Yak wool

One of the rarer, more interesting animals whose wool is used to make yarn is the yak. The yak lives in extremely harsh climatic conditions in the mountains up to 5.2 km above sea level. Ruthlessly exterminated for meat for a long time, wild yaks currently live in the wild only in Tibet and India. […]

Banana silk

Abaka (abacá, abaca) – very strong vegan thread, made from banana (Musa textilis) plant. No, definitely not one of the fruits that we are used to eating, there are several non-edible types of bananas that are grown for the fiber extracted from the stem of the banana grass. One of them, Abaca, is grown specifically for the […]