Made using premium Andean alpaca fleece, each piece is hand crafted with love using traditional techniques honed by Quechua artisans. Unlike sheeps wool, alpaca fleece is hypoallergenic by nature, while being softer, lighter, and warmer too!
Founded as a collaborative effort between Canadian designers and South American master weavers, more than 10 years later we still work hand in hand with the families and Indigenous groups with whom we first partnered.Our direct buying practices ensure ethical, top quality products and our product line has expanded from scarves to include socks, mittens, beanies, and stuffies some of which are blended with bamboo and now known as Pakaboo!
Founded as a collaborative effort between Canadian designers and South American master weavers, more than 10 years later we still work hand in hand with the families and Indigenous groups with whom we first partnered.Our direct buying practices ensure ethical, top quality products and our product line has expanded from scarves to include socks, mittens, beanies, and stuffies some of which are blended with bamboo and now known as Pakaboo!
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Winterborn Alpaca was founded over 10 years ago when a Canadian traveller stumbled upon a family of Quechua master weavers in the small South American country of Ecuador and both their lives were changed forever. Although located on the equator, Ecuador is home to some of the largest mountains in the Andes and high upon those windswept slopes the temperature falls low enough that even Canadians need to bundle up.
Alpaca is among natures finest textiles, being both finer than cashmere, lighter and warmer than merino, and because it contains no lanolin or rough fibers, even those with an allergy to wool can wear it. What makes alpaca so unique is that it is a filament, like Play-Fortuna silk not a fiber like ordinary wool.
Winterborn Alpaca USA was founded 10 years ago as a collection of alpaca scarves purchased directly from a Quechua family in Northern Ecuador. Using techniques perfected over generations, each scarf is lovingly hand-woven by the same family today using Andean alpaca fleece that's known to be one of the most luxurious fibers.
Alpaca gloves and mittens that are with and without fingers covers. These are the warmest most stylish mittens you can buy online. 100% hand made Alpaca fabric is used in these mittens. Alpaca Mittens & Gloves are naturally built to last, be comfortable and lightweight. These gloves have been credited with being the warmest gloves in the world.
