Charcoal & Cream Alpaca Two Tone Beanie

Every Edmonton winter comes down to the same question at the front door: what goes on your head? This is our answer for the guy who wants a toque that looks chosen, not grabbed. Charcoal and cream share the knit, so it reads quiet from across the street and a little more interesting up close.

The yarn is 56% alpaca and 44% cotton, knit in Peru, where alpaca has been spun and worn for centuries. Alpaca carries the warmth and the soft hand you notice the second it touches your forehead. The beanie comes from Peter Middleton, the former Ralph Lauren fabric developer who started this Brooklyn label in 2019 with a plan to make 50 Oxford shirts and still builds his fabrics from the yarn up.

It is one size and designed to stretch with wear. Pull it down over your ears and let it settle in.

It replaces the black acrylic toque that has been living in your coat pocket for years. Wear it with a wax jacket or a wool topcoat and let the two tones do the work.