which makes it nearly hypoallergenic. This allows us to use this natural fiber in a variety of our knit and woven garments that will breathe naturally, provide warmth and be gentle to the skin. Our undyed alpaca has a natural color spectrum which ranges from the whitest white to intense black and includes over twenty brown and grew tones. Undyed color combinations create a wide variety of natural beauty and diversity in our garments without using chemicals which adversely effect the environment.
Main Products
Organic Cotton, Alpaca