Factories closed. This family thrived with wit & old machines
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- Опубликовано: 13 авг 2022
- As textile competition from other countries hit the valleys in Northern Italy, concentrating most of the country's highly-specialized haute-couture industry, thousands of families from the Alpine regions migrated into the industrial core of the Po Valley, what Italians call the Pianura Padana.
The Biellese Alps, a sub-range of the Pennine Alps between Piemonte and Aosta, shaped its prosperity around one textile manufacturer of global reach: Ermenegildo Zegna. The area, located one hour northeast of Turin, experimented with the growing competition of big-scale industrial offshoring.
Concerned about his future and that of his family, Andrea Trinchieri decided to stay and to double-down in high-quality local production, aware of the importance of accumulated know-how and craftsmanship to produce the best clothing out of the best quality garments like the alpaca wool he now produces in his family farm along with his wife, Nadia Foglia.
Andrea has even invented a wooden loom that blends precision with the need for a human artsy touch, something very difficult to replicate in places driving down prices by creating unsupervised economies of scale.
Years ago, Andrea Trinchieri bought a few alpacas to help mow his lawn, but soon he and his wife Nadia Foglia had installed spinning machines at home and were selling their yarn and knitwear as a full-time job.
They do it all - shearing, cleaning, carding, spinning, weaving, and even a bit of dying (with plants) - so the final product is "kilometer zero."
Initially, it wasn't easy to find equipment for their small batch farm; their first purchase was a carding machine from 1890. Over time, Andrea has built custom machine parts and even his computer-assisted wooden loom.
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This is the kind of people that makes the world progress and function.
We need more of these, and less of the negative destructive kind.
Are these the Happiest people on earth? So much lol and giggling. Pure JOY.
What a beautiful family. You can tell they love what they do. Im a beginner weaver and found their looms fascinating
Wow! How wonderful. Andrea is a creative, mechanical genius! It's refreshing to see an animal husbandry farm that doesn't end up harming the animals for their profit.
Fascinating family and their wool products are beautiful. We need more people like these in the world.
What a beautiful, happy family. Thank you so much for making me smile :)
even the dogs were kissing the alpacas in the last few seconds! so much peace, love, and joy! the people love the alpacas. the alpacas love each other, the people, and the dog. the people love their lives. this is the perfect definition of beauty. I want this! I think I will just rewind and watch it again, lol.
He is right, the first computer was based on the Jacquard loom...the punch cards were based on the cardboard cards for the patterns... They are true makers ! Wonderful family...
SAS
Miles of smiles. This family seems so harmonious and they made us smile too.
You bring another version of sustainability, with this family ,their alpacas and the use of the wool. Great wonderful things.
I enjoy the videos you produce, but I especially enjoyed watching this family's extraordinary second act in life's journey.
Thanks, and always appreciated.
Thanks Gerald. I really liked this family as well. They are still very curious and excited about so much.
Found you here also, Gerald. LOL
For some reason this video gives me peace that lasts all day 🙏
I love humble people who make no big show about their extraordinary talents...
What a delightful family! They love their animals and produce very high quality products from them.
The stories you show through your videos are full of passionate people living a life of fulfilment.
Beautiful family! Beautiful place!
Thanks for the content you provide!
🌷Sam 🇨🇦
These old technologies will survive and be more useful to a community in a collapse of society. These people will not be left out in the cold or go hungry. Great people.
Their attempts to speak English are hilarious but charming.
Their dedication to their craft and humbleness are awe inspiring.
1000 times better than my attempts to speak Italian!
@@DWilliams-ce8nb True, but still hilarious. Some American comedian will see it and use it as a material.
I get it, they are crafty, industrious, earnest, gleaming naivete in their way of life.
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Such a wonderful, loving & talented family. May God Bless them.
Great to see people loving and respecting animals, somehow the human race needs needs to come to this conclusion.
I love knowing that there are families dedicated to continuing "simple" crafts. When you first introduced the CAD Loom, I immediate thought of Jacquard but never expected to see the world's first computer in this video! You doubly made this nerd's day
I am so impressed with this lovely family! True artists.
The most beautiful thing I've watched in a very long time. Thank you for introducing these wonderful people and their pets to us.
What a wonderful family and their alpacas that both provides them with joy as well as a living. Years ago I went on a llama backpacking trip in Washington state and they don't like to be cuddled like the alpacas. I've always loved both animals. Jenny
Cool how the animals came into the building to inspect how their contribution is being processed.
What a life! When do you make bread? "When there is no more bread." I love it. I would love to live like this. Connected to the earth, connected to nature, using your technical knowledge to create fabric by hand. They are wonderful people, a beautiful family.
Amazing, I loved this so much, these people just make my heart sing! Just brilliant! The love for these animals is so sweet, I love alpaca on my skin, it’s so soft. Thanks Kirsten…..
The addressable LEDs in the foot-pedals 15:15 and the light-strip in the Reed/Beater 16:06 to see the weave better.. genius.
I enjoyed this family so much. I can feel the good energy and love coming from them and the life they live. The passion they have and showed shined through the entire video. Def my favorite from many I have seen Kirsten. ty
This is a perfect example of living in harmony with nature. Alpacas do not shed their fur and so must be sheared annually else suffer the summer heat. Man then uses the discarded fur to keep himself warm in winter. Nature is very clever.
Man and woman!
I dream of someday having an Angora Goat farm. This family makes me happy.
What an incredibly creative and amazing family, beautiful scarfs and super cute alpacas. I'm learning so much with your videos and sharing them with my family, thank you for sharing them with the world. Exito!!!
Beautiful family! amazing team of work! I always value the unsung heroes of our each and every product I use... Great Respect to them....
Genius family with lots of love. I like the way she said, 30 years ago I would not have believed what I'm doing today.
Such a sweet episode. Feels like a warm hug which I never want to end. I love seeing how some people life and give such a profound meaning to their lives. I call this happiness. Thank you for sharing with us your special home.
So very lovely, such a happy family! I so love this video - it gave me such happiness. Thank you 💗
What a brilliant, blessed, beautiful beautiful, happy family. The love just permeates throughout this episode. Thank you Dirksens.
Are you delirious? Exploiting animals isn’t love.
@@icturner23 what's exploiting them? They have to be sheared to keep them from overheating in the hotter months. it's actually very bad for them to be left alone with all that fiber! it gets very heavy and hard for them to walk they get dirty and sad :( these animals are clearly loved and well taken care of. Just because they can make a profit off of the hair doesn't mean they are exploiting them, they can use that money to give back to the animals and feed them :)
@@icturner23 I don't think this sparse breeding environment will harm them and even reduce disease.
I agree with all comments, this is such a beautiful story, thank you.
*Kristen Dirksen* This was incredibly fascinating, bravo well done. Thank-you so much for taking the time to bring us along. God Bless.
Where they located?
They are in the Biella commune which is in the foothills of the Alps, about 80 kms from both Milan and Turin.
Love this story. What a happy family and what a great way to preserve a tradition. I remember seeing similar machine at my grandparents house when I was little.
One of the most beautiful videos you've made! What's not to adore about this family and their mindful and loving work from caring for their herd through all the amazings steps to final garments?! I certainly hope when he said that scarf has a commercial price of 20 euros was a joke... It can't be feasible to sell these treasures that cheap. These garments will last a lifetime if cared for properly and not machine washed.
It's a joy to see how they've even developed their own technology to accommodate the work, and the love tgey have of their animals.
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So much love Kristen love this episode so Happy all the Alpacas owners just wonderful thank you again thank the family for sharing this part of their lives.
This is my other dream when I retire raise Alpacas, llamas, sheep they are just adorable.
What a lovely family and their life, love what they do.
Amazing video. Beautiful family and adorable alpacas. May they continue living all together in peace.
I couldn’t applaud this family more!! I love them and thank you so much for bringing this to our attention. To only be able to wear a part of what they created would be such a gift. Thank you all.
More work however, the work must be far more enjoyable. Sharing life with beautiful woolly friends who give you enjoyment is far more satisfying (in my view) than mowing the grass.
What a wonderful family, so inspirational, thank you for this video.
Beautiful Family and cute alpacas ❤️
How awesome. Thank you for bringing others into light!!
What a lovely Italian family and such a lovely business they have.
I love how the Italian lady puts an "a" at the end of every word it's adorable.
What an amazing family.
Thank you for your work. You open the door to such engaging and inspiring people and lifestyles. Very beautiful family alpacas and dog included. Do they have a website or any way to purchase their wool/garments?
@@alireza_adventure how can we purchase your beautiful products?
@@leighalmond4128 Their company is called Alpacone, they have a website with contact and product information :)
Here's the link www.alpacone.it/
They live with such grace and beauty.
How special! Beautiful family! Such passion care and attention for what they do. Every detail is attended to. Amazing and inspiring ❤️🇮🇹
such a joyful family .... mahalo nui
My goodness, I have recently researched the history of the development of textile technology. Their machines are very interesting, nice engineers. awesome work. Very interesting family.
I always look forward to your videos.
Capital WOW! Family, alpaca lawnmowers! wool, They've got it all including 100 year old computers!
what a wholesome family! Love the video and the "How to" series, thank you very much for making them.
How beautiful 🥰
How dreamy living this full circle craft. So much love infused with joys of animals and the handmade machines! From nurturing then sheering wool to carting and spinning for the amazing looms to weave fine clothes! Every step is amazing! You are living many peoples dream. Yours is a very busy dream.
Thank you.
This is so amazing!! I am totally in awe how this family has developed all these skills to process the wool into fabulous 'slow-fashion' products. Very inispiring. I wish I could buy the alpaca wool from them. Maybe I can?
fascinating and beautiful life
Awesome farm life awesome products as well ❤️👍 thank you for such amazing content you've been sharing all the years I've been a subscriber and many more to come 👏
Thank you Michael. Good to hear from you and thanks for watching.
@@kirstendirksen thank you as well 👍
Beautiful family business. 🥰
What an interesting and innovative and ambitious and down to earth family.
A great story!
Oh I enjoyed this video so much. What a lovely family and they are so talented working the wool. My mouth watered when I saw that bread! A good cheese and that bread with a cool drink, I could eat that all day long. Thanks Kirsten for a wonderful video.
What a lovely family 💚
What a great video. Very Educational.
Hermoso trabajo de esta familia..! Genial su labor.!! Gracias ..... hermoso video.!
I love Italian and especially Italian accents; it's so lyrical.
Such joyful talent! Gracias🙏🏼
alpacas are so cute. i want one as a pet.
I had no idea that there were so many steps to creating the products. I learned about at least an additional 2 or 3. You also truly highlighted how sweet and docile alpacas are. Of course, I’ve heard this said before, but you can see in your video that they are pure love. 💗💗💗
That was a beautiful video. Very impressed by ALL the machines.
I like Alpacas! And such a lovely family.
Sooo much work from start to end product, the scarf cost €20! Natural-hand-made Sold Cheaper than machine made…..😵💫😵💫😵💫
Farmers do have the toughest job!
But this family is indeed one of the happiest! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
No. They said that an industrially made scarf similar to that one usually costs 20€. Their scarfs are more likely to be over 100€ each.
Hermosa gente , bello trabajo !!! Beautiful people , nice work . Lovely animals .Gracias por el video !!
What a wonderful family and lifestyle. I have tooo much to say about this episode, but no time to say it.
Wise family
Amazing family
that’s amazing! all these alpacas did all of that themselves?!
I love this video. So much joy! Thank you.
Soo cute!
Very nice video, thank you to everyone involved for sharing with us.
This is so fantastic. And so beautiful.
Alpacone… lol.
what a beautiful life.
I just watched this again. So interesting!
I happened to rewatch it yesterday, and then I went through the pics we had shot that day. I found the picture now in the thumbnail and I showed to Kirsten. We thought it was a good idea to share it with y’all. Chiaroscuro like a Caravaggio type of pic. That day I did the job just for that pic. I had to increase a bit the light since it’s darker in the original and that doesn’t go well with the hyper saturated taste of the Web.
Wow! Beautiful life! ❤️❤️❤️
I’m a weaver, and I Loved this! Thank you for showing it to us.
Wow great to see how its done so naturally
Super interesting and brilliant vid what a blessed family 🙏❤️🇳🇿🇳🇿
Awesome people! 👍😎🇨🇦📷
Andrea Trinchieri says: "Without passion it is not a good product"
With their passion you have real 'value added' Value you cannot put a price on. It is a bit of the soul of the maker (and the animal) that is added to the product and stays with it.
Delightful.. thank you for this.
So beautiful
fascinating and beautiful!!
beautiful story !!!