British Alpaca
Ally Bee British alpaca yarn is an animal-friendly yarn made from the environmentally low-impact fleece of alpacas grazed on grass on smallholdings in the south of England. Alpacas are reared to high standards of UK and EU animal welfare. Flocks are sheared each Spring. Ally Bee alpaca yarns are made from best quality fleece spun in a small spinning mill in Dorset. Learn more about the benefits of alpaca.
Manufacturing & Fair Labour
This Ally Bee item is crafted in a small, well-respected factory in Hawick in the Scottish Borders, in a region renowned for long-established artisanal knitwear manufacturing techniques. The process involves setting up manually operated hand-frame knitwear machines, hand-linking of garments, a short washing process and skillful finishing. While no factory audits are carried out by Ally Bee, our working relationship with the factory since 2014, consistently high quality work and lack of employee churn speaks volumes about the favourable work conditions and employment standards.
Sustainability
Sustainability is intrinsic across the Ally Bee supply chain - from the sourcing of sustainable yarns, to manufacturing in small quantities to avoid the little discussed fashion industry practice of ‘dead-stock’ dumping, to our paper packaging, tags and plastic-free packaging tape.
Dyeing
Ally Bee is committed to spinning a sustainable yarn and the yarn in this item is completely dye-free. Alpaca yarns in this item are natural colour blends made from combinations of the many shades in the alpaca fleece colour palette. As a result, these colours are free of chlorine bleach, are acrylic-free.
If you wish to return or exchange any item please email info@ally-bee.com within 14 days of receipt of your item. For further information on returns& exchange visit the Delivery & Returns page.
We hope you love your Ally Bee purchase, however we do understand that sometimes you might change your mind and want to send some things back to us.
If you wish to refund or exchange, please email info@ally-bee.com and you will be sent the details on how to return, or exchange for another size, colour or product. Goods must be returned in their original condition.
Unfortunately we are unable to offer a free returns service.