A warm haze

A woolly haze hangs around this piece of ribbed stitch knitwear. It reassures its wearer: I will keep you warm. Visit your local, artisanal yarn shopwhere I live in The Hague, this is for example Cross & Woodsand you can see and feel for yourself the great variety of fibres that can provide this warm and comfortable feeling. But, the warmest of all are the yarns that are carded and spun from the coats of animals: the alpaca, the yak, the angora and, of course, the sheep. Unsurprisingly, there are also other niches in the world of yarn, such as wool spun from the sheddings of cats and dogsSee for example this shop on Etsy or this article in the Times But then came CAPSEL, introducing yet another mammal to the family of woolly yarns...