As people walked by the K-State Student Union Tuesday, brightly colored fabrics caught their eye, enticing them to move closer. Hands touched the clothes gently, and voices murmured about the softness and the quality of the products.

"That's alpaca wool," Mario Andrade, director of the Fair Trade Bolivian Co-Op, told them proudly. "The best wool in the world."

The Fair Trade Bolivian Co-Op and Sigma Lambda Gamma sorority are having a sale of handmade alpaca clothing outside of the Union until Friday. Fair Trade ensures the profits will go directly to the farmers who made the clothing in Bolivia. Sigma Lambda Gamma, a Latina sorority, has been working with the Bolivian Co-Op to raise money and awareness for Fair Trade for more than 10 years.

Andrade said the clothing, which includes sweaters, scarves and gloves, are all handmade and 100 percent alpaca wool.

Andrade said the sale was important because it helped people in small Bolivian villages to support themselves. He also said, in the past, the sales always have been successful at K-State.

"They've always been successful because the students care about what we do and they care about Fair Trade," said Andrade.

Rebecca Ebert, senior in marketing and Spanish and the president of Sigma Lambda Gamma, said this was her third year working with the co-op.

"I like the response that we get from students, especially when they find out it's Fair Trade. They really respond to that," said Ebert.

Whitney Buchmann, senior in Spanish and international studies, stopped by to buy a couple of hats on her way to class. She said her boyfriend and brother had bought some a couple of years ago and she had been waiting for the opportunity to get some for herself.

The sale will continue through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Scarves, hats, gloves and socks are $13, children's sweaters are $29 and adult sweaters are $39 each.