About Us

Butterfly Alpaca is a young brand, specialising in scarves. The brand is very dedicated to the sustainable and ecological production of textiles, which makes this a very natural and unique range..

Butterfly Alpaca is run by Volker Stiens – a student with a passion for Alpacas and there amazingly soft fibre. Volkers’ dedication for this project was the driving force to take the alpaca from the field to the British consumer.

Rather than being a new breed of animal as the name may suggest – Butterfly Alpaca - is the name choosen to illustrate an organic and pesticide free environment. If you can see butterflies, there have usually no pesticides beeing used.

We believe Alpaca have the most superior fibre used in fashion production, which comes in up-to 22 natural colours. We want to make use of this natural variety and its luxurious-soft texture.

All our garments have been made of 'Farm Yarn' (www.farmyarn.co.uk), the ecological, natural-soft Alpaca yarn. We personally select only the finest fleeces on British Farms and grade and sort these then – before they are spun by a British Specialist Mill into yarn.

Rather than using cheap production facilities in the Far East – as many other fashion labels do – we believe that the knowledge and long-established experience of British Craftspeople should be utilised and encouraged, helping to stop this age-old craftsmanship from vanishing from this country.

This is why all our processes (selecting fleeces, grading/sorting, spinning and then making them into garments) have been sourced entirely in the United Kingdom.

Butterfly Alpaca – Fine Alpaca Neckware.