Q&A

Tom makes each hat lovingly by hand in between his FT time job. He’s working as fast as he can to keep them in stock year round. You can join our email list to be notified when a batch of new hats becomes available.

Congratulations, you now own a felted hat. It will still be beautiful and soft – just a little shorter and tighter depending on water temp and machine cycle used. Try to stretch in shape and lay flat to dry.

Alpaca fiber is warm.  I love using a lightweight hat for working outside or going out on a windy / fall day or sunny cold winter day.

I personally consider Medium Weight best for solid winter protection or evening outdoor shenanigans  – this is the work horse hat weight i prefer when i am out chopping ice and doing chores all day.  If you live in the teens or below zero zones, a med-heavy/heavy weight is probably a better choice. I occasionally wear a heavy weight here in Texas during our freaky winter storms but then again i am always cold and the wind really bothers me.  Tom never wears a heavy weight because it’s just too hot. It comes down to personal preference so i can’t really give you a “perfect” answer here.

I do my best to accurately photograph the hats, please keep in mind computer monitors can vary. I hope you find your hat to be even more beautiful in person.

We do our best to list accurate measurements. Everyone has a different head shape and personal preference on how they like to wear beanies. I consider myself to have a smaller head so i prefer to buy a 8-9” hat for ear coverage. I can usually get a small roll in a beanie that is 10.5” tall covering a little bit of my ears. Our long hats 11” – 12”  can be folded or worn slouchy. Most of our hats fall into the 9-10” range.

We will be making kid hats in the future and possibly shorter adult hats.

No.

Wet and use in place of a washcloth or loofah. Scrub Scrub away.  Felting helps conserve the soap allowing it to last up to 2.5 times longer than just a regular bar of soap.

NO, but …. Do not leave in standing water. Use common sense folks.  Alpaca fiber is highly breathable so your soap will probably dry out between use depending on how often you shower.

It doesn’t take much water to start a lather with natural soap so you could be drowning your bar. Nothing wrong with squishy soap in my opinion except if you don’t like the texture. Try standing the bar up instead of laying flat.

I personally don’t feel like it is itchy – Similar to any other items you could purchase to exfoliate.

You can cut a slit in the felt and insert small slivers of soap and continue using. I personally don’t have slivers of soap lying around so this is what I do : I live in the country, love birds and gardening so once the soap is completely gone, I will cut the felt up in little pieces and toss out in the garden or in my planter box for compost or in the backyard for nest building material – NO waste, environmentally friendly.

We are not in the business of selling soap. We can only produce so many bars from what we call the seconds from shearing. We only have 20 animals so that gives us about 150+/- bars of soap available around late fall to early winter. You can join our email list to be notified when soap is restocked.

We believe in clean ingredients. Therefore, we do not use any fragrance in our soaps.  The base (listed on the bar) contains saponified oils of coconut oil, palm oil, olive oil, kaolin clays, bentonite clay, goats milk and premium grade essential oils. I will be working on creating signature scents in the future. For now some of the scents that we have carried are Geranium Orange, Lavender, Eucalyptus Mint, Cedarwood Sage and Plain. These may change depending on demand.

Wool dryer balls absorb moisture and alpaca fiber wicks and pulls water away during the drying process. Tom and I have always had wool dryer balls and it wasn’t until we started using alpaca balls that we noticed a huge difference in drying time. This is my personal experience and also feedback from customers. Alpaca dryer balls are 100% hypoallergenic so they are safe and natural for everyone.  Sheep’s wool can have allergy contamination in the fiber so if this is your preference buy from a reputable company. Alpaca balls are maintenance free and never need to be washed unlike wool dryer balls they do not absorb moisture so they stay fresh and clean. We might be a bit biased now but research shows that using alpaca dryer balls is beneficial to your overall health and the wellbeing of the planet – 100% Pure, Naturally Hypoallergenic and ZERO Micro Plastics.

Yes. More doesn’t speed up drying time.

Each Dryer ball is handmade from the seconds. The seconds are all different colors. They might not be perfectly round and vary a bit in size. We try our best to make them all similar. I randomly select the dryer balls to create a perfect set of 3. Colors will vary. We can not take color requests.

We have such a limited supply of dryer hairy balls. It is just not feasible for us to sell singles at this time.

Nope! Color doesn’t matter at all. Loose fibers end up in the lint trap not on your clothes.

Nope. Alpaca balls can start to look a little scrappy but that just means they are doing their job. They won’t fall apart like wool balls. Less attractive doesn’t mean less effective.

This depends on usage.  They can last a year or even longer.  Tom and i have been using ours for a year and a half and they are still going strong.

If you are over drying your clothes, you are increasing static with or without dryer balls.

Do your own research on this one folks. Personally, I do not. If i were to use essential oil I would research how to infuse your dryer balls instead of applying them directly onto the ball.

100 % Natural
Hypoallergenic
Reduces Drying Times ups to 30%
Conserves Electricity Saving Money
Reduces Static + Wrinkles
Safe for the Planet, People + Pets