Opal has announced a new line of sock yarn for fall.
Rainforest 4 continues the ever-popular Rainforest line with eight new colorways: four birds, two bugs, lemur, and wolf.
(Presumably it’s a rare species of rainforest wolf…)
June 12th, 2008
Rowan announces new Purelife organic product line
Rowan’s new Purelife line of organic cotton yarn has been officially launched. The Purelife line has been designed “to make the least possible impact on the environment.”
Grown from sustainable sources, dyed with natural dyes, packed in a UV-degradable plastic bag, shipped with a brochure printed with vegetable ink on recycled paper, this may be the most eco-friendly yarn produced to date. And a cotton yarn, to boot – cotton is one of the most pesticide-heavy crops.
No word yet on what happens if you ship this super-green yarn across the Atlantic for sale. What with the jet fuel and the carbon footprint and all. I think Al Gore stands beside the highway and sheds a single tear.
June 10th, 2008
Berroco announces new Fall/Winter line
Berroco Yarns has announced seven new yarns for Fall/Winter 2008:
Palace a DK weight 50/50 merino wool/silk blend.
Peruvia Quick a bulky weight 2-ply Peruvian highland wool.
Peruvia Colors a spaced-dyed version of their popular Peruvia yarn.
Cuzco a worsted weight 2-ply 50/50 blend of Peruvian Superfine Alpaca and Peruvian wool.
Geode a DK weight 50/50 wool/acrylic blend with very long (i.e. Noro-style) color repeats.
Pure Merino DK a DK weight extension of their “Pure” line of superfine merino yarns.
Inca Gold a light DK weight 80/20 merino/silk blend.