ECOYARNS
Organic and Eco friendly
Yarns, Fibres and Fabrics
For the conscientious crafter
Autumn is here, and our Japanese Maple trees are turning colour. Crisp mornings and cooler evenings makes my knitting finger itch to start some new projects.
Ecoyarns is on holidays the 2 weeks of the NSW school holidays. We will be back 28th April. The website is open for orders, but they will not be processed until we return. Thank you for your interest.
1) The NEW laceweight yarns have arrived. This season we introduced Xie , a 10/2 lace weight bamboo in 40 colors and expanded our longtime hit , INFINITY, a SOYSILKŪ yarn, to 20 colors. The standard pack is 5 cones per color. Weavers, lace knitters, crocheters and tatters, you will LOVE XIE and Infinity.
We are in the process of photographing the new yarns and will load them soon. Meanwhile, please browse www.soysilk .com for the colour chips.
2) Tofutsies Sample Pack 4 is now available. Lots of Boy colours and pretty Girl colours. White Tofutsies now available. Dye this the colour you like! Do it yourself.
3) Kits for Felted Karaoke Stockings available.
4) Yarn 9 by the new editorial team has arrived. Our favourite Aussie Fibre Magazine.
5) Lots of Clearance items in store this Autumn. We are clearing the decks for NEW stock. Look under Specials as well as the BARGAIN CORNER.
6) Naturally coloured Green Organic Cotton Sheeting. 2.8m wide, Beautiful and soft. A very neutral green delicate and chemical free. Perfect for ensuring a good night's sleep. The picture does NOT do it justice.
7) Calling Knitters Guild Members: All members receive a 10% discount off the goods total to ba applied during checkout. Please leave your membership number in the Comments box during checkout.
8) Ravelry members: Go to the Australian Knitters Forum to find Ecoyarns SALE for the discount code to get an extra discount.
9) Tempting the crafters out there. Orders with totals above $150.00 will qualify for free shipping within Australia.
Ecoyarns started from my passion for Ecologically friendly knitting yarns and spinning fiber. I knit and spin and have been constantly frustrated by the lack of Eco friendly products on the market.
How more organic can you make wool and cotton?Actually, a whole lot MORE! Sheep are covered in chemicals yearly to keep pests and insects off them, they are exposed to injections, antibiotics and other chemicals that are found in their feed and sprayed on the grass. Organic wool ensures that there are no chemicals found on the farm and only detergents to wash the wool during processing. No dyes are used, the colours are completely natural.
Now Cotton, you say, surely that is eco friendly. It is a natural fiber and is grown from the plants, not made from petrochemicals? Actually, cotton is extremely toxic. "Conventional" cotton growing uses 25% of all the insecticides used globally. Large amounts of pesticides, insecticides, fertilizers are used, that run-off into groundwater and drinking water supplies. Not to mention the fumigation, bleaching and toxic dyes that are used to produce a single cotton T-shirt. Please see Sustainable Cotton
"If cotton were a crop that we ate instead of one that we wore, the E.P.A. and F.D.A. wouldn't allow us to spray it with some of the things we use." Jerry Williams - Philips County Arkansas Extension Service, The New Yorker July 8, 1991.
If you have allergies and are seeking a source of fibers, yarns and fabrics that you can use and wear, you have come to the right website. If there is something we do not stock that you would like, do contact us.
Our yarn company is based on ecologically sound practices. We recycle whenever possible. Please do not be offended if your parcel packaging has had a previous owner, as we aim to minimise our impact on the environment. Brochures, cards and general printing are done on 100% recycled paper and use vegetable-based inks wherever possible. We try to use biodegradable packaging whenever possible and will be using Organic Cotton shopping bags for our larger kits. We contribute regularly to Greenpeace and to Medicins Sans Frontieres.
We wholesale and retail Pakucho Organic cotton yarns, fibers and fabrics, sell eco friendly Soysilk and Bamboo yarns and fiber, organic wool yarn. We are based in NSW Australia but will post worldwide!
We now have Limited Edition Hand dyed Organic Wool, cotton and Baby Alpacas yarns.
Please email me using the Contact Us page if you would like more information on any product. On our list of products for consideration are: Hemp yarn, Jute/organic cotton shopping bags, Colour grown Organic cotton T-shirts.
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