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After years of flirting with cutesy earmuffs, fuzzy headbands and - yikes - even fashion turbans, it's time to face the facts: There's simply no substitute for the grand old tuque. Whether lined ...
The tuque consists of an inner cap made up of a qiviut blend (35 percent qiviut, 35 percent cashmere, 30 percent wool) nested under a protective, 100-percent merino outer.
If you are opposed to dead animals on your head or even facsimiles of them, you are left with a wool tuque, which may not make you look like a Russian general but will never – at least not in ...
The Canadian attitude toward the newcomers stands in stark contrast to the mood in the United States.
The tuque, a 150-year-old symbol of French-Canadian nationalism, gets a high-end redesign.
For many Canadians, wool is wool. For fibre enthusiasts, qiviut is one of the best wools around — and a woman from the Beaufort Delta is spinning out yards of the stuff in Alberta.
It's made from a blend of merino wool, cashmere and qivit (sustainable wool hand brushed from Canadian muskox), plus the design is based on 18 months of research into what makes a great tuque!
She came up with the unlikely idea of knitting 25,000 wool tuques – or hats – to be presented as a welcoming gift for every refugee. “Every baby born in Quebec is given a little tuque in the ...
So I donned my ultimate defense: woolen Malone pants over long johns, one layer of wool shirt and two of fleece, and a down jacket … fleece mittens and a wool tuque.
Whether you call them beanies, tuques or simply wool hats, a lot of downhill skiers take the risk of wearing the things instead of helmets, as they're so much more comfortable. Well, that's why ...
The “world’s best tuque” by Toronto’s Frontier costs $200 and is made with merino wool, cashmere and qiviut muskox wool.
Home Economy These muskox-wool hats are the warmest tuques you can find — and they help support a whole community Tanis Simpson in Inuvik last summer.