Scarves & Shawls
Functionally beautiful, our scarves & shawls are elegant as well as warm & comfortable
Traditional Scarves - $20
We have had nothing but compliments and return orders from our customers on these brushed alpaca/acrylic blend scarves. They are a generous 70 inches long (not including the fringe) and 9 inches wide. Colors available are: fawn, pink, white, peach and black.
Dress Scarves - $20
This is our most popular scarf. It is made from 100% alpaca and is exceptionally soft and fine. Very lightweight, yet still incredibly warm, this scarf feels like butter it is so slick and soft. It measures 9.5 inches wide and over 70 inches long. They are available in a variety of colors including pure black, candy apple red, taupe, midnight blue, olive green, blacky bronze, blacky emerald, berries (a festive blend of green and red) and autumn harvest (a unique blend of pumpkin and forest green). These scarves need to be worn right next to the skin to appreciate how luxurious 100% alpaca is.
Dress Shawls - $35
These shawls are extra soft, light weight, and beautiful. They are longer and wider versions of our dress scarves described above and can be worn as an elegant shawl as well as an extra long, wide scarf. They are made from 100% alpaca and are very fine and soft. Dress Shawls measure 80 inches long and 24 inches wide. Because of their popularity, we now carry more color choices! Many of them are beautiful combinations like the one pictured, bronzy black. Colors available are: bronzy black, red, black, waterfall, emerald & black, midnight blue, autumn harvest, and amethyst.
Traditional Shawl - $65
If you like our traditional scarves, you'll love our traditional shawls! They are the same soft, warm brushed alpaca, but in a longer, wider version. They measure 20 inches in width and 84 inches in length. Colors available are cranberry, orange melon, fawn, silver grey and olive.
Cable Scarves - $40
These very soft knitted hand knitted scarves are 62
inches long and 9.5 inches wide. They have a diamond
cable going down the center similar to the popular
cable design sweaters. Completely hand made with
alpaca yarn with a touch of acrylic for shape retention.
Colors available are white, fawn or brown. Cable Scarf Detail in Fawn
Double Knitted Scarf - $35
These very long scarves are tightly knit and well made. They measure a generous 75 inches in length by 10.5 inches in width. Very soft. Very long, and very popular, these double knitted scarves will keep you extra warm. Made with an alpaca/acrylic blend, they are made to perfectly match our double knitted mittens and hats. Check them out if you're looking for a wonderful set. Please specify color when ordering - black/fawn, black/grey or brown/fawn.
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Our Dress Shawls & Scarves come in Unique Colors:
Amethysyt
Autumn Harvest
Berries
Bronzy-Black
Emerald
Midnight Blue
Light Olive
Waterfall
Taupe
Red
Black
Ideuma Creek Alpacas | John & Denise Jacobus | Unadilla, NY | (607) 563-9174 | djacobus@mkl.com
Ideuma Creek Alpacas / John & Denise Jacobus / Unadilla, NY / (607) 563-9174 / djacobus@mkl.com
Shearing, Sorting and Grading Alpaca Fiber
When we shear our alpacas, we separate and collect the different grades of fiber into different bags.
Prime - The prime fiber, also known as the blanket or simply "firsts" is the best, softest fiber on the animal. It is the part of the fleece that is carefully skirted and then shown in AOBA certified fleece shows around the country. We eventually send this best fiber off to be made into yarn and products.
Seconds - still very soft, this fiber tends to be a bit more ununiform - in length, fineness and color. This makes it a little more difficult to process. It still is,
however, very fine fiber and can be used for yarns and products. We sometimes turn our seconds into rovings and sell them to fiber artists who needle felt. Seconds are every bit as warm as firsts but perhaps not quite as soft. So sometimes products made with seconds will have a fleece lining for next to the skin softness while still being able to provide the unsurpassed thermal qualities of alpaca.
Thirds - Yes, thirds are still soft, but again, a grade down from seconds. All alpaca fiber can be used! Thirds can be used for wet felting or to make handsome rugs. Thirds are rarely used for next to the skin garments.
