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Ultimate in sleep luxury: the British Alpaca Duvet | The British Alpaca Duvet, filled with100% alpaca wool, is the ultimate in sleep luxury – soft and very light for summer yet also providing the highest thermal qualities to keep you warm and snug on cold winter nights.
Made with wool and cotton sourced in the UK, the duvets are produced by Farrlacey Alpacas based in the Lincolnshire Wolds. Farrlacey is a rural enterprise with an alpaca farm, wool mill and workshop.
It breeds from its own prize alpaca herd, as well as processing alpaca fleeces from farms all round the country into fibre and yarn. Farrlacey also makes felt and cloth from alpaca wool and produces a limited range of alpaca clothing products.
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Prize herd: alpaca and fawn | The British Alpaca Duvet is said to be ideal for people who suffer from asthma and allergies, have a poor circulation and those who support an organic lifestyle and the sustainable British rural economy.
If you are asthmatic or an allergy sufferer, you’ll feel just as pampered and relaxed because one of the unique hypoallergenic qualities of alpaca wool. Also the only other fabric in its construction is the finest 100% fibre proof cotton, so the British Alpaca Duvet is completely allergy sufferer-friendly.
The duvet is made from100% natural and sustainable products – no poly fibres, synthetic fillings or fabric covers. Each one is made to organic standards without the use of pesticides in the farming of the alpacas and only eco friendly products are used in processing the wool.
Alpacas are shorn once a year for their wool in late spring and then go off into the fields to enjoy the summer – and they will do this for 25 happy years. Alpacas are not farmed for meat in the UK, which means the British Alpaca Duvet meets vegetarian standards and values.
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Enjoying the summer sun: alpacas are shorn once a year for their wool | Warmth is a key attribute of the British Alpaca Duvet. Its high thermal qualities make it ideal for young and old, as well as perfect for people with a poor circulation. Importantly, despite this, the duvet is very light to sleep under and is also channelled in construction to stop the filling drifting, making it very comfortable use.
The British Alpaca Duvet is the brainchild of Farrlacey owners Trevor Stables, a qualified nurse and former director of a nursing home group, and Dick Darlington, who was for 18 years a British Airways Cabin Service Director.
“My experience in nursing,” says Trevor “and Dick’s knowledge of luxury, dealing with British Airways first class long haul customers was the perfect combination to develop a luxury product with genuine medical benefits.
“As an asthma sufferer myself, I knew how difficult it was to find hyper non-allergenic bedding that is warm and comfortable. The discovery that alpaca wool has both high thermal value and is oil free, so therefore cannot host the mites that cause asthma and serious allergic reactions, gave us the idea that it would make a perfect duvet filling - and it is.
“We have tested the duvet on many asthma and allergy sufferers and also with patients with circulatory problems including Reynauds and Thumbergers disease. It has proved a great success with all.
“The luxury is not just in the warmth but in the lightness of the product that makes it supremely comfortable, year round. The holistic knowledge of it being organic, all natural is also a great boost for an untroubled nights sleep.’
Such luxury and unique attributes are certainly not common. With each duvet hand filled, stitched and finished, production is limited to just 500 duvets a year - making the British Alpaca Duvet something for most people to just dream about.
For more information visit www.farrlacey.co.uk
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