Ecological Textiles

You can touch and feel our fabrics in New York! Come and see at the Future Fabrics Expo! #materialinnovation #ecotextiles #sustainablefabrics

Today we have been re-certified for the Global Organic Textile Standard! With our super team we have been proving for more than eleven years that organic textiles in a transparent production chain are possible. https://lnkd.in/ejBqYMrB #GOTS #Materialrevolution #sustainablefashion #organictextiles

We are adding new European Hemp qualities to our collection. Expanding the range of possibilities with variations in density, weights and yarn counts. We support the refinement of this strong and versatile natural fibre, to accelerate the material revolution in our global textile industry. Keep an eye on our website and newsletter for updates ! https://lnkd.in/eSMurgYh

Partly because of the backlog in knowledge and hemp farming, it is not yet possible to spin European hemp yarn with a fineness higher than Nm22. At least not with the hemp varieties currently being grown, and without using enzymatic treatments or applying chemicals (mostly prohibited by European REACH regulations). Consequently, European hemp yarn is currently always somewhat thicker and coarser than hemp yarn from China, for example. New hempvarieties have to be developed at seed breeders and this sometimes takes years.

At the Future Fabric Expo in London we highlighted our latest developments made with Dutch Wool from the Campine Heath sheep. It was a great opportunity to commemorate this honorable animal and its beautiful and versatile wool. It is a pleasure to knit, easy to handle and dyeable in beautiful shades. We love to show you the making of 'Manna'. #materialrevolution #futurefabricsexpo #materialinnovation #kempenwol #campinewool #naturalcolours

Thank you for visiting the Future Fabrics Expo where we presented the best sustainable textiles in organic cotton, hemp, linen, wool and silk. Join the materialsrevolution! #materialrevolution #FutureFabricsExpo #Kempenwol

During FutureFabricsExpo in London we show the Viking wool, wool of the Icelandic sheep. Like other sheep breeds, the Icelandic breed has changed somewhat in appearance over the centuries, mainly because sheep farmers selected for certain characteristics. However, there is a direct link between the sheep that were brought to Iceland by the Vikings in the ninth century and the 'modern' Icelandic sheep. In particular, the (relative) isolation of Iceland for centuries and the limited contact with other regions have contributed to a unique breed of sheep. The wool of this breed is just as unique. It is known that medieval sheep (more than now) had a coat of longer covering hairs with a woolly undercoat underneath. In many sheep breeds, these longer covering hairs are hardly present anymore, but in Icelandic sheep they still are. The covering hairs are long, a bit shiny, hard and water repellent, the woolly undercoat is fine, soft and insulating. This combination of covering hairs and wool is considered the hallmark of Icelandic wool, which is known for its excellent breathability and good resistance to the cold. The natural colours of the wool are also characteristic: apart from white sheep, there are also black, grey and brown ones. #Vikingwool #fauxfur #Icelandicwool #materialsrevolution #futurefabricsexpo

First bales of hempstraw from the fields in the south of the Netherlands, Hemp is coming back, for lots of applications, stones, straw for bedding, hemp for oil, hemp for textiles, Rob de Boer, farmer in Lottum takes the challenge to grow hemp again. You can see this machinery today in Lottum! #hemptextiles #hempfabric #RobdeBoer #Lottum #materialinnovation

We exhibit at the Future Fabrics Expo with local Campine Heath wool, new hemp qualities and natural colours. Mail us for a discountvoucher! #materialinnovation #hempfabric#naturalcolours #localwool #organictextiles #gots

We select the woad seed; The shell contains the seed that will germinate. We usually sow the whole seed with covering. #woad #indigodye #naturaldye #fibershed