Qiviut is the wooly undercoat of the musk ox. It is 8 times warmer than wool by weight, with no smell or oil, as wool has. 250 or so native women are part of the cooperative that knits qiviut. They live throughout Alaska and knit designs native to their place. One of the items they knit is called a smoke ring. It is a tube that you can wear as a scarf, hat (in a couple ways) and a mask. It is so lightweight it just sticks where you put it. This is their shop in Anchorage. The musk ox are super cute. They are much littler than you'd expect with oversized feet and heads. Their closest relative is the goat. They were hunted to extinction in AK. The current herd was reintroduced with animals from canada and iceland.