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  2. Alpaca - Wikipedia

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    These items include blankets, sweaters, hats, gloves, scarves, a wide variety of textiles, and ponchos, in South America, as well as sweaters, socks, coats, and bedding in other parts of the world. The fiber comes in more than 52 natural colors as classified in Peru, 12 as classified in Australia, and 16 as classified in the United States.

  3. 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.

  4. Alpaca fiber - Wikipedia

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    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". The second type of alpaca is Suri and makes up less than 10% of the South American alpaca population.

  5. Chullo - Wikipedia

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    Chullo. Look up chullo in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A chullo ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtʃuʎo], from Quechua: ch'ullu; [1] known as lluch'u in Aymara) is an Andean style of hat with earflaps, made from vicuña, alpaca, llama or sheep 's wool. [2] Alpaca fleece has wool-like qualities that help to insulate chullo-wearers from the harsh ...

  6. 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. PureWow Editors select every item that appears on this page,, and the ...

  7. Vicuña wool - Wikipedia

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    The hair of the vicuña is used to make a variety of products. The hair of the vicuña is sheared in pens after a traditional roundup ("chaccu"). A wool with an average fiber length of 2–4 cm is obtained every other year. The weight of shorn wool hairs per animal is about 250 g every two years [7] to 450 g, [1] after removal of unwanted guard ...

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