MUSK OX KNITWEAR DEVELOPS WARM AND LIGHT FIBRE FROM EXOTIC ARCTIC WILDLIFE
April 12th, 2014
ONE of the warmest fibres used in knitwear across the world is also – unsurprisingly - one of the rarest and most expensive, making the manufacturing of ‘qiviuk’ garments from musk ox wool a true art. Harvested from the soft underfur of this High Arctic musk ox, qiviuk fibre is long, does not shrink when washed and lacks the scales that makes sheep wool itchy. The ultra-light Arctic fibre also is about eight times as warm as traditional sheep’s wool without the bulk. It can be washed with a mild detergent and will last for years despite its ethereal ...
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