Immerse yourself into the world of FRAAS. And into the world of a material with the indisputedly longest textile history: Wool.

The ancestors of the Incas were already making very fine yarn from the wool of the South American camel-like alpacas and from the even rarer vicuña. Due to microscopically tiny air sacs, these fibres insulate better than any other animal fibres – for example, five times better than sheeps' wool yarns. Alpaca also does not contain any lanolin which makes it suitable for people prone to allergies. Alpaca is still today considered an especially high-value yarn.

Besides alpacas wool is also obtained from the hair of goats, camels, llamas or angora rabbits – the number one wool supplier still remains the sheep. The fleece of the animal is either sheered or combed out – or sometimes plucked. In this process, which is absolutely painless to the animal, the hair which is already nearly ready to fall out is carefully collected.

To get a scarf with the typical cuddly soft FRAAS quality there are still several finishing processes necessary. First the wool is gently washed, combed, bleached or dyed and then spun into yarn. The obtained threads are then woven at FRAAS into trend-setting scarves and shawls – either from pure wool or interesting wool blends.

The perfect characteristics for the perfect accessories

The great success of wool in the history of textiles is no coincidence. Wool displays a so-called natural thermoregulation and thereby stands out from other materials. Wool absorbs moisture into the interior of the fibre and then expels the moisture on the surface – without any chemical treatment. Due to its fluffiness the material consists of 85% air which makes it a good insulator: it perfectly reflects the radiant heat of the body.

Wool is also naturally self-cleaning and hardly absorbs dirt or odors – and the odors it does absorb are quickly released again into the air. Wool items make perfect accessories because of their extreme durability. They hardly wrinkle, are very colourfast and not highly inflammable.




Last but not least…

In New Zealand they produce and use merino possum wool. The production of this wool helps to keep the numbers of possums in check which have seriously endangered many native plant and animal species.

The designation "new wool" or "pure new wool" means that the product is not made from wool recycled from old textiles.