All of the cotton yarn I sell is Organic, meaning no chemicals or pesticides were used to grow the cotton and there were no chemical processes used from the raw picked cotton to the finshed yarn product. I look for and carry yarns that are certified organic and fair trade. Fair trade means that the people that processed the yarn from start to finish received a fair living wage and work in good conditions. There is also a guarantee of no child labor exploitation or slave wages. This can make anyone feel good about their purchase.

Most of the colors are color grown. That is the way it grows in Peru. It is simply amazing to see the range of Deep Browns, Deep Greens available with colors like Sage, Cream and Natural. I was so used to thinking cotton was grown solely white, like a cotton ball. Now people have access to the amazing feats of nature & man with these kind of cotton yarns.

I knit with all these yarns and love them all. They are very soft and wash very well. All the color grown yarns get deeper in color with hot water and machine drying. Most conventional dyes fade over time. If you want to keep the color as is I would suggest a cool water wash with no machine drying. There is usually a one time shrinkage of a knit project by about 10~15% in the length, so keep this in mind when working on a project unless a pattern already specifies it.

"The earliest records of spinning date back to nearly eight millennia, to Peru, where Pakucho meant brown cotton in ancient Inca. Today, native~spun Pakucho cotton is grown in natural, cream, beige, brown, avocado and mauve shades. No pesticides, herbicides or other agri~chemicals are used to grow or color these yarns. All harvesting and color sorting is done by hand, just as it has been since the domestication of cotton in Peruover 4,500 years ago."

- James M. Vreeland Jr.

For more information on the revival of colored cotton & more, go to:
http://perunaturtex.com/learn.htm

I am proud to offer 12 shades of Pakucho cotton yarn.

100% Certified Organic Fairtrade Pakucho Cotton yarn

For Pakucho Wholesale inquires please e~mail us

100% Organic Peruvian Flamme Cotton yarn

100% Certified Organic Fair Trade Chunky Handspun Cotton yarn
(In natural and 29 veggie dyed color)

Organic Cotton Yarn Sample Color Card