Warmth Without Wool: Vegan Winter Outerwear
Rapanui (Isle of Wight) is the best company to find organic cotton jumpers, which are made so well, they are as thick as wool, ideal for walking and by the coast. For other items containing recycled polyester, launder a in microfiber filter.
Out walking, follow the Countryside Code, to keep all creatures safe (keep dogs away from steep banks and pet-toxic flowers and trees). At the coast, know how to keep dogs safe by the seaside (check beach bans before travel).
Rapanui makes nice organic cotton thick jumpers for men and women which hare just as warm as wool, and ideal for winter walks or strolls along the beach. Designed on the Isle of Wight!
Everything is made with green energy and sent in zero waste packaging.
Heavy knit organic cotton jumper
This heavy knit organic cotton jumper is very simple and stylish, available in several colours. Organic cotton is good for the planet, and also means items can be safely laundered in the machine, without releasing microplastics into the sea from washing machines.
The relaxed fit features a chunky cosy knit, designed to keep you warm on England’s chilly days. The jumper has a round neck with regular fit, and the body and sleeves are slightly longer for a relaxed vintage look.
Hand-wash softly or use the sensitive program of your machine with eco laundry powder. Dry and store flat, don’t hang on hangers, as knits might lose shape.
Why Don’t Vegans Wear Wool? Find Out Why!
Although most sheep need shearing to avoid over-heating (and be able 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.
How to upright an overturned sheep
If you see a sheep on its back (due to pregnancy or rain-soaked wool), grab a handful of wool on the sheep’s side and gently roll it away from you (to right it back up (simple video). Then stay with it, until the sheep recovers and rain has drained off the wool.
Sheep stomachs will ferment grass even when upside down, and this puts pressure on the lungs and heart, so they will die if nobody helps them get back upright.
