This luxuriously warm Alpaca Wool sock is perfect for the cooler months of the year, when you want a slightly warmer sock. The Vicuna Alpaca Hiker Sock is great for year round trekking too due to it's deeper underfoot cushioning.
Using Alpaca yarn, the Vicuna Socks are soft, warm and feel incredibly smooth against the skin. Unlike sheep wool it contains no lanolin, which means its also hypoallergenic, and alpaca fibres are much smoother, giving you a far softer feeling wool. It is the most durable animal fibre on the planet, is very breathable and provides fantastic temperature regulation (cosy and warm when its cold, and cool in warmer temperatures).
Known as the 'Wool of the Gods', Alpaca wool is sustainably and ethically farmed in the Andes, where these animals have evolved and adapted to cope with the harsh climate and altitude. They live at altitudes from 2500m to over 4500m where temperatures can vary from -20oC to +30oC in the same day
Alpaca pro is made with 100% Alpaca wool on the inside for warmth, while recycled nylon on the outside provides stability and abrasion resistance, ensuring the socks are both hardwearing and comfortable.
Features:
- Warm
- Very soft and luxurious
- Hypoallergenic
- High content of Alpaca wool
- Sustainably sourced
- Ethically farmed
- Termperature regulating
- Hardwearing
- Yarn:
- 81% Alpaca, 8% PA, 11% Elastane