why knit organic?

April 20, 2008

© The British Wool Marketing Board

There are many reasons to knit with organic wool. If you’re interested to learn more, click here to listen to a program recently aired on BBC Radio 4 featuring Julia Hopson from the Cornish Organic Wool Company explaining exactly what organic wool is and how its production benefits the environment.

© The British Wool Marketing Board

the organic stash

April 13, 2008

Hello and welcome to dimanche chez moi, a blog dedicated to organic knitting. It doesn’t get any more exciting than that!

Over the past few months I’ve amassed quite a stash of organic wools and cottons. My stocks currently include:

  • Gathernor Organic Pure Wool - 100% Organic Ryeland grey/brown RYCSC 6G - Super chunky
  • Gathernor Organic Pure Wool - 100% Organic Hebridean/Manx blend chocolate brown HMC 6G - Chunky
  • Gathernor Organic Pure Wool - 100% Organic Jacob black JABC 7G - Aran
  • Ecoknit 100% Organic Cotton - EK01 Cream
  • Ecoknit 100% Organic Cotton - EK03 Sage
  • Ecoknit 100% Organic Cotton - EK04 Olive
  • Ecoknit 100% Organic Cotton - EK06 Latte
  • Blue Sky Alpacas - Natural Cream 60
  • The New Lanark - Double-knitting Wool - Ecru
  • Sample cards from Gathernor Organic Pure Wool , Greenfibres, The Farm Yarn and The New Lanark

I’ve already made a top using the Gathernor Organic Pure Wool - 100% Organic Ryeland - Super chunky and I’ll be putting the pattern online soon. Subscribe to the RSS feed by clicking on the orange box in the address panel and you’ll be the first to know.