Sheep
Posted by knitforpeace on March 2, 2008
A couple of nights ago there was program on Swedish TV about the treatment of merino sheep in Australia. There is a lot of controversy about whether the practice of mulesing is beneficial or detrimental to the sheep. Personally, my gut reaction has led me to decide not to purchase Australian merino until they phase out the practice.
Why am I mentioning this here? Because in my manifesto, I talk about the pacifism of knitting from the perspective of the sheep and mulesing seems to fall somewhere outside of the scope of what I believe. Even though I’m not a vegetarian, and there’s a lot of controversy about the controversy itself, there are enough fibers out there for me to use without resorting to one that there are so many questions about.
No knitted object today. I have, however, settled on my Knit for Peace project, a vest in Goldiehair with a free pattern from Elann.
