For over 8,000 years, the graceful Andean alpaca has dominated the highest mountains of the Andes, grazing on grassy pastures over 4,000m above sea level. With their close relatives, the vicuna, llama and guanaco, these animals provide the finest, warmest and most luxurious textile fibres to weavers and knitters in one of the most difficult and delicate environments of the Earth.

Hand sorting these natural colours gives employment to dozens of women highly skilled in visual and tactile recognition of beautiful alpaca fibres, spun in a small mill in Peru. Support the traditional Andean pastoralists by selecting this SKAL certified organic fairly traded Angel Touch, sport weight hand-knitting yarn.