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Baby alpaca fashion. High
quality baby alpaca products
from Peru. The first
shearing of an alpaca is
called baby alpaca, it is
simply the softest fiber in
the world. Its durability
and lightweight structure
are unparalleled. Classic,
elegant, and luxurious. |
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Baby alpaca is the most
prestigious fibre in the
world - it is warmer than
wool, but has a soft feel
like silk.
Baby Alpaca is the finest
wool offering a large
variety of natural colours.
Baby alpaca comes in up to
22 natural colours - some
alpaca farmers speak even
about up to 66 colours
shades.
Baby alpaca wool is not from
a baby alpaca.
There is some confusion out
there about the word 'baby
alpaca'. It is not a
description of the age of
the alpaca itself, rather a
term that describes the
finess of the alpaca wool (see
below).
There are three main
categories to classify the
finess of alpaca wool
1. Royal baby alpaca wool.
The only natural colours
available in Royal baby
alpaca wool quality is white.
This is due to the demand of
highstreet fashion industry,
demanding white fibres which
are easier to dye and
coloured on demand. This is
practial, but not very
environmental friendly, most
dyes are harsh and damaging
for the environment.
2. Baby Alpaca wool.
Baby alpaca wool is
available in all natural
colours, the alpaca stands
on the field. From black, to
dark grey, silver grey,
brown, beige and white -
just to name a few. The
variety of colours in the
alpaca makes the alpaca
unique among other fine
fibres. However, due to high
demand for white alpaca wool,
colours are endangered to be
extinct. This is another
good reason to use only
natural alpaca knitting yarn.
3. Super fine Alpaca wool.
Super fine alpaca wool is
often been confused with
super fine merino - which is
the top quality. But
superfine alpaca is the
lowest grade of alpaca wool.
Alpaca yarns
classification
Royal Baby Alpaca = 18
Micron
Baby Alpaca = 18 - 21 Micron
Super fine Alpaca = 21 - 25
Micron |
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