Noro Yarns by Mercedes Aspland
Noro Yarns are an exciting range that is great for hand knitting and creating interesting garments. We are going to look at just who creates Noro yarns and what they do to ensure the products they deliver are of the highest quality.
Who makes Noro Yarns?
Eisaku Noro started a yarn company over 30 years ago in Aichi, Japan. The company products both hand kitting yarns which are labelled as Noro as well as machine knitting yarns. The company developed its own production technologies to create unique products. Eisaku Noro believes that great yarn starts with great materials for that reason they source natural fibres of the highest quality that meet certain ecological requirements. The result of selecting the best raw materials and their production techniques is that you get yarns with extraordinary colours and wonderful grip and texture which are unique throughout the world.
Noro Philosophy
In regards the raw materials Noro has high standards on what they will use. The first thing they will do before they use anything is visit the farm where it is produced. They will do this to see the environment that the sheep are kept in. They believe that the environment can significantly affect the quality of the sheep’s coat. They will examine this as well as any chemicals used and examine the fibres produced from the sheep. This is quite an extensive process as they source yarn from all over the world however they believe it is important to get the best materials to create the best yarns. We have put together a list of the places that they source their products from:
1. Standard Wool – England
2. Falkland Wool – Falkland Islands
3. Polwarth Wool – Adelaide Australia
4. Kid Mohair – Camdeboo, South Africa
5. Patagonia Wool – Patagonia, Argentina
6. Alpaca – Peru
7. Cotton – Califonia, USA
8. Ganpi – Japan
9. Silk – China, Brazil, Vietnam, Japan and Uzbek
10. Cashmere – China, Mongolia, Afghanistan and Kirghiz
11. Camel Angora – China
If you want more information on how the company sources their yarn and also what their beliefs are on the ecological and ethical status of this then you can read this in their publication volume 26.
Once the raw materials have been selected they need to create and choose the colours of the yarns. In fact Eisaku Noro was a gifted painter however he decided to use his artistic technique to create yarns rather than paintings. The result is an exciting, colourful range of yarns that allow you to be really creative.
Once the colours and materials have been selected then the yarn needs to be made. At Noro they do most of the production by hand and not machines. The idea of this is to keep the natural characteristics of the fibres that can often be lost when they are machine processed. They also only use chemicals where they are absolutely necessary to ensure the yarns remain natural. Noro also look to energy saving and so reduce the amount of time that any energy using machines are used.
About the Author
This article has been supplied by Mercedes Aspland for theknitting wool and yarn shop. You can also find Noro Yarns on our site.
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