Up for sale here is a hand woven scarf from the Chamula label. Chamula is run by the Meg Company, the same people that produce the Monitaly and Yuketen labels, and overseen by Yuki Matsuda. Where Monitaly and Yuketen are almost entirely made in the US, Chamula is exclusively produced in Mexico. They specialize in hand-made garments, particularly hand-knit sweaters and leather shoes. Aside from being entirely hand made, Chamula also incorporates a lot of traditional Mexican motifs into their designs.
This is a rare scarf from Chamula in their signature merino wool. Chamula reportedly only uses wool from sheep grazing in the Mexican mountains, using hand-spun merino yarns and hand dyeing them. Chamula knitwear is just about as close as you can get to a fully handmade garment.
Being merino wool, the fabric is nicely insulating and in no way itchy. A quality wool is naturally heat regulating, providing more insulation in colder weather and becoming more breathable in warmer weather. This is just about some of the best quality you can get, making this scarf a very good cold weather accessory.
Chamula produces some truly excellent quality pieces, always in limited quantities and with limited availability. Still, they are well worth checking out if you haven’t already. Most Chamula scarves are done in acrylic, but get a rare merino one here. Retail is about $150 but get it here more reasonably.
This is a pretty standard scarf size. I measure width at 61.5” / 157cm including the tassels, 54” / 138cm without the tassels, and the height at 8” / 20cm. The scarf comes in lightly used, very good shape with no holes, tears or stains. Made in Mexico.
Shipping from Japan to everywhere will be $22.
