Question from Mandy
I’m wondering about chemicals in wool yarn. I read in one of your previous posts that there have been tests that show that the chemicals in conventional cotton are removed during the milling and production process. I wondered if this might be the case with wool yarn? Or, if after an item has been knitted that the residual chemicals could be removed by regular washing? I was wondering if you might know if there is any information about this anywhere?
Thank you for your help!
Sincerely,
Mandy
Debra’s Answer
I would say that if there were chemicals on the wool yarn, they probably wouldn’t be removed in the processing. The process to make wool into yarn is much less than the process to make cotton into cloth.
Your best bet would be to buy certified organic yarns where the processing must be organic as well as the growing.
Take a look at the yarn page on Debra’s List.
