About Alpa
Our story
The two month adventure in the middle of South American forests and mountains was life changing for our founder Heikki: he discovered a rare treasure – alpaca wool.
As the temperature in the mountains was changing from blazing hot to freezing cold, the alpaca wool knits we got from the locals kept us comfortable, enfolding us in warmth with their silky touch.
We had never worn anything like this and wanted to combine this wonderful material with scandinavian aesthetics and quality of past decades.
When we got back to Finland Heikki and his textile designer sister Ainomaria started designing our first garments.
Our promise – the best piece of knitwear you will ever have
The finest natural materials
Since 2012, we are striven to give you a chance to experience the same discovery.
In our knitwear, you get the best and the rarest natural fibre – 100 % alpaca wool, timeless elegance and fully transparent, sustainable manufacture chain in Europe.
The best piece of knitwear you will ever have.
Timeless elegance
Elegance and style – not fast changing trends.
Our knits are known for the beautiful, distinctive knitting textures and patterns for sophisticated, understated look. Our design has been lead by our head designer Ainomaria Haataja since Alpa’s beginning in 2012.
We like to do things properly
All our knitwear is manufactured in Finland and Lithuania with modern Stoll-knitting machines. We knit our garments fully fashioned whenever it is possible – fully fashioned garments are more durable and produce less waste.
Our yarns come from Peru, the homeland of alpacas, and the yarn suppliers are carefully chosen and personally visited by our team.
You can dive deeper into the details in our extensive and fully transparent sustainability report.