### Our story ###
The alpaca stuffed animal manufacturer in Lima behind every piece
Allin Maki is the workshop in Lima, Peru, that makes every alpaca stuffed animal on this site by hand, from real alpaca fur bought from herding families around Juliaca. The name is Quechua for a good hand. A piece is finished only when the person who made it has checked it.
- Founded
- 2018, Lima
- The team
- Family and neighbours
- Made since
- 150,000 pieces
- Fur from
- The highlands, Juliaca
### How alpacas are made ###
How our alpaca stuffed animals are made, step by step
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The fur comes down from the herds
Bought from named herding families in the Andean highlands, sack by sack, in the shades that came off the animals that season. Nothing is dyed at this stage, and the shades available each year are the shades that season gave.
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Sorted by natural shade
Alpaca grows in roughly twenty-two shades and they arrive mixed. Every one is sorted against a physical colour standard before anything is cut, so the colour stays the same from the first piece of an order to the last.
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Cut, sewn and turned through
The pattern is laid so the pile runs down the body the way it grew, cut to it, then closed inside out on the machine a seam at a time and turned back through the last opening by hand. Long-pile fur has to be worked out of the seam as it goes or the join shows as a bald line. This step decides how strong the seam is.
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Filled to a weight
Every size has a fill weight and every piece is weighed against it. So every piece of a size weighs the same, and a reorder next season matches the piece sold last season.
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The face, set by hand
Eyes and nose are placed by hand, against the standard, and secured to the pull tests EN 71-1 and ASTM F963 set out. A face that is even slightly off is unpicked and done again.
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Brushed and trimmed to shape
The pile is brushed out and trimmed last, to the final shape. Monsterfluff is the same piece without this step: the coat as it grew, with more fibre, and nobody else makes it.
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Example of alpacas with private tags07
Ready for shipment and checked against the approved order
Seams, fill weight, face, colour and every attached part, piece by piece, against the order you signed off.
### The people ###
Who makes them: a family business in Lima and Juliaca
Allin Maki is a family business, and these are the people in it. The fur is bought in the highlands around Juliaca, from the families who keep the herds. Everything after that is done by hand in our workshop in Lima. Your order goes straight to this team, with no agency or subcontractor in between.
### And what we will not do ###
Three things we say no to.
- 01We do not broker other factories' goods.
Everything sold under our name is made in our workshop. If we cannot make something, we say so before you pay.
- 02We do not quote a price we cannot hold for the season.
Our quotation is firm for seven days, and once the deposit is paid the price holds for the whole order.
- 03We do not ask you to take quality on trust.
The test results come with the quotation. You can inspect the order at the workshop yourself or send an agency, and the standards are published on the compliance page.
Build the mix on the order form and a firm quotation comes back within 24 hours. You can also visit the workshop first.