Possum Wool Neckies (neck gaiters, neck tubes)

40% Possum Fur, 50% Merino Wool, 10% Nylon.

We sell 150 of these every year, often repeat orders. Everybody needs at least two of these. Useful as neck gaiters, ear warmers, hats. When you don't have a turtleneck and you wish you did, presto. It is impossible to have a cold neck with one of these on. Also a good supplement to a too-thin beanie.

Washing: Gentle, warm, no dry unless you want it to shrink. Shrinking is not bad--it'll always fit your neck; it just might be a little harder to pull off with a mittened hand. 

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STORY BEHIND POSSUM WOOL

Every night, imported and now invasive Australian opposums eat 20 tons of native New Zealand forest, and gobble up flightless birds and bird eggs as they go. The NZ gov’t and people in general are sick of it but used to it. It’s amazing that the whole country doesn’t look like a golf course. The possums multiply fast and have no predators. Ugly scene, fascinating but no fun to talk about, but sometimes you just need to know.

As a way to kill off the bad possums, the NZ gov’t encourages and helps subsidizes businesses that make things out of possum wool. These NW Woolies (a blend of merino, possum, and nylon (“for strength”) came of that plan, and us importing them and you buying them greases the skids.