All-Paca™ Blanket

Our 100% alpaca fiber All-Paca™ Blanket is a great addition for any casual campers wanting a lightweight blanket on a chilly day hike, or around the campfire. Whether it’s in your van, your pack, or on your couch, our blanket’s got your back (and your toes!)

This blanket packs small and is ideal for camping trips, shorter backpacking trips, as a stadium blanket, or as your favorite weekend couch blanket. If you are backpacking in the summer, you can try it in combination with our Sleeping Bag Liner as a highly breathable combination sleep system and camp-cozy.

We typically ship orders within a week from date of purchase to provide time for processing and packaging as we fulfill and package every order by hand. If we have an influx of orders (i.e. when we drop new inventory), it may take up to two weeks for shipment of items.

Sizing

• Size:  66” Length  X  55” width

• Overall area :   25 square feet 

• All-Paca™ Fabric has great stretch and regain, so don't worry about stretching it over your head on chilly nights.
  

Care

• While you don’t need to wash this blanket since alpaca freshens up on its own, don’t worry…if you spill your spaghetti on it, it is washable. Just wash by itself in cold water on a light cycle with liquid detergent (do not use harsh powdered detergents or “oxygen” cleaners). Then just tumble dry by itself on a low heat setting for 10 or 12 minutes. You can also use dryer balls to fluff it. Sometimes, just tumbling the blanket on low heat with drier balls for 10-12 minutes is enough to freshen and fluff it without even washing. Be careful not to wash or tumble dry the blanket with other garments - especially ones with buttons or zippers - since the edges are serged and can snag on garment hardware. Note: alpaca wool is susceptible to moth damage, so you will want to store it in such a way to prevent contact with moths.

• When you receive your garment it may feel a little flat or stiff from shipping and being folded. If so, you can put it in your dryer with no heat (i.e., the Fluff Cycle) with 3 or 4 wool dryer balls and tumble for roughly 15 minutes. That will fluff-up your blanket.

• If you are backpacking or traveling, and need to wash this blanket for any reason, and do not have access to regular detergents:

1. Backpacking: Just rinse with stream water, let air dry, do not use detergent, follow Leave No Trace Principles

2. Traveling: you can use shampoo, mild liquid dish/hand detergent (just a drop or two) , rinse in a sink, wring out, hang dry or lay it on a towel to dry

Specifications

Construction

• Weft Knit - 100% Alpaca fiber is knitted into a unique fabric that provides exceptional performance.  Our special knit structure resists “running” - so if you poke a hole in it while you are in the backcountry, the hole may get slightly larger over time, but you don’t have to worry about the hole turning in to a long “run” as experienced in many lightweight knits.

• Lightweight - Ensures this is a piece of gear you'll never hesitate to throw in your pack.

Details

• Overall Weight:  23 oz. Slight weight variability in our blanket is due to the natural variability of alpaca fiber size.

• Our lightweight blankets are made from 100% Alpaca yarn spun to our specifications.

• We knit our fabrics in our own North Carolina, USA facility utilizing our Patent Pending process.

• Our Garments are constructed in Sewing facilities located in the Southeast USA, supporting other small businesses just like us.

• Our fabrics are tested at various Southeastern USA testing labs that utilize standard ASTM Test Methods.

• We import our custom-spun yarn from our trusted partners in Peru - made to our exacting specifications, supporting fair trade in North and South America.  Since we have extensive Textile Manufacturing expertise, we deal directly with manufacturers - never brokers.

• Custom Stripes: Actual stripe may be slightly different from the picture shown, as our custom stripe runs have a variable stripe design from beginning to end.