Knitting Patterns for Plant-Based Fibres

Knits from the Greenhouse is one of the first books to show how to knit clothes and accessories with plant-based knitting yarns. You have to use them slightly differently so this book lets you do that.

The book features 18 projects designed to show off the best properties of plant-based fibres, with helpful tips from designers who work with them. From soil to skein to finished project, enjoy working with plant-based fibres – no green thumb required!

Use with Bamboo Knitting Needles

Bamboo knitting needles are warm to touch (over metal) and good for arthritic hands as they are easier to hold, and offer better control of stitches.

Vegan Knitwear Brands

Willow & Claude is a vegan knitwear brand, to help save the millions of sheep slaughtered each year for meat and wool. Profits support the work of collective fashion justice. You can also contact them for a discount if you are an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.

This Foggy Knit jumper was named after a rescued orphaned lamb.

A Vegan Wool (made from weeds!)

Described as ‘more sustainable than dirt’, Weganool is a new type of wool made from weeds! Made in India from carefully extracted calotropis stem and pod fibres, then blended with organic cotton.

The woven material is lightweight with remarkable thermal-regulating properties, giving the warmth of wool, without animals.

Made without chemicals or waste, the material can be used to make shirts, dresses, scarves and inner linings, plus single jersey and fleece knits.

The fabric also thrives in drought-prone areas so saves water over cotton, and is good to provide jobs. It’s also dyed naturally with plants, flowers, roots, seeds and minerals.