Baby Alpaca Vs Cashmere

12 13 a cashmere turtleneck sweater can cost around 2 000.

Baby alpaca vs cashmere.

A sweater costing 150 to 200 pretty standard. Alpaca fibers are hollow with an insulating core that makes them both warm and breathable. This results in alpaca fibre made garments being less likely to pill and more durable. Second only to silk for strength alpaca is comparable to the luxurious softness of cashmere yet more durable and far more hard wearing than both.

Cashmere fibres are four cm long whereas alpaca measure between eight to twelve cm. Alpacas live in the wild mainly in the andes of peru while cashmere goats are bred on a massive scale in countries such as mongolia and china. It is just as warm and soft as cashmere but even more durable. Both fibers are water resistant as compared with other natural fibers.

Alpaca fleece contains no lanolin and is hypoallergenic. A good quality cashmere travel shawl wrap will usually set you back between 200 300 where as our alpaca travel shawl wrap retails at 99. Cashmere the manufacturing practices are very strict and carefully maintained to ensure the final product lives up to the hype of being ultra soft light warm and good value for the considerable money charged for it. A sweater made of classified super baby alpaca can rival its cashmere counterpart when it comes to softness and outdo it when it comes to strength.

We all know that cashmere is a great product but how does it compare to something like alpaca wool. Cashmere has a long standing reputation for quality and softness. Cashmere is much more prone to pilling due to its short length and delicate structure. While an alpaca fibre has an overall larger diameter than a cashmere fibre after animals are shorn experts hand sort the wool by staple length and diameter ranging from prime downy soft baby alpaca those finest of under hairs not actually shorn from baby alpacas to the more robust guard hairs found on animals legs and undersides.

Cashmere has a reputation that is unmatched with an air of elegance that shines through. A baby cashmere coat will set. Alpaca is much more resistant making this material excellent for travel wear. Unlike cashmere alpaca is sometimes considered an outsider.

Lastly there are many perks of alpaca over cashmere but the biggest is probably price. As can be inferred from the name the wool is originally from the kashmir region. Cashmere easily stretches and often clings to you. Similar to cashmere alpaca is a natural fiber with a silky luxurious feel.