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Alpaca
Washing:
Alpaca can be safely washed
in a Miele washing machine using the
Woollens handwash programme. For perfect
results we also recommend Miele's laundrry
detergent 'For delicates'.
Drying:
Alpaca garments can be fluffed
up in your Miele tumble dryer using the
Woollens handcare programme. They should
then be laid out flat and left to dry at room
temperature.
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Woollens
It can be difficult to know how to launder
garments made with mixed fibres.
This section will guide you through the main
types of fabrics and fibres, and gives tips on
caring for them.
Alpaca:
Alpaca is the name given to the silky, glossy
wool of the Vicuña llama of South America.
A llama can produce enough wool for just
one pullover each year. Despite being very
fine and light, the alpaca wool is hard-
wearing and elastic. Alpaca wool is hollow
and therefore amazingly warm. It is almost
exclusively made into top quality wool fabrics
for ladies’ coats and dresses.
The natural shades of alpaca wool are
retained, as are the natural oils, and for this
reason alpaca is often described as “waxed”
wool.
