Buntscheckig. THE Variegated. in Swiss Angora 
​We solely source angora fibres from Swiss breeders who are committed to ethical husbandry and harvest the fur without harm to the animal.
Textile artisan Irene Brühwiler selects the fur and hand spins the fibre into a yarn that she weaves in her own atelier highlighting the natural palette of the rabbits´ furs.
Using the most precious fibres, each scarf is extremely light, warm and cosy without much hair shedding. Taking care is also easy as no chemicals or dye are added and a simple dive in luke warm water will wash of any odour and most stains. Just like the bunnies clean themselves! ​
Angora rabbits‘ extremely long hair can cause them to choke on their own hair balls when failing to extract it themselves. The Swiss Angora collection is created from wool that is brushed or gently cut from rabbits that are bred and kept in Switzerland under conditions of ethical husbandry. Most of the keepers, e.g. Esther von Siebenthal-Bolz, also spin the wool and dye it with natural colours. Or, as we do in our collection, simply work with the rich colour palette of the natural wool shaded from white to dark browns.​ 
Angora is one of the most luxurious materials on the planet. The individual hairs are long, with only 11 microns in width, among the thinnest fibers known, extremely light, and as it does not have scales, very smooth. That last quality gives it a slippery feeling and also prevents the individual hairs from sticking or locking to each other. The lightness comes from the small pockets of air within the fiber, which makes it an excellent conductor of heat. ​​

Hand brushed

  Angora rabbits moult every four months. The hair reaches an optimum length of about 10cm – 14cm and proceeds to loosen from the follicle. At the same time it is being replaced by secondary growth that will be about 1 – 2cm long when the loose coat is removed. Only the long loose fibre is removed either by brushing or shearing depending on the breed and animal. For animal welfare and best quality, any wool that is still attached to the follicle is left behind. 

hand spun

Bunny fibres are extremely slippery. Experienced spinners simply grab a small handful of angora and tea it into a cloud. Spinning from a cloud is easy and produces a nice woolen yarn with a bit more halo in the finished product.
​The processing of spinning twists the fibres, creating a biased thread. Two or more of these threads are then spun in reverse, to untwist the fibre, while wrapping the two threads around each other to create a balanced yarn.

hand woven

Irene Brühwiler weaves all scarves on her hand-operated Jacquard loom. Her knowledge and experience is fundamental to create unique scarves paying punctilious attention to design. Precise workmanship and passion for the fabric are the elements that make each scarf an exclusive examples of artisan excellence and reference to traditional looming techniques in our alpine region.