Betina Trucker Sweater

Hand wash in cold water
Lay flat to dry

Sweater length for size S 58cm

Caring For Your Knitwear

• How to care for your knitwear
  Wool is a living material, so you need to take good care of it.
  Alpaca sweaters don't need to be washed often. Avoid wearing the same sweater for too many days in a row to let the fiber breathe.
  We recommend washing your sweater inside out by hand in cold water with a very mild detergent. Then rinse and spin gently. You can place it in a terry towel to absorb any remaining water.
  To dry, lay the garment flat, away from a source of heat. Never use a tumble-dryer.
  Ironing is generally not necessary, but if it is, it should be gentle, and the iron should not be pressed to avoid crushing the knitwear. Ideally, the fabric should be sprayed with a steamer to plump up the fiber.
  
  Pilling
  Pilling is a normal process in wool.
  Pilling is due to excess material.
  Simply remove it as you go along by hand or with a cashmere comb, taking care not to deform the knit.
  The first pilling parts the knit stabilizes.

About Les Racines Du Ciel Materials

Our choice of materials is essentially linked to respect for people, animals and nature.
This is the starting point for our sweaters. They can be returned to the earth, thus excluding all synthetic materials and pesticides.

Alpacas live in harmony with nature on the high plateaus of the Andes at altitudes of over 3,000 meters, where temperatures can vary from +25° to -20°C. At this altitude, agriculture is no longer possible. At this altitude, agriculture is no longer possible.
What's surprising when you wear an alpaca sweater is its lightness: the fiber is filled with air pockets for incomparable warmth and softness.
We mainly use baby alpaca, which refers to the fine fibre of less than 22 microns from the first shearing of the alpacas.

Wool production is at the heart of many scandals, notably because of the mistreatment inflicted on animals, and deserves a careful selection.
We didn't choose wool from sheep from our French alpine pastures, because its feel is rough and it's mainly used to make mattresses.
After much deliberation, we opted for alpaca wool.

Alpaca wool is still raised on traditional farms, and is not subject to the productivism of cashmere goat farms in China or sheep farms in Australia.
Unlike sheep and goats, alpacas cut grass instead of pulling it up, and have no hooves but 2 hooves with pads, which minimises soil erosion.

Once a year, in spring, the alpacas are sheared.
The wool is sorted according to colour, ranging from white to black, with variations in beige, brown and grey, enabling us to make 100% natural sweaters, saving water, energy and dye.
Alpaca wool contains very little lanolin or wool grease (2 times less than cashmere and 3 times less than sheep), its naturally clean fibre requires little energy and no harmful synthetic products in the cleaning process.