I can actually remember the first ever "Earth Day" back in 1970! Do you?
We're celebrating April 22 all month with emphasis on our many organic cotton yarnsI
Sure, I choose organic fruits and veggies whenever I can because I eat those; but why should I choose an organic cotton yarn when designing a project?
Well, not only am I going to be exposed to the ubiquitous cotton lint as I wind a warp and sley the loom, but if it's going to be clothing I'll be wearing it next to my skin. I always thought that surely after all the dying and rinsing of cotton yarn in its manufacture, any poisonous chemicals would be long gone and washed away.
But then I started thinking. Where do these chemicals go? Down stream? Into the soil? Into the air? Into the farmer and his family's lungs?
Wait a minute! What choices could I make? What impact could I have on improving my world? How could I show that I cared while at the same time feeling good about my choices?
So I search the globe and found some good choices in organic cotton yarns for knitting, weaving, crochet and even "green-grown" cotton spinning fibers.
One of my favorites is our new 100% Organic Cotton yarn, Seedling . Seedling's organic fiber
is more robust and less stressed by chemicals than non-organic cotton, which increases its absorbency and color intensity.
Our wonderful 8/2 Organic Cotton Yarn continues to be one of our best selling yarns. It's ideal for towels, table linens, clothing and of course babies. With its soft, buttery feel, it is ideal for knitting, weaving and crochet. Similar in size to a #8. But we have many more great organic cotton yarns.
Pakucho Dark and
Pakucho Light are not only organically grown (in Peru) but all brown and green shades are naturally grown right into the cotton fiber so dying is not needed which eliminates any additional chemicals. We now have Pakucho 10/2 on economical cones, on convenient 4 oz Mini Cones as well as on skeins in
Sport and
Worsted weight. See our full line of
Organic Cotton yarns.
Have fun with cotton!
