our wool

Merino wool is super soft, has a natural crimp, and makes a strong fiber. Particularly elastic, lightweight and resistant, merino wool is also renewable, recyclable and biodegradable.

Thermoregulating, this very soft wool does not scratch and is an excellent insulator: warm in winter, cool in summer. Long and shiny, its fibers make knits of exceptional flexibility and beauty.

Our merino wool yarn is 100% made in Spain and non-mulesed, the sheep are raised in Extremadura (West Spain) and the yarn is spun in Cataluña (East Spain). We work exclusively with their 100% merino wool yarn, in order to reconnect with a local heritage without sourcing from countries on the other side of the world.

Light as a feather and wrinkle-resistant, mohair wool is durable, resistant to crease and stretching.

It has the look, feel and shine of silk. It comes from the angora goat, named after the Anatolian plateau in Asia Minor, and more precisely the province of Ankara, once called Angora.

We use a single kind of mohair wool from South Africa. 

The one used for our knits like the famous LUCIE is spun in Bulgaria and originates from small farms located in South Africa which guarantee us the well treatment of the sheep. 

Because of their nobility and rarity (each yak will give about 100 grams of down per year) this precious down was reserved for centuries to the emperors of the Forbidden City. Yak wool is 30 times warmer than sheep's wool, and more resistant and sustainable than cashmere. It is an exceptional product of extreme softness that is naturally antibacterial and hypoallergenic. Under very thick and very rough hair, the yaks have a very warm down and an incomparable softness from which the wool is made. Yaks loose this down in the spring when moulting, which clings to the bushes of pastures. So when we talk about "harvesting" or “handpicking”, this is a method which is more ecological than the classic mowing of animals.

Yak wool is purer and more natural than other types of wool thanks to the Tibetan climate that does not allow the animal to secrete ooze (fat). As a result, yak wool does not require chemical scouring treatments that usually result in irritating or rough wool.

The yak yarn we purchase to knit our Yak collection is made of 50% yak and 50% merino. 

The yaks providing the raw material for it are roaming the Tibetan countryside and their down is spun and dyed in France alongside the French Merino that make up the rest of the composition. 

This yarn is carded rather than only combed, keeping only the longest threads, resulting in a premium yarn for a finished product of the highest quality.

Both yak and merino raw wools are certified OEKO-TEX Standard 100.

Alpaca wool provides great insulation, lightweight, silky, and is stain resistant. Alpaca wool is naturally high quality fiber, and one of the softest materials that was once considered so precious that it was reserved only for Inca kings!

It is a rare fiber (an alpaca will only provide 2 to 3 kg of hair per year), but it is softer, stronger and lighter than sheep's wool.

Our curly alpaca is raised in Peru and spun in an Italian mill.  It is dyed in compliance with the Oeko-Tex, Reach, GB 18401 and 4Sustainability certifications, within a Oeko-Tex, 4Sustainability and GRS-certified factory.