ECOYARNS
Organic and Eco friendly
Yarns, Fibres and Fabrics
For the conscientious crafter
Since June, we have had a monthly drawing of one $50 and one $25 Gift Voucher for any lucky customer that spends more than $100 in our store. All your purchases are cumulative for qualification. This month's Winners are: Kathy M of VIC ($25 voucher) and Catherine K of WA ($50 voucher). Congratulations!
We are still on reduced hours until the end of the year, but will be able to check the orders daily. Please leave comments during checkout if your order is Urgent, or select the Express Post option. Thank you all for your continued support!
Ecoyarns will be closed From the 22nd December to 5th January 2009.
Wholesale orders, please email me.
Happy Knitting and Crafting!
Vivian, Christine and Christina.
1) EcoOrganic Cotton is here and ready to ship. This special yarn is 100% Certified Organic Cotton, Plant Dyed with native Peruvian Plants...... This is grown, harvested and processed by a Womens Cooperative in Peru. They have fair trade working conditions and their work supports their families and community to give their children an education.
2) Limited sale on the Tofutsies we have in stock.
Called the Tofu Tee Kit, this includes 5 balls of yarn, colour matched, prepacked into 5 balls per pack.
Usual price per ball is $24.95. These are on sale for $88.00 only! thats a 30% off per ball. You can choose a colour family and these packs could also include a Limited Edition SOCK CLUB yarn. Free Sock pattern and Tofu Tee pattern included with each pack. Limited to one pack per customer. Hurry in before they go!
3) The SOCK CLUB Collectors Edition Now on SALE too 30% off at $69.85.
This is Limited Edition and only available While stocks last.
4) 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.
5) Continuing the YARN LOVE. Orders with totals above $150.00 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, Organic Cotton and Organic Baby Alpaca 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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