100% baby alpaca wool Knitting yarn Dk (Double Knitting)

Baby Alpaca is a luxury fibre, 

This yarn is finest than alpaca wool. Baby alpaca is softer, finest and luxurious.

Brand: Indiecita 

From:  Peru 🇵🇪

Weight: 50g ball

Length: 112mt

Postage: You will pay postage ONCE.

When it comes to our wool , we prefer baby alpaca over other types of wool. The term "Baby Alpaca" refers to the grading of the fineness of the fiber. It's the softest part of an adult Alpaca (usually the chest), not the age of the animal. That’s why we choose baby alpaca.

CRUELTY-FREE ALPACA WOOL AND ITS PROCESS

Believe it or not, alpaca wool is one of the most ethical products currently available that is completely eco-friendly and cruelty-free at the same time. But, how can this be, you ask? It sounds too good to be true, but it is, indeed, true.

Alpacas spend their entire lives wandering freely in their natural habitat, the Bolivian and Peruvian Andes Mountains. They’re not killed for their wool, but caught by the farmers and gently sheared. After this happens they are released back into the wild. It’s in a farmer’s best interest to let them live as long as possible because they regrow their wool, which can come in 20 different colors, from white to coffee brown and even orange.

These camelids are not killed for their fur or meat and the animals are not at all harmed come shearing time. Great care is taken so as not to distress the animal or damage the alpaca wool. This is why many vegans wear alpaca wool products, while refusing to use sheep wool because of the way these animals are treated.

Alpaca fiber and wool does not contain fat or allergenic lanoline so no strong chemicals are needed to clean it. This makes it an environmentally friendly fiber.

It’s worth noting that both in case of sheep and alpacas, shearing is a cosmetic procedure which simply takes out the excess of wool they’ve grown. It also makes the animals’ life easier when the summer season is approaching, they feel very hot in their thick furs and shearing protects them from heat strokes.