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Merino wool
Merino.com, "No finer feeling"
Merino Fibre
"There is wool, there is fine wool, and there is Merino. Nothing else feels like it, or looks like it, or wears like it. And no man-made fibre can compete with the attributes nature has given Merino in such abundance. The way it keeps you warm in winter, but cool in summer. The way it yields to the softest touch, but stubbornly resists creasing. The way it shrugs off stains and keeps its colour when washed. And unlike any synthetic material, Merino fibre is an entirely renewable natural resource. As long as there is water and sunshine and grass, and sheep to eat it, there will always be Merino. And as long as there is Merino the designers and retailers of the world’s most beautiful clothing will accept no substitute." Merino.com
Merino Research
- Finest and softest wool of all sheep
- Used for highend performance wear,
- Finer fibres and softer scales
Knitwear Inspiration
Knitwear Inspiration
Wednesday
Sustainability and ethical textiles
I feel as a designer I can implient small scale changes which will help the long term effects of ethical textiles as well as textiles that are sutainable. After watching the documentary I attended a seminar to discuss what we had seen. A few areas of conversation interested me and I intend to look into them further at a later date;
- Frabric reusable bags to replace plastic carrier bags from supermarkets ect.
- The company tried to "do their bit" by advertising a fabric reusable bag as fashionable.
- Bleached cotton fabric bag sold at £5 from Sainsbury's
- Promoted through celebrities
- Soon caught on to be a fashion fad
- However the fabric bags where being shippped from China, and therefore had a big Carbon Foot Print.
- Positive side however raised awearness to a mass audience and made sustainable textiles fashionable!
Exhibitions and Craft Fairs
- 2013
- December 6th- Lavenham Christmas Festival
- November 9th- Lavenham Christmas Fair, Suffolk
- November 8th- Cockfeild Christmas Shopping Event
- NOW ON: November 19th-30th No.70 Pop up Shop, Lavenham
- October 12th- Autumn Craft Fair, Hadleigh Town Hall, Suffolk
- 2012
- November 16th- Christmas Shopping Event, Suffolk
- June 27th- 30th July- New Designers
- June 26th- 3rd July 2012- Degree Show, Norwich
- February 2012- Premier Vision, Paris