Description
Eco Vita is a non-divisible thread (meaning you don’t divide it into strands) that is approximately the same thickness as 3 strands of DMC Mouline Special floss.
The even thickness and gentle twist make it perfect for hand embroidery, cross stitching, punch needle, weaving, mending and more.
- Woolmark Certified – Durable, colourfast, fade & sweat resistant
- 100% Organic, non-mulesed wool
- 100% Natural dyes
- Sold in 16m/ 17.5yd skeins
- Handwash at 30 degrees C using a mild and gentle wool detergent
- 60 Shades. Naturally Dyed Threads.
Eco Vita organic is a naturally dyed organic wool
thread.
All the colour categories are included with a mixture of bright and
muted tones we know you’ll love.
A love letter to nature, our 100% organic, crewel
wool thread gets its rich and varied colour palette
entirely from natural dyes. Using infusions of
ingredients such as walnut, rhubarb, indigo and
juniper. Perfect for mending, hand embroidery,
cross stitch, punch needle and weaving, this
durable soft thread feels lovely to work with and
gives stitches a raised three-dimensional quality.
Unlike Mouliné Spécial this crewel wool thread is
used whole as a single strand, rather than being
divided. It is approximately the same thickness as
three strands of Mouliné Spécial.
Projects can be hand washed at 30 degrees,
so it’s ideal for embellishing woollen clothes
and homewares. As with all natural dyes, there
may be slight colour variation.
This 100% organic non–mulesed wool is the ideal
choice for sustainable crafting.
WHAT IS ECO VITA 360?
Eco Vita 360 is a Naturally Dyed Organic Wool Thread
that’s available in 60 shades, making it the world’s largest
range of naturally dyed threads.
NATURAL DYE COLOURS & TONES
Through natural dyeing processes you can achieve an array of pastel
and bright tones. To do this, you must use quality dyeing plants and
use large quantities. With the exception of certain plants, that are very
concentrated in dye, you need to calculate a plant/weight ratio of the
fabric which is being dyed. Certain plants are chosen according to their
recognised dyeing quality and preferably their colourfast attributes.
HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE DO A DYE BATCH?
Each textile fiber and plant work differently, but the whole
process can take several hours to do the mordanting,
dyeing and rinsing.
NATURAL DYEING ON DIFFERENT MATERIALS
Dyeing cellulose fibers such as cotton and linen are more complex &
require more steps and time. Wool & silk hold colour better. Different
plants are easier to extract than others. Natural dyeing requires following
and adapting different steps such as having a good mordant (a mordant
is a substance used to fix a dye by making it insoluble) to the chosen fiber
and rigorous extraction of the plant to obtain a dye bath.
