Rapanui Vegan Winter Woollies (from Isle of Wight)
Rapanui (Isle of Wight) makes lovely warm organic cotton jumpers. All are made with green energy and sent in plastic-free packaging. They use special weaves to be as warm as wool. Also available for men, the jumpers are also as waffle-knit design and cardigans.
A few of Rapanui’s range (including hats) contain recycled polyester, so launder in a microfibre filter.
Vegan Alternatives to Winter Woollies!
Although sheep do need shearing to avoid over-heating, falling over (right one up if you see it upside down or it will die) and to see predators, the conventional wool industry has many issues.
Some sheep are sheared too early (leading to hypothermia) and others suffer ‘mulesling’ (having chunks of skin sliced away to prevent flystrike, without painkillers). And many sheep are killed, when they get older and their wool production slows down).
If you wear wool, choose companies that don’t kill the sheep, simply shearing the wool: like vegetarian wool or sheepskins.
