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  2. Peruvian Connection - Wikipedia

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    Peruvian Connection was founded in Kansas in 1976 by the mother and daughter team, Biddy and Annie Hurlbut. The impetus for the company grew out of trips Annie Hurlbut took to Peru. It was there that she bought a fitted sweater with an alpaca fur-lined collar for her mother’s 50th birthday. Biddy later showed the sweater to a local buyer, who ...

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

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    Shots fired: I’m going to go for the alpaca sweater over cashmere every time. Recently, the large number of super-soft and stylish sweaters I’ve seen made of alpaca have made me an evangelist ...

  4. Andean textiles - Wikipedia

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    The next grade of Inca weaving was known as awaska. Of all the ancient Peruvian textiles, this was the grade most commonly used in the production of Inca clothing. Awaska was made from llama or alpaca wool and had a much higher thread count (approximately 120 threads per inch) than that found in chusi cloth.

  5. Alpaca fiber - Wikipedia

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    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 Huacaya. Huacaya fiber grows and looks similar to sheep wool in that the animal looks "fluffy".

  6. Textile arts of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas ...

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    Awasaka was the most common grade of weaving produced by the Incas of all the ancient Peruvian textiles, this was the grade most commonly used in the production of Inca clothing. Awaska was made from llama or alpaca wool and had a high thread count (approximately 120 threads per inch).

  7. Alpaca - Wikipedia

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    The alpaca ( Lama pacos) is a species of South American camelid mammal. Traditionally, alpaca were bred and raised in herds, grazing on the level meadows and escarpments of the Andes, from Ecuador and Perú to Western Bolivia and Northern Chile, typically at an altitude of 3,500 to 5,000 metres (11,000 to 16,000 feet) above sea level. [1]

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