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| Icebreaker✕ Merino outdoor and base-layer clothing; some fabrics blend merino with nylon, lyocell or elastane. | Nester Hosiery✕ Mount Airy, North Carolina wool sock mill that knits merino socks for private-label clients such as REI and L.L.Bean, makes licensed lines, and owns Farm to Feet; some programs use synthetic yarns. | Kumbeshwar Technical School (KTS)✕ Fair trade nonprofit in Lalitpur, Nepal whose 2,300+ home-based women hand-knit sweaters, hats, socks, gloves and scarves in wool, cotton, nettle and silk to buyers' and own designs. | Aclima✕ Norwegian wool brand making merino wool base layers, thermal underwear, fleece-wool layers and beanies, using New Zealand merino knitted in its own Estonian facility. | |
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| Type | Brand | Manufacturer | Manufacturer | Brand |
| Location | Auckland, NZ | Mount Airy, US | Lalitpur, NP | Drammen, NO |
| Fibers | Merino | Merino · Wool | Wool · Cotton · Silk | Merino · Wool |
| Makes | Base layers, Tops & tees, Underwear, Socks, Outerwear | Socks, Accessories | Knitwear, Socks, Accessories | Base layers, Underwear, Tops & tees, Accessories, Baby & kids |
| Services | — | Knitting, Private label | Knitting, Sampling, Dyeing | — |
| Entry price | $$ · Base layer top $89.45 | — | — | $$$ · Base layer top $104 |
| Min. order | Not stated | Not stated | 30 units | Not stated |
| Certified | ZQ Merino | Responsible Wool Standard | Fair Trade | None listed |
| Natural | Not 100%. Some blends | Not 100%. Some blends | Not 100%. Some blends | Not 100%. Some blends |
| Founded | — | 1993 | 1983 | 1939 |