Snuggly Toes

Natural Feet Warmers, Made in the U.S.
Warm feet, warm feet, warm feet. It's that simple. Snuggly Toes alpaca feet warmers will keep your feet warm all winter. The alpaca fiber makes these feet warmers so warm. The processing makes them incredibly durable. The alpaca fiber is spun into yarn, knit into a "blanket," then felted into fabric. Here's the whole process. You slip the feet warmers into any shoe, boot or slipper. The Snuggly Toes feet warmers will last all winter.

NEW ALPACA PRODUCTS

SnugglyToes.com is expanding. I'm so excited about our new alpaca products. The alpaca industry is becoming a fiber industry. Many people who raise alpacas are using the wonderful fiber they grow to make unique, quality alpaca products. I want to showcase those North American made products. Alpaca down alternative bedding will keep you snug as a bug in a rug. Imagine wrapping yourself in an alpaca duvet at night. Yummy! Or, if you're on the couch, an alpaca blanket would be just perfect. The classic designs, plaid and houndstooth, are fabulous.

If you make an alpaca product and would like to see it on SnugglyToes.com, please e-mail me. Meredith@SnugglyToes.com

Warm Pet Beds

Alpaca Pet Beds, Made in the U.S.

Pamper your pet with a super warm pet beds stuffed with alpaca fiber. Dogs and cats love these warm pet beds because they're squishy and toasty. Owners love these alpaca pet beds because the fiber stays put! No more bare spots. Baffles in the pet bed pillow keeps the warm fiber where it's supposed to be. The alpaca pet bed is washable and the cover is removable for more frequent washings.

Springtime Farms

Springtime Farms is a small, American farm working toward self-sustainability. The alpacas are the center of owner Meredith O'Neil's world. The motto is simple: "Alpacas are Number One." There is one employee, 35 alpacas, 7 goats, 5 dogs and a cat on the farm. Meredith is the owner, head pooper scooper, chore doer, and alpaca lover.

Alpacas are very good at growing fiber. Using that fiber is good for the farm, the alpaca industry and the people who use the alpaca products. That's what turned Meredith into the fiber enthusiast who makes Snuggly Toes feet warmers and warm pet beds, by hand.

Snuggly Toes
Snuggly Toes are brought to you exclusively by Springtime Farms. Alpaca fiber is an incredible, luxurious natural fiber. Usually people say "Oooooh" or "It's so soft" the first time they touch alpaca fiber. It is warmer and softer than wool. Meredith likes it better than cashmere. Cashmere itches her skin but not alpaca. Snuggle up with alpaca warmth! Whether you buy Snuggly Toes feet warmers or other finished alpaca products, you'll be so glad you did. It's too bad the internet doesn't have touch-o-vision. Touching alpaca fiber is just heaven.

Your feet will be warm, warm, warm with Snuggly Toes feet warmers. Have the warmth, comfort and durability of Snuggly Toes this winter.

Here's how Snuggly Toes are made:

First, of course, the alpacas lounge around, graze grass, eat hay, look darling and take the year to grow their fiber for you. A professional shearer gives the alpacas a hair cut in the spring/early summer. Except for their pride, the alpacas are not hurt.

Snuggly Toes feet warmers are made in the U.S. The fiber is spun at another small alpaca farm in New York. They have professional spinning machines.

When the yarn comes back to Oregon, Meredith knits it into a blanket. The blanket is thrown in the washing machine on hot, and it felts. All the fibers suck onto each other. The result is a thick material. Those fibers are so interwoven and stuck together, the fabric is NOT coming apart. Snuggly Toes feet warmers are then cut from the fabric. The fabric is so durable, it doesn't even need a stitch along the edge to keep it in tact.

Snuggly Pets Pets love to snuggle up with alpaca warmth too!

In fact, Meredith got the idea for warm alpaca pet beds from her house dog, Grace. Meredith was drying fiber on the floor and Grace kept laying on it!

The alpaca pet beds are a great supplemental product from a fiber use point-of-view. The fiber from the neck and legs of an alpaca can be harder to spin. It almost certainly requires more preparation.

Alpaca leg and neck fiber can be shorter than the fiber on an alpaca's back. It can also be different lengths. Mills have length requirements. Lastly, it's not as soft. So while it's possible to have it spun into yarn, Meredith decided to use it as stuffing for warm pet beds instead.

Meredith wants all her products to last. What's the most annoying thing about other pet beds? For her it was the bare spot that always appeared in the middle of the pet bed after it was used. Her solution? Baffles. Meredith sews baffles into the pillow of the warm pet beds. The baffles keep the fiber in place.

Each alpaca pet bed also comes with a washable cover that protects the pillow, and makes it easy for you to clean the pet bed.

The pillow is also washable, although it must be washed on cold and air dried.

A customer in Savannah loves her alpaca stuffed cat bed because her cat, Decker, no longer sleeps on the furniture. He sleeps on his alpaca pet bed.

Another had to buy a second alpaca stuffed dog bed because his dogs were fighting over the first.

Meredith's a little biased, but she loves her alpacas, their fiber, and the finished products she makes. There are Snuggly Toes in 3 pair of her shoes (she only owns a few more than that) and Grace has her own alpaca stuffed pet bed, of course!