ethics, morality, and yarn : a response

The spread of fear and anger harms causes. Enough with the clickbait bull****. There aren’t always easy answers, but in this case there are. You can make sustainable yarn choices. Full stop end of sentence.

GOTS : https://global-standard.org/

Other ways you can shop sustainably and humanely include buying from small farms and local mills.

Online yarn shops with a sustainable focus. Shop or just see what brands they’ve endorsed :

EU (Germany)
https://making-stories.com/collection...

US
https://www.knittingthestash.com/


**I’m sure there are many more! Comment below the ones you know**


Bolivian Children’s Union: https://www.nonviolent-conflict.org/b...


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00:00 - enough.
00:28 - First, a solution
02:59 - fact checking begins : child labor
04:26 - Bolivian children unionizing, aka it’s complicated
06:28 - worker exploitation
07:54 - Superwash, old and new
11:11 - acid dyes
12:16 - educated choice
12:49 - mulesing
17:20 - sheep farming and yarn production
18:28 - bamboo processing
19:51 - you can make the world a better place



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