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"It takes a village to make beautiful handpaint yarn -- but many villages are needed to make truly mindful fiber.
Alchemy Yarns, believe in social and global consciousness. They do not support mills or practices that condone human or animal suffering. They create partnerships with individuals and small companies who understand and honor the need for meaningful work, sustainable agriculture, and compassionate responsibility. Every aspect of creating our handpaint fiber -- from the harvesting of raw materials, to the environment in which our fiber is custom-spun, to the skilled painting techniques that bestow the color for which we are known worldwide -- is done with care and commitmen. They love our fiber from start to finish, every single skein we make.
They do not use any chemicals in the many steps of creating our fiber. All natural mordants are used in applying color to the fiber; indeed, a single skein of our bamboo yarn takes 72 hours to produce. They allow our fiber to dry naturally, without heaters or other stress-inducing factors that can speed up the process of making yarn. In fact, They do everything we do in a slow, time-honored, and thoughtful way that allows for the creation of the world's most luxurious yarns."
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