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How toxic is your wardrobe?

By Jeannette Cook|2022-08-12T10:19:20+02:00August 11th, 2022|Categories: Blog, News|Tags: PET, products made of wool, textile manufacturing, wool, wool products|

What your clothes are made of could be influencing your health. We look at a new report on PET and a study that tracks residues in raw wool.

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Using Wool in Interiors, Featuring Neutex

By IWTO|2022-07-19T14:18:34+02:00July 15th, 2022|Categories: Blog, News|Tags: Neutex, products made of wool, textile manufacturing, wool, wool products|

Wool is increasingly popular among designers of decorative textiles for use in interiors. Read on to find out why.

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Pitti Filati 91

By Jeannette Cook|2022-07-15T15:53:26+02:00July 14th, 2022|Categories: Blog, News|Tags: IWTO, Pitti Filati, wool, wool yarns, yarns|

Green is the colour, and prevailing attitude, for A/W 2023/24. Fresh from Fortezza Da Basso, we report on the new winter yarns.

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Milano Unica continued the optimistic run of shows

Milano Unica continued the optimistic run of shows in summer 2022, with wool playing a substantial role. MU is where the tailoring fabrics find their expression and often set the scene for others. For winter 2024 those designing and jackets and suits are taking liberties with classic colours and patterns, to make them more interesting, bolder patterns, often "exploding" traditional designs and motifs. We saw: ✔️Untraditional colours on tweeds, many of which are highly decorated and embroidered or printed ✔️Fabrics making the most of feel and shine via Mohair or Alpaca in small quantities ✔️Light wool shirts in the men's shirt section Here are a few highlights – Enjoy! #milanounica #wool #iwto @vitalebarberiscanonico1663 @williamhalstead1875

Greasy wool = clean 🤩🤩🤩 Research publish

Greasy wool = clean 🤩🤩🤩 Research published earlier this year found that raw wool from Australia and New Zealand – which supply about one third of the world’s wool – was comfortably below the EU’s chemical residue limits. And getting lower. Most woolgrowers use medicine to control ticks, lice and mites, and this is the source of these residues. The study – "Chemical residue trends for Australian and New Zealand wool, by Ranford, Swan & van Koten" – tested for organophosphates, organochlorines, synthetic pyrethroids and specific insect growth regulators. The researchers accessed tests performed by Australian Wool Innovation since 2001. These reveal that residues of the older chemical groups, the organophosphates and synthetic pyrethroids, have declined to nearly zero. #wool # #australianwool #newzealandwool #cleanclothes #naturalfibers #naturalfibres #iwto

Wool trends for Autumn Winter 2023/24: 🔥 gend

Wool trends for Autumn Winter 2023/24: 🔥 genderneutral herringbones 🔥 unconventional tweeds 🔥 100% Merino in surprising shades 🔥 tactile weaves with contrasting fibres like linen and silk 🔥 decorative metallics, glitter, deliberate imperfections 🔥 glamourous deconstuction We include here some wool highlights fresh from Première Vision Paris @wearepremierevision #wool #woolfabric @foxbrothers1772 #iwto

Campaign for Wool New Zealand welcomes its 25,000t

Campaign for Wool New Zealand welcomes its 25,000th student to the Wool Shed ! The Wool Shed is a refurbished shipping container, 6 metres/20 feet long, refitted with a series of interactive stations where students learn about the different processes applied to wool, wool's uses and its benefits. There's even a mini loom so they can try weaving. And, of course, plenty of wool to touch, squeeze, and smell. The first Wool Shed was opend by HRH The Prince of Wales in 2015 at Tawa Intermediate school. Since then, interest snowballed. Three years later, a Wool Shed 2 was born in order to meet demand. Each Wool Shed experience takes about 30 minutes to explore. “We are always looking for creative and inspiring ways to share the message about the super fibre that is wool,” says Tom O’Sullivan, Chair of Campaign for Wool NZ . “The younger generations are really tuned into the need for more sustainable ways of living, including moving away from cheap products made from plastic fibres which are doing so much damage to our planet. We hope we can help inspire them early on, to create and innovate with wool for a better future.” #wool @nzcampaignforwool #choosewool #iwto #sustainable #sustainableliving

What makes wool so special? Wool's physical cell

What makes wool so special? Wool's physical cell structure is complex. Each layer has a function. This unique structure gives wool its natural ability to breathe, absorbing and releasing humidity. That's how wool is capable of adjusting to situations, keeping you warm when the weather is cool, and cool when the weather is warm. In addition wool is super safe. Wool's high water and nitrogen content make it naturally flame retardant. And wool absorbs unhealthy carbons in the atmosphere providing a better environment – especially indoors. #wool #choosewool #iwto #woolscience #textile #textiledesign

Key facts about wool sustainability: 💚 Sheep a

Key facts about wool sustainability: 💚 Sheep are part of the natural carbon cycle, consuming the organic carbon stored in plants and converting it to wool 💚 Wool products are used or worn longer than products made of other textile fibres 💚 Wool textile products tend to be washed less frequently at lower temperatures which has a lower impact on the environment+ 💚 Wool is readily recyclable: with a market share of <1% of all textile fibres, wool claims 5% within the recycled fibres market share! 💚Wool biodegrades readily on land and in water 💚 A protein-based fibre, wool does not contribute to microplastic pollution #wool #iwto #sustainability #sustainableliving #sustainablefashion #sustainbleclothing #sustainablefarming #sustainablestyle #naturalfibers #naturalfibres

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