The short answer: an alpaca duvet costs more because there is little alpaca fleece in the world, one duvet needs from about 1 kg to more than 3 kg of it, and only the finest part of each fleece is suitable, which has to be separated by hand. Prices for alpaca duvets vary several times over for the same size. The differences come mostly from how much fleece is inside, whether the filling is pure alpaca or a blend, and what the shell is made of.
There is little alpaca fleece
Most of the world's alpaca fleece comes from Peru, which produces around 6,500 tonnes a year. One alpaca gives about 3 kg of fleece at shearing. In Poland, the national animal register (ARiMR) lists 9,426 alpacas, llamas and other camelids in 1,485 holdings, as of September 2026. Most of them are small agritourism farms.
Not all of the fleece goes into a duvet. After shearing we separate the finest fibre from the back and sides from the coarser fibre on the legs and neck by hand. And a duvet needs a lot of it: our all-season 200×220 cm duvet holds about 1.8 kg of fleece, and the winter 240×220 cm duvet about 3.2 kg.
Collecting fleece from small farms takes work
The May shearing on one of the farms we work with.
A small Polish alpaca farm collects between 15 and 90 kg of fleece a year. Industrial mills accept batches of 500 kg or more, so the fleece from a single farm usually stays in bags. To use it, every May we spend six weeks travelling to farms from Suwałki to the Tatra Mountains, shear the animals (Klaudia and Andrzej do the shearing), sort the fleece and pool it into batches large enough to make duvets. In 2025 we sheared close to 250 alpacas this way. We also buy some fleece directly from farms.
Polyester fibre and down are produced at a completely different, industrial scale, which is why synthetic and down duvets can cost less.
How the duvet is made in Poland
Our duvets are made by a family-owned company in the south of Poland. Each duvet gets a set amount of fleece per square metre, 400 g for the all-season duvet and 600 g for the winter one, and is then quilted, which keeps the filling evenly spread and stops it shifting.
The shell is organic cotton certified to GOTS and OEKO-TEX STANDARD 100. The quilting is stitched with mercerised cotton thread. Polyester thread is common in bedding because it is cheap and strong. Mercerised cotton is cotton thread treated so that it becomes stronger and smoother than ordinary cotton thread, and it means there is no synthetic material in the duvet.
There is also no interlining. An interlining, a thin non-woven layer between the filling and the shell, makes construction easier and stops fibres working through the fabric. Without one, choosing the right materials is critical, above all the shell fabric.
Before a duvet is packed in its cotton bag, we check it ourselves. We make our duvets once a year, from a single spring shearing, and make at most around 1,500 a year.
What our duvets cost
Our all-season duvet in 140×200 cm costs about €795, and the all-season 200×220 cm about €1,015. The winter weight costs a little more in each size. The product page always shows the current price.
UNWONTED alpaca duvet
100% Polish alpaca fleece, delivered in a cotton storage bag, with a 5-year craftsmanship guarantee.
How to compare alpaca duvets
Two alpaca duvets of the same size can differ in price several times over. Before you compare prices, ask the seller a few questions:
- Is the filling 100% alpaca, or a blend with sheep's wool or polyester? If it is a blend, ask for the percentages.
- How much filling is there, in g/m² or in grams for the whole duvet? A cheaper duvet often simply contains less fleece.
- Where does the fleece come from, and who sorts it?
- What is the shell made of, and is it certified, for example to GOTS or OEKO-TEX?
- Is there an interlining between the filling and the shell? If not, ask about the shell fabric, because it has to keep the fibres inside on its own.
- What thread is it sewn with, cotton or polyester?
- How do you care for it, and what guarantee comes with it?
When a cheaper duvet is the better choice
An alpaca duvet is not always the best use of your money. If you want a natural filling for less, a good sheep's wool duvet takes up moisture in a similar way. If lightness matters most, down will suit you better. If your doctor has told you to wash your duvet at 60°C, choose synthetic. These materials are compared in alpaca, down or synthetic duvet.
Guarantee and care
We give a 5-year guarantee on the craftsmanship of our duvets. How long a natural-fibre duvet keeps its qualities depends a great deal on care: always using it in a cover, airing it regularly, spot cleaning instead of hot washing, and storing it in a breathable cotton bag.