Why go organic?
So these days at the grocery store there are always about 8 choices in each food category and one or more of those choices are organic. Now that’s true at the yarn store too! There are lot’s of different types of yarn now a days, itchy wool only is a thing of the past. There is cotton, alpaca, camel, hemp, linen and many more.
First thing is first, what does organic mean? For yarn made with plant fibres it means that the plants are grown without the help of pesticides. For organic wool, alpaca, or camel it can mean different things. It could mean that the animals are fed organic grains or it could mean that no antibiotics are used.
There are many schools of thought about organic yarn. Most seem to agree that organic cotton is great. There is dyed organic cotton and some organic cotton is grown the color it comes. Blue Sky Alpaca’s organic cottons are a good example of this. Animal fibres are a topic of more debate. It seems cruel not to give a sick or suffering animal the medicines they need to get well. It is also hard to know what each yarn company means when they give their yarn the organic lable. So, in short, you just have to do your research on each yarn if organic wool is important to you!
