Color Block Alpaca Blend Wrap Scarf, Peru
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Black, gray, and snow form a composed palette in this broad alpaca-blend wrap, with delicate eyelet edging adding a lighter note. Its wide shape allows the blocks of color to overlap in soft folds, changing the balance of the palette with each wearing.
Made on a hand-operated knitting machine in Peru from 89% alpaca and 11% polyamide, this 26 × 75 inch unisex scarf or wrap offers generous coverage across the shoulders. For care, use a cold hand wash with mild detergent, then reshape while wet and dry flat. Allpa's Peruvian workshop network gives the makers of this color-block wrap access to technical support and international customers. Welcome its understated character into your own way of dressing.
- Material: 89% Alpaca + 11% Polyamide
- Construction: Hand-operated knitting machine
- Pattern: Color block with eyelet edging
- Color: Black, gray, and snow
- Dimensions: 26" x 75"
- Country of Origin: Peru
- Design: Unisex scarf; can also be worn as a wrap
- Care: Hand wash cold with mild detergent. Reshape while wet and lay flat to dry.
Artisan Profile
Allpa has 80 small to midsize workshops located throughout Peru. Through their textile production, they strive to create awareness and preserve Peruvian culture. Allpa develops annual collections according to market trends and supports the growth of artisans with technical assistance, training, and loans. This transforms weavers into entrepreneurs and gives them access to the global marketplace.
In the earliest Peruvian history, you will find examples of the bond between the Incas and alpaca. During the Inca empire, alpaca was only used by royalty because it was valued as the finest material. Alpaca is supple and smooth to the touch. It’s softer than cashmere and warmer and stronger than lamb’s wool. It contains microscopic air pockets which create lightweight clothing with excellent insulating properties. It is a completely natural fiber and there is no use of harsh chemicals in production.
The alpaca live mostly without any boundaries in the highlands of the Peruvian Andes and are not harmed during the shearing process. Their soft padded feet are gentle on the grass terrain and they graze without destroying the root system of the area. Alpaca is the only animal that produces up to 28 natural colors and can be blended into an infinite array of natural shades from inky black to warm chestnuts and snowy white. It is easily dyed in any color and always retains its natural luster.
Material: 89% Alpaca + 11% Polyamide
Measurements: 26" x 75"
Color: Black, gray + snow
Handmade with love in Peru
Hand wash cold with mild detergent. Reshape while wet and lay flat to dry.
Because of the hand-loomed nature of these scarves, each is one-of-a-kind and completely unique. There are slight variations in colors and patterns.
- Giving Back: A percentage of our sales is donated to the Nature Conservancy.
