Yikes! I knit milk!
This weekend I got to try out the Viking of Norway yarn "milk and honey." It is made out of 70% milk fibre (and 30% cotton), and I still find it hard to understand ...WHY?
Of course, I do not quite understand HOW either, but that's for some future post. What I do understand of the process, however, is that it isn't easy nor cheap. It does sell on the eco-friendly wave, but I am not convinced that it is any more eco friendly than plain cotton.
But great political, philosophical and ethical questions aside, let us concentrate on the important perspective: The knit.
Honestly, it felt like cotton. Slightly less plied and thus also a looser knit than the cottons I prefer, but not at all like some brands of 100% cotton. So, why bother adding that much milk to the blend? Need I try the new 100% milk fibre?
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Hi there - just stumbled over your post looking for feedback on the Viking of Norway yarns.
Cotton, in reality isn't that eco friendly as one thinks. The vast majority of cotton is produced using over 2000 liters of water per T-shirt and a good 2 kilos of heavy pesticide and herbicides. In many cotton producing areas, other than producer Nr.1 the US who does it all mechanised, the farmers tend to die early due to cancer that affects an overly large percentage of the population.
That's why milk yarn, tencil, or soy silk are at least equally as environmentally friendly - if not better in reality.
They're produced using 'closed loop' technology, whereby the factory is cut off any extra supply of e.g. water. What once is in, stays in, and that's how the factory works.
So - unless you get around to actually breed or grow your own fibre, milk yarn is probably an equally good choice as cotton, or many of the other natural fibres for that matter.
Cheers,
Pamela
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