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2. Step Aside, Cashmere: Alpaca is the Hot Fiber in Our Fave ...

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   Recently, the large number of super-soft and stylish sweaters I’ve seen made of alpaca have made me an evangelist for t Step Aside, Cashmere: Alpaca is the Hot Fiber in Our Fave Sweaters This Winter

3. Animal fiber - Wikipedia

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   Alpaca fiber is sourced from alpacas. It is warmer than sheep's wool and lighter in weight. It is soft, fine, glossy, and luxurious. The thickness of the quality fiber is between 12-29 micrometers. Most alpaca fiber is white, but it also comes in various shades of brown and black. The most common type of alpaca fiber comes from a Huacaya.

4. Alpaca fiber - Wikipedia

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   Alpaca fleece, Wool Expo, Armidale, NSW Spinning alpaca wool by Treadle wheel, Gotthard Pass, 2018. Yarn spun from alpaca wool. Alpaca scarf. Cambridge Food, Garden and Produce Festival, England. Alpaca fleece is the natural fiber harvested from an alpaca. There are two different types of alpaca fleece. The most common fleece type comes from a ...

5. Yak fiber - Wikipedia

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   Independently conducted tests on yak down suggest that it is warmer than Merino wool. Nonetheless, claims vary on how much warmer it is with values ranging between 10 and 40 percent. Softness: Cashmere is known in the textile industry as one of the softest wools with a fiber diameter of less than 18.5. [4]

6. Gift ideas for people who are always cold: Blankets, slippers ...

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   Made of sustainably sourced alpaca and wool, this cozy sweater is like wearing a hug. The classic crew neckline and relaxed silhouette give this sweater the ability to pair with pretty much ...

7. Cashmere vs Wool: What’s the Difference?

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8. Wool - Wikipedia

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   Wool is "the fiber from the fleece of the sheep or lamb or hair of the Angora or Cashmere goat (and may include the so-called specialty fibers from the hair of the camel, alpaca, llama, and vicuna) which has never been reclaimed from any woven or felted wool product". [16] "Virgin wool" and "new wool" are also used to refer to such never used wool.

9. Glossary of textile manufacturing - Wikipedia

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   Alpaca Alpaca is a name given to two distinct things: The wool of the Peruvian alpaca. A style of fabric originally made from alpaca fiber but now frequently made from a similar type of fiber. Angora Angora refers to the hair of the angora rabbit, or the fabric made from angora rabbit fur. (Fabric made from angora goat is mohair.) [3] Appliqué