Just as our green status affects our cooking of slow food, our environmental commitments lead us to love our handmade "slow clothes."
Some of us are committed to finding responsibly-raised sheep and spinning their fleeces without added chemicals and without the use of fossil-fuel-based power. A spindle or a spinning wheel in our own hands can give us such a sense of pleasure and appreciation. Natural dyes--made from plants we raise in dye gardens or we collect wild--add to the low-impact nature of natural knitting.
What a joy it is when I see other people finding ways of combining their love of fiber with their love of the environment:
(This example of "a-knit-mation"--along with a little bit of information about this film and also a few other examples of aknitmation--can be found over at TikkunKnitter.)
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This is pretty neat! I am also a knitter. Though I don't spin my own yarn, I do buy organic and possibly local yarn for my knitting. I am trying to turn it into a somewhat paying job, but I guess I haven't really found my niche yet.
What a way to make a statement! That is certainly a powerful video. Just like gardening, I love the personal attention and time it takes to create a work of love out of yarn, especially yarn that I've spun and dyed myself.
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