We have lots of nice woolen hats that want to be worn during cold times. But here it’s about 10° warm and it’s raining. Not the perfect woolen hat weather. We want sunshine and cold temperatures! That’s much nicer than rain! Looking forward to christmas we of course want cold weather. We’d enjoy snow as well!
All these hats are hand-knit in Bolivia of Alpaca wool. Being curious I just read about the Alpaca animal. In my naivety I always thought Alpaca is a sheep, but it is a camelid domesticated in South America for the wool production. And you know what: Alpaca wool is soooo soft, especially in the deluxe mixture: baby alpaca and silk…hmmm.
(pics from Wikipedia (linked to its source))
I always remember my grandmothers socks and scarfs made from sheep’s wool which were really prickly. We (me and my sisters) never wore the scarfs because they were so prickly. Sometimes we had to, because my grandmother invested lots of time in these scarfs and socks and we wanted to do her a favour: she elevated the sheep, gave them food every day, spun the thread herself and then knitted the socks. These were really ecological socks and scarfs!
(pics from Marsupialia, except indicated above)
Tags: alpaca, art sol, hand-knit, hat, intiwara, Knit, millma, scarf, sheep, soft, south america, wool, yumi
November 21, 2009 at 11:19
This year my boyfriend and I spent a weekend in the hunter valley wine region of Sydney Australia on an alpaca farm. It was absolutely beautiful to wake up and see them sleeping outside our window in the mountain fog…but boy are they mean! I was kicked, trampled and spit on! We did leave the farm with some really beautiful alpaca wear and its sooo soft!
November 22, 2009 at 14:08
nice pictures!
have a nice sunday!
Einen schönen Sonntag!
wünscht der Bilder Blogger aus Berlin!