THE ALPACA
Alpacas are amazing animals, to say the least, standing out for their friendliness and adaptability, grazing placidly around the Bolivian highlandat 4000 meters height. Similar to llamas, related to camels, dromedaries and vicunas, they are raised to produce a silky, shining fiber, truly unmistakable.
If compared to the most common sheep wool, alpaca wool:
Is seven times warmer e definitely softer
Does not contain lanoline
Hardly gets matted up and does not bobble
Is perfect for the chilliest winters
Is ideal for the mild winters
Thermal characteristics
It is suitable for the uncertainties of seasonal changes, as the air micro-particles in the yarn, making the knitwearextremely soft and light and giving it great thermal properties, retaining the heat as well as insulatingthe body from the external environment yet allowing complete perspiration.
It is waterproof and water-repellant, releases water faster than other kinds of wool and absorbs humidity more slowly. Well, alpaca wool is a kind of miracle of nature.
MeDeA only uses Bolivian alpaca wool directly supplied by small farmers, creating work for the local cooperatives producers of natural yarns.
They typically tell apart the various tones of color and qualities of alpaca wool, whether the wool comes from the shearing of a certain part of the animal’s body or another (back, neck, belly).
DISCOVER SOME OF OUR GARMENTS IN PURE ALPACA WOOL
