Threadaholic Alert: DMC's Eco Vita Wool

DMC is jumping on the ecology bandwagon with their new line of crewel wool called Eco Vita.

https://www.dmc.com/US/en/eco-vita_eu?utm_source=Commonthread+Masterlist&utm_campaign=85850195b0-manual_weekly_Eco_Vita_Launch_US_23_12_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3a652561da-85850195b0-82831385&ct=t(manual_weekly_Eco_Vita_Launch_US_23_12_03)&mc_cid=85850195b0&mc_eid=f7c1b12c64

Eco Vita is dyed using plant material and available in sixty shades.  The wool is organic--but isn't all wool organic?  The mordants used to set the color aren't specified.  You can see all the colors here.

https://www.dmc.com/US/en/products/eco-vita-yarn

For a comparison, you can look at the crewel wool produced by Lanollin in France.

https://lanollin.com/en/collections/crewel-ultralace

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