Petition
We the undersigned believe that:
1. In the world of contemporary fashion and retail, WOOL, together with the skills, crafts and labour involved in its production, is currently being devalued through widespread misuse of the words and qualities associated with it.
2. Consumers are being misled, and ignorance about WOOL is being promoted, through spurious branding, marketing and product descriptions.
We agree that:
1. A garment should not be described as ‘wool’ or turn up with the search-term ‘wool’ or ‘wool rich’ unless its sheep’s wool content is more than 50%.
2. A garment with a sheep’s wool content of between 20% and 50% should only be described with the term ‘wool mix’ or ‘wool blend’ (ie not ‘wool’ or ‘wool rich’).
3. The word WOOL should refer to sheep’s wool only, and there should be a clarification of trading standards to distinguish between different animal fibres (angora, alpaca, cashmere, and so on) which also possess their own unique properties, qualities and cachet.
4. When a garment’s fabric is composed of mixed fibres with a sheep’s wool content of less than 50%, the word YARN should be used in place of wool when describing its composition.
5. Constituent fibres of a fabric should always be listed in proprortionate, descending order on a garment label, and only the first two constituent fibres should be used in the product title, marketing, or description (eg, if a garment is made up of 50% viscose, 30% cotton, 20% polyamide, 5% angora and 5% wool, only viscose and cotton should be used in the product title, marketing, or description.).
To sign the petition, simply leave your name and / or comment in the reply box below.
Yes, I’m signing the petition! Wool comes from Sheep!Where else?!
I agree – wool should be wool.
Definitely agree! i like wool!!!
Yes, I’m in!
Wool is a unique material and so should be its name.
Sheep have been wearing real wool for hundreds of thousands of years. I think we should be taking note of that!
Not using real wool is baaaad, bad for sheep and bad for those of us who love them. Especially those Shetlandsheep!
I agree 100%
Agree 100% (no low-quality ‘agree mix’ here!).
Definitely signing the petition. Protect the wool!
Totally agree!
Add my name to the list!
Yes!
Wool is wonderful!
And I too hate it when a yarn is described as wool when in fact hundreds of acrylics have died to make it!
Sign me up! I am currently wearing hand-knitted socks and a hand-knitted sweater, both made of 100% wool. Not only do I support sheep, but I also feel strongly in accurate labels for ALL consumer goods.
I agree, let’s have some true wool, or be clear about what is being sold.
Yes please. No more woolly thinking about acrylic products please.
wool is the most wonderful fibre in the world
Here here.
Shelly Kocan, add my name to the list too
I agree completely with all of this
YES YES YES!!
I agree. Sign me up.
A very worthy cause, bbehing you 100%. Lets hope it can change things!
I agree!
I agree completely! I hope this will eventually apply to everything, let’s stop false advertising.
Thanks for making this possible, all consumers have a right to know what they are wearing. The more wool the less sweat and the happier our hard working shepherds will be.
This is a really good idea. It is about time that people were told what they are buying and not lied to.
My Christmas list is made up of woolly goodness from Jamieson & Smith (I’ve been a very good girl), I wouldn’t dream of knitting with anything else, love love love wool! So sign me up! Where would my beloved shawls and fair isle be without it?
Great idea!
Wool is not a generic term for “warm thing”! Let’s value our natural resources and celebrate all things sheepy.
Totally and utterly agree
I agree.
This is a fantastic idea!
Read your labels – 100% wool please!
Hear! Hear!
Aye Aye. All in favor.
Yes, great idea! 100% wool, please.
Thank goodness someone at last is shouting about this. I could not agree more.
I completely agree. I feel baffled that 100% wool could mean anything other than 100% wool.
agreed and signed.
I agree too!
100% wool rules. Anything else is a bad word…
yes!
I so agree with this.
I completely agree and am more than happy to add my name to the list!
Wool is from sheep. Everything else has its own name. And wool is nearly always best.
“If it’s not wool, don’t baaaaaa it.” Maybe the world is ready to change and label correctly. I love wool, and in fact got my Jamieson and Smith wool package today to begin “Sheep Heid.” Whoopee.
I agree!
Absolutely!
Wovember has my wholehearted support, off to spread the word.
finally. the truth.
Totally agree!
Like many other things, using ‘wool’ for wool only is logica! lWonderful work, both of you- the button is up and I’m going to post about it later today.
You’re a wonder, Kate Davies! So much energy.
I agree too. And am proud to support Wovember.
I’m signing! Good luck!
I agree!!!
REAL WOOL from REAL SHEEP. Wouldn’t have it any other way.
You have my wholehearted agreement!
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( I just put on my favorite pair of wooly fingerless- mitts to type this
Why settle for acrylic when there’s a world of luscious wool to choose from? I love the fibre, love the history, love the process, love sheep! I would rescue my wooly yarn stash from a burning house, but acrylic? Pah! Let it burn!!!!
I WOV wool!
I agree wholeheartedly. Labelling garments as wool blend when they are in reality only 6% wool and 94% plastic should be outlawed everywhere. This is extremely misleading and I’m sick of it!
Count me in to stand up for the sheep.
Yes, yes yes!
moi aussi!
Wholehearted support for Wovember and British wool.
Definitely!
I agree!
Jeannette Smyth
Navajo churro sheep forever! They survived the genocide by Kit Carson!
http://navajosheepproject.com/churrohistory.html
Albuquerque, N.M.
http://www.migrations.com/blackmesa/woolforsale.html
My name is Emma Coleman, and I wholeheartedly support 100% wool!
I agree! Wool with you!
I agree 100%.
Yup I agree!!
Wool should be appreciated and labeled with accuracy!
and me!!
I’m in!
I agree 100%.the petition is a great idea.
“Wool” is WOOL, from a sheep. Don’t mess with a good thing!
Can’t beat the warmth of 100% wool.
Hear hear!
I’m in!
Joana Osório
Everything has a place in this world, I just wish everything was labelled correctly!
Wool is cool. Hurray for sheepy goodness!
Agreed!
yes, and thank you.
Only Wool is wool, and it’s best.
Agreed!
I wholeheartedly agree with the aims of WOVEMBER.
Sarah Campbell
Hell yes! Go sheep!
add my name to the petition. Annoys me intently when a garment is wrogly labelled wool!!
My 100% wool arrived today from Jamieson and Smith. Happy day!
Yup, sign me up.
Laura Hall Briedis
I am in agreement!
Agree 100% to 100% wool! Cx
“Baaaa” (I agree)
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Yes, yes and yes again. Wool all the way!
Totally agree and happy to sign. Carol
Okay I’ve signed. All for Real Wool.
I love knitting with WOOL.
Totally agree!
Nothing in the world like wool. This is a wonderful idea!
Aye. Sick and tired of finding nylon socks for sale with skimpy amounts of wool, or “wool blend” coats that contain less wool than my belly button lint.
Wool baby, yeah!!
There’s no mistaking real wool, and one looks sheepish in anything else
Lets hear it for our favourite fiber!
Agreed!
Wool is the worthiest fiber worldwide!
I’m signing, from NZ where at the moment wool use is reducing as we’re heading into summer; in winter though I’m very woolly!
I agree
Baa baa black sheep have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full! Don’t mess with history!
Agreed. Truth in labeling is always a good idea. If we don’t demand wool, then someday there won’t be any.
Yes, it’s hard enough to find the right yarn for a project. We don’t need misleading labels to make it worse!
I agree!
Yes, yes, a thousand times, yes!
Yes!
Wool, wool and more wool!!! 100% sheep made wool for me please…
Wool Rules!
This is great! Absolutely agree.
Yes! NOTHING breathes like 100% wool.
I couldn’t agree more.
I totally agree in this age of not marking what is actually in textiles. 100% wool all the way!
Yes! Woot for wool!
I agree!
Correcting the Wikipedia entry for wool would be a good starting point..
Heck yes.
YES, I AGREE!
I support!
100% agree
Good job! Count me in, too. The more natural wool the better for all. And let’s preserve those rare sheep breeds, with all their wonderful, individual wooly qualities. Thank you, Kate and Felicity.
absowootely
Count me in!
I agree with the terms listed above, and I refer any inquisitive reader to research the ‘Woolmark’ license and branding system currently in place in Australia – a system that was designed to pre-empt quite a lot of the problems listed in this petition.
More info can be found here: http://www.wool.com/Design-and-Market_Woolmark-license-and-brand.htm
Good luck!
Yes, I happily sign this petition!
Thanks for taking the lead on this Kate.
Thank you! I am more than happy to sign this.
I agree.
Wool 100 %
Wool. 100% Wool
If the term “champagne” can only be applied to the beverage from a certain region of a particular county, then it’s certainly reasonable to come up with some term or logo that makes it clear a product is 100% from sheep.
In fact, there is such a logo [http://images.all-free-download.com/images/graphicmedium/pure_wool_logo_30334.jpg]. Wool blend also has it’s own logo [http://www.seeklogo.com/images/W/Wool_Blend-logo-54885443A0-seeklogo.com.gif].
For hand-made items produce from 100% wool, it might be interesting to include a sample of the fibre with instructions on how to test that an item is pure wool. From the Make it with Wool website, “Place a 1″ fabric square in 1 cup new Clorox bleach for several hours. 100% wool will have no residue; wool blends will have fibers remaining.”
I wool sign the petition please and thank you.
Lori
Petition signed!! Wool is my favorite fiber by far =)
YAY! Wool.
Agreed.
I agree and I want to sign the petition.
Yes, 100% wool is the only wool!
Yes!
I´m happy to sign it. I LOVE wool!! And use things I made with it all year around. Especially during the long cold winter here in the northern of Sweden. =)
I agree!!!
Yes please, let’s hear it for all underappreciated sheep!
I agree.
I reply!!
Agree with the petition.
Yes, of course I sign!!!
I agree heartily!
Yess! Wool rules!
Yes, I agree completely. Please add my name to the list.
Couldn’t agree more – you’ve found the bee in my bonnet! Thank you for starting this brilliant campaign.
I totally agree . Wool is a wonderful thing and should not be mis-represented .
wool only comes from four legged wooly animals not oil wood/goats/rabbits etc only from sheep and there are so many breeds that you are able to get many looks from the right breed go wool
Sue Davies
WALLACE DAVIES
Here Here!
I agree. Please add me to the petition.
I completely agree!
I agree!
an end to all the woolly minded descriptions must begin NOW!
Of course!
I agree !!!! wool = sheep ……….. and nothing else !!!!
Yes, I agree. We need to spread the appreciation for wool.
Good luck with this petition and glad to add my name to the others.
I totally agree. Please, sign me up.
Agnès Argan (from France)
100% agree and love the idea of Wovember. Will this be a regular thing?
I do wonder why the Wool Marketing people haven’t been protecting the name of wool.
I wholeheartedly agree!!
I agree (with it all but I love number 5)
Yes! to 100% beautiful, 100% natural sheep’s wool!
I am already always telling people about wool, but will do so during Wovember with even more enthusiasm!
I agree. I get very cross when I look at something described as wool and it obviously isn’t. Wool is a fabulous material and should be more valued.
yep – totally agree with this!
If various kinds of food and drink can have their name protected so should wool!!!!! I really, really love WOVEMBER!
Agree and I sign this as well.
Hooray for you I totally agree!!
I support this totally and hope that the powers that be recognise your objectives.
i agree
GO WOOLLY GOODNESS!!!!!
Agreed!
totally agree!
Of course it should be real!
Wool all the way!
I agree
Thank you for thinking of this!
Absolutely with you on this. My mission is to pass on all my acquired textile knowledge. Wool is wool, and yarn is yarn and only meet when the yarn is wool. Meeeh!
100% Wool forever !
Bravo for 100% wool and all things sheepy! My office door is now sporting Wovember signage, and I’ll be wearing my newly-finished Sheepheid with even more pride this winter.
Hooray for you and for WOOL! I support this.
Here here.
Well done!
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I do agree with this and applaud your efforts to promote wool.
Jennifer Rosner agrees 100%
I agree
Totally, absolutely agree. Count me in.
Josiane Venturi
I agree !!!
Yes, I agree!
I agree.
I agree.
I agree wholeheartedly.
WOOL should mean wool. not a mix of other fibres – unless stated. the Wool from my hebridean sheep is absolutely fantastic…….and it saddens me to see the fleece from my sheep worthless.
its not right and i totally support this pettition……..
I definitely agree! I fully support your efforts!
Another in total agreement!
I really hope this campaign is a success
This is a maaaaarvellous idea! Backing you 100%
Yeah for WOOL! It been around so long because it IS the best fiber!
Yeah WOOL! It IS the best fiber!
Agree. Wool such a versatile resource. Clothing, carpets, insulation …brilliant stuff.
As both a lover of natural fibres and a stickler for proper definition of terms, I definitely agree! Thanks for this great campaign!
Wool can be soft and smooth, it can be strong and hard wearing, it can keep our bodies warm, it can warm the floors upon which we walk. Wool is one of the most perfect things in this world.
Proud to be a supporter! Wool is my absolute favorite fiber of all!
totally agree!
“Many go out for wool and come home shorn”
absolutely 100%!
I agree! Clarity of labelling I want for everything, but also APPRECIATION OF THE WOOL!
Thanks.
Happy to support this. Love my woolies! Wore one of my cardigans this morning when shopping and am nice and toasty. Love seeing the sheep in the fields near our house and tell my 2year old that is where the wool for mummy’s knitting comes from! Support this 100%
Wool growers need to get control of the message-I feel labeling requirements is just the beginning.
Agree!
Definitely agree. Spot on.
I agree and thanks!!!
Even in Texas, we want wool respected and labeled properly.
I love wearing wool, in all its forms, and totally agree that labelling should be more precise and accurate.
Down with acrylic
Of course I agree!
100% wool, all the time. No excuses. No substitutes.
Yay! I am doing a sheepy dance for WOOL!!
Woolly wool comes from woolly sheep.
This is a great idea and should have happened a long time ago! I’m glad to see it getting off the ground now.
I agree. I am all for 100% wool from a sheep for me!
Totally agree, there is nothing as good as wool.
Amen. Sing it, sisters (and brothers)!
I support this campaign wholeheartedly. I am appalled at the misdescription used by some manufacturers and make it a mission to make my own clothes, homewares etc. using only traceable pure British wools, whether for my knitting, weaving or dressmaking. Yet another consumer con – keep up the good work!
YES, Yes, yes, we want wool to say wool, and no others.
I agree. Wool is the best, and I love sheep!
Yes! Truth and accuracy in fiber labeling is what we want.
Signed!
What a wonderful campaign. It’s getting brisk out here in Canada so Wovember is perfect to get out all my 100% wool garments and wear them proudly.
Wool=sheep, sheep=wool, naturally!
Proud to be part of the petition, thank you for letting us all join in.
Yay for wool!
Definitely agree!
I heartily concur!
Everyone needs to wean themselves from the pretense that a little lie hurts no one. Say what you mean and mean what you say. Wool means WOOL – not a modicum of wool content, not a mixture. Be proud of your offerings and be honest about them. And support your local providers at all levels of the trade. Wool should be wool!!
SIGNED
Knitter Power
Yay for wool!
Sheep grow wool. Machines to not.
Right on!
mmm, real wool!
Yes. Yes. YES!
I totally agree. Slip in a little cotton or other natural fibers but those polyester wool wannabees must be disclosed!
Yes!
As someone frustrated how difficult to find a wool jacket that’s actually wool, and dealing with yarn distributors trying to bend reality when dealing with content, I agree 100% in this.
If it says wool, then it has to be wool. No messing, no false advertising!
Love those sheep ♥ and the wool they produce in all their very own natural colours ♥. Very clever sheep. Nothing should be labelled wool, unless it is wool !
I totally agree. Three cheers for raising this important subject.
Not sure if a nod from the US counts, but I wholeheartedly agree!
Yes, I agree!
Wool is amazing. It’s natural, sustainable, soft, strong, insulating, fire resistant, water resistant. You can make clothes from it, shelters from it, carpets and toys. And it wrapped around those wonderful creatures, sheep!
Absolutely! As a handspinner and knitter, who enjoys working with all kinds of fibre, nothing else is wool and we should be promoting that.
Absolutely – I wholeheartedly support this!
Keep the sheep real!
What a great idea.
Do love all things woolly.
I agree!
Absolutely support this. Other fibres have their place and uses, but only real wool from sheep only should be called wool.
great idea, I hope “someone is listening and something positive comes from your efforts. Happy to sign.
acrylic sucks
I agree – there is far too much misuse of the word wool in marketing – we are being fleeced (no pun intended)!
I totally agree. No misleading labels anymore. Wool comes from sheep and that’s it. Since I began knitting (again after a long time) and spinning I see these cute creatures quite differently. They are amazing.
Absolutely. Baah!
Agreed 100%.
I agree wool is only 100% wool!
I’m very happy to support this petition.
I’m a fiber processor with a preference for wool…count me in!
Yes Yes Yes
Je suis tout à fait d’accord.
Je suis tout à fait d’accord et je me joins à cette pétition.
I agree completely
I agree! and what a great idea to bring visibility to this issue.
I baaaagree.
I agree! Support our Sheep!
Yes, I agree. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve nearly bought a garment masquerading itself as ‘wool’, only to discover said ‘wool’ comprises a small percentage of the fibres. Always check the label, and if it’s not pure and natural, discard immediately! I only knit with pure wool, I only wear pure woollen jumpers and coats, and I only dress my kidlets and their dolls in pure wool. Go Wovember! xx
I agree completely, I love sheep and their wool!!
Absolutely!
I applaud your efforts and agree 100%
Kathi in Calif
I agree!!!
I agree
I personally haven’t come across such a labeling gaff, but I totally agree with you. Wool ONLY comes from sheep!
I totally agree, calling all types of yarn wool has been annoying me for years, I try to correct people when I can but even those in the know sometimes just dont get it…
Yes, count me in too.
Wool is GOLD!
I agree, we need truth in advertising!
Thanks for creating Wovember — I love it and am so happy to be participating. Yes to 100% wool!!
Agree, and sign on the dotted line!
I wholeheartedly agree!
Agree whole heartedly! All for 100% all the time.
Fullywoolly is in ……. my name speaks for itself….. baaaaaaa:)
Signed!!
Yes! It’s Wovember in Philadelphia, USA!
I agree 100%. Wool is an amazing fiber and should not be devalued to any degree.
What a great idea! I love wool, and ethical advertising too of course
Especially in the textile industry: in the 70s my Mum was caught in a house-fire and her “100% Cotton” nightie melted onto her. The point is, there are reasons you’re not supposed to mislead the consumer about fibre content. Other ones include allergies and the freedom to make an educated choice about what you are supporting and wearing.
Agree 100%.
Natural fibers – wool, wool, wool!!!!
Agreed.
Always pull the wool!
Totally support you – just blogged linking in Wovember.
100% wooly support, excellent idea!
Fantastic idea. You have my support.
Absolutely!
Totally on board with this one!
Honesty in labeling!
Hurray for 100% wool!!
Clear use of the term is a must
Sign me up! Splendida iniziativa
I support correct wool labelling
agree!! should be international standard!
I like sheeps and of course their wool.
I`m knitting and spinning and this is the best fiber for me.
Greetings from Germany
Hooray for wool and wooliness!
Wool has always been and will always be the best fibre for warmth and comfort in the cold. Let’s give it its proper prominence.
Whatever happened to the “Woolmark”. Don’t you hate being mislead, why should subtitutes be permitted? Give us the Real Thing!
I completely agree, flying the 100%-actual-wool-none-of-this-man-made-nonsense flag high!
Yes!
Love wool!
Agreed. Each type of fibre has its own distinct qualities and these should be clearly reflected in the labelling.
I could not agree more. Inaccurate and misleading labels have infuriated me for years.
Wool is amazing and I wear it all year! Please do not educate the consumers in the wrong way with misleading labels.
Nothing like yummy Sheep wool.
Definitely – wool rules!
I fully support your petition and believe that it is time that the fashion and retail industries get on board with authenticating the items they sell not only from an ethical and sustainable standpoint but also from a celebratory one. If supermarkets can offer customers details on sourcing local, organic, rarebreed, freedom/free range foodstuffs then why shouldn’t we expect the same from those making and selling the garments we choose to purchase?
i love real wool!
Absolutely agree Labelling should be much clearer . Wool is wool
I love wool!
Aye!
When a clothing label or an online (or catalog) description of a clothing article says it’s made out of wool it should mean the item is 100% wool not some unknown mix of fibers.
Yes!!
Wool is wool. Yarn can be anything. I totally agree.
Yes, totally agree!
wool is wool – NOT acrylic,or nylon, or ??? Recently saw item labelled ‘pure wool -80% acrylic and other fibres’. THAT isn’t WOOL. Lets all campaign for honest labelling!!!
Real wool for real people!
Agree °l°(,,,,);
I agree!
Agreement from moi, as well!!
I wholeheartedly agree!! Wool comes from sheep, Ovis aries aries!!!!
Absolutely agree!!
Great idea. Lets label things correctly. “Made out of” is very different from “made with”. The latter can be a total mix, the former inplies a single product.
Agree wholeheartedly
agreed!!!! and while we are at it. IF you want to mix in ‘trace’ contents of lycra in fabrics LABEL them. If I want the properties of lycra, that will be just as fine, but pure wool or even 100% wools which still often contain lycra…WTF? nobody there when they taught the meaning of english words or the meaning of 100%?
sigh
I agree that labels should be specific of the content.
agreed 100%
I agree. I saw a shelf in a shop today that was labelled ‘all wool £1.99′ there was not any wool in sight, it was all acrylic yarn. It had not been anywhere near a sheep.
agreed 100%
There is no substitute for wool. The real deal!
I agree!! Good idea!
Hooray for 100% wool!
I agree 100% correct labeling….
I am so in, agreeing 100%, I love the idea of Wovember and everything it stands for!
Agreed. Signed. Passed on.
I <3 WOOL!
I agree.
I agree and thanks for putting together this site!
I sign in because first,I can’t stand knitting poor quality yarns and secondly, I find it too difficult to buy 100% wool jumpers for my sons because there aren’t any!
I’ll make a link to this website on my next knitting post.
Yes, I totally agree. People nowadays are taking too much for granted, and aren’t taking the time time to learn about the world around them. Wool comes from sheep, linen from flax, cotton from cotton bushes.
I would totally wear 100% wool for the month of november, but I don’t have that much. On the plus side, I’m learning to make socks, out of 100% wool. That should count!
I agree – great campaign – real wool all the way!
Totally agree! Well said!!
Signed! And please, don’t settle for labeling and marketing things correctly – stop producing winter clothing for cold weather areas in nearly all-acrylic blends; please use WOOL!
Pure wool is wonderful – whatever the weather!
You have my full support. WOOL is WOOl. Pure and simple. No compromise.
Yes, I agree, count me in! xoRobin❤
I agree 100% from Brittany !
I agree 100% Wool comes from sheep! In addition, if you categories other non-wool fibers as “wool” you can have big problems for people with fiber specific allergies! Truth in advertising and on out labels!
My friend has 6 sheep, we are now knitting the wool from these sheep, it’s very exciting. Where I live it is very difficult to buy 100% wool and even harder to find any that will felt, this is such a good idea!
Agreed, completely and totally!
I wholeheartedly support the distinctions, clarifications and recommendations being made here. Michele Cozens of Mishi Yarns and Mishi C in Auckland, New Zealand
Agreed – 100%
I agree. Wool is from sheep and the labeling needs to be clear, not mis-leading.
I very much dislike being misled by incorrect labelling a false advertising. Wool means wool.
I agree!
No arguments here.
Yes for 100% natural sheeps wool.
Love this. Best, K
Agreed.
Wool is wool. It comes from sheep. Plain and simple. Stop misleading the public!!
I agree !!! Yes for 100% WOOL
Baa!
I agree. Wool is yummy.
Totally agree. Labelling should be accurate and not mislead.
I agree.
Wool is natural – what more could anyone want?
I certainly agree with everything said in the petition! ¡Viva la lana!
I want my wool to be wool!
Agreed!
Agreed!!!!
Sign me on!
I hereby sign and bring you greetings from the Icelandic sheep… we have an island full of them and they’re lovely!
Signing for our favourite material and favourite animal!
absolutely! i have seen “wool” garments checked the labels and found them to be not pure wool but simply containing! good work thanks for martialing the troops!
Agreed
all signed!
i concur!
100% wool!
On board.
Wool is the best fiber for knitting and the sets the standard for high quality.
100% YES for clear and honest describing. Give wool the respect and value that it deserves
Agreed.
Everyone would be warmer using wool instead of plastic substitutes. It is easy to use, so education is key.
As a long-time spinner, spinning teacher and user of wool – and other fibres, but I don’t call them wool, I could’t agree more. Wool is a fibre, yarn is what it is made into. And if it aint 100% wool, it shouldn’t be called ‘wool’.
viva la wool! ♥♥♥
Thank you so much for taking up this truth is advertising campaign. It is about time attention was paid to other goods as well as foodstuffs.
Wool should have a definition that all know and should be clear as to what it is. Preferably from a sheep.
Quote: Norwegian politician some years ago: “Sheep are OK animals!”. All for new international wool branding standards, and also hoping for individual national thoughts and aspirations on how to process the produced wool.
Totally agree
Liz Casper joins the movement. Wool rules!
Yes! Wool is for >=50% wool only!
vive wovember!
Yes!
Agreed.
I agree wholeheartedly.
I support this petition & it’s contents for the protection of ‘wool’ as a unique and precious fibre, in its entirety.
Agree!
Agreed!
Thank you for the good work! Keep on
Particularly agree with the “put in order of percentage” rule. Food manufacturers have to do it, why not clothing manufacturers?
Count me in!!
Wool is the best
Yes!
Duly signed totally agree
Hooray! Wool R Us! I love wool, I wear it every day (that is partly why I love living where I do, I CAN wear wool every day of the year!)
100% agree.
There’s nothing like wool!
Integrity in labeling.
Agree totally. Wool is wool is wool and only wool – there’s nothing like it!
Wearing wool as I sign. Didn’t realize you could get wool besides from a sheep
My husband and I own an organic wool company (Cornish Organic Wool Ltd – http://www.cornishorganicwool.co.uk) – and we 100% support your campaign.
The biggest misnomer in the world is the garment called the “fleece”.
Agree whole-heartedly with petition
I wish to sign the petition!
Michelle Bosch (Bond); I agree completely.
I agree! Baaa.
Entirely agree!
Agree!
AGREE!
Here! Here! Bring on the wool!
I agree. I will be so glad when I know the word wool means wool, preferably 100% wool!
Add my name to the petition. If it is WOOL and not 100% it really should state how much it is and what else it is.
There is nothing else like wool!
Count me in!
Wool is good. Wool comes from sheep and deserves more respect.
Sign me up.
I’m in.
Wool rules! Totally agree and I hope this will have some echoes on the European level, am quite fed up to see shops trying to sell me “woolly items” with more than 70% acrylic fibers inside!
Totally agree! Wool rules! And I hope this will have some echoes on the whole European and global fiber market!
If it’s not from sheep, it’s not wool!
100% wool! I agree!
100% wool, not less! Sheep rock! And a big thank you to them for bringing us their lovely fleeces.
Huge wool fan here, entirely in support of all that Wovember hoped to achieve.
Couldn’t agree more. What a brilliant idea if yours this is!
You are so right! Plastic should never pass for real wool!
Agree. Sometimes the only wool involved is that which is pulled over the consumer’s eyes. I’m for truth in labeling! And wool.
I definitely agree. Wool can only come from sheep!
I agree. Wool rules OK!
WOOL is HOT & COOL!!!!
Agree!!!
Totally agree, if it is not from a sheep then it isn’t wool.
I love natural fibers : hemp, linen and WOOL !
And I read tags and labels,
So, wool at 100% !
The word wool is misused over here too. Wool is from sheep not oil wells. The only fiber I knit with even here in Tallahassee, Florida. Awesome campaign, ladies.
I completely agree. The labels must be clear and accurate about fiber content
Of course wool is 100% wool.
I agree. I saw an advert for a piece of clothing just the other day with the description “high wool content”. It was only 10% wool!
I am all behind this – thank you Kate and Felicity!!!
I can’t agree more.
Totally behind this.
I am completely behind this. “Wool” is 100% wool and comes from sheep – duh! Another great thing about wool is that when your clothes are finally worn out, (and wool is long-lasting so it might take a while,) you can cut them up and put them in your compost bin!
Put me on the list, please.
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agreed! thanks for doing this. i look forward to a month of interesting reading and learning.
Count me in !!!
Count me IN !
What on earth was happening when the ‘woolly’ labelling was allowed. Please excuse the pun!!
I’m with wool all the way – Hooray for Wool!!!
Great initiative, %100 agree!
hear, hear!
What a great campaign! I am wholly in support of this.
Yes, I’m into 100% wool too!
Yes, you are so right!
what a great campaign indeed.
Count me in I love knitting with wool and wearing it
Count me in!
Why cant we expect truth in advertising when it comes to fiber content? Wool is one of the more sustainable fibers and it deserves to be heralded. Other fibers should not be allowed to mascarade as this fantastic fiber. Where is FTC?
I agree!
Word!
Count me in!
and me!
anna
Couldn’t agree more – count me in too!
I completely agree
Here, here! Now back to my spinning (wool, of course).
I’m all for truth in labeling! Go Wool
Agree on all counts – though I personally would argue for at least 75% wool content rather than 50% to be the cut-off point! When I gave up trying to find some ready-made wool trousers that were actually made mostly from wool, I found sourcing woollen fabric to make my own just as difficult.
Oh, yes!, I agree.
Agree 100%.
Sign me up!
Totally agree
I agree! Nancy Hill
Agreed, technical labels should be just that, no faffing.
In full support and with great admiration for your efforts.
I concur
Agreed!
I really hope to see this campaign making a difference.
A sheep is the ultimate woolly recycling unit with added ‘awww’ factor. Let’s hear it for Real Wool everywhere
I agree. Although, as above, I would probably push for at least 75% wool but I expect that’s hoping for too much!
Absolutely agree, wool is wool and that is that. Honesty is all that’s required.
I agree 100%
This is a great idea and I completely agree that labelling should be accurate. We need to stop calling those plastic tops “fleeces” too!
Sheep is sheep, wool is wool and clarity in advertising would be a miracle. But let’s hope!
agree 100%!
I LOVE this! Go wool!
I agree!
Love it! Agreed.
I agree wholeheartedly. I especially hate “wool rich” on knitting yarns that are mostly acrylic. I would also like to see more sheep breeds mentioned by name as I’d like to support products from rare breeds and celebrate the diversity of wool.
Love Wovember’s manifesto!!
Only wool = wool !!!!
Hi Wovember!!
I very much agree with this petition – consumers should know when their garments really contain wool. No more misleading!
Wool is the most fantastic and versatile natural fibre – all those sheep sure know what they are doing!
Yes.
Wovember FTW! And I couldn’t agree more that clear labelling is the first step to grow consumer awareness, hence allowing people to make sensible choices.
If we could now start a movement to educate people that today’s yarns are not like the itchy bathing suit their grandma told them about … one can dream, no?
YES!
Agreed!
Agreed! I get so frustrated with those exact issues!
This is how it IS and how it SHOULD be everywhere!
Agreed!
Wuv, wuv, wuv the wool! Thanks for Wovember!
Agree!
Agreed! Wool is my favourite fibre, & I’m so lucky to live in Scotland where it is so plentiful.
100% Agree!
Wool! From sheep! Wool forever!
Agree 100%. What are Trading Standards doing about this?
I, Shana, agree wholeheartedly.
woolly woolly
I agree – I love knitting with pure wool, but have to admit to using yarn with a 25% man-made fibre for socks, mainly because the 100% very natural wool socks get holes quickly!
Go Wo’
Count me in too.
Wool is sheep’s wool and cannot be anything else.
WOOL!
I support this petition entirely. Even “wool” carpeting only has to have some wool in it to be classed as wool, which is a downright disgrace, and they cannot be caught under the false advertising legislation (at least not here in Ireland). And don’t get me started on women’s clothing – it’s almost impossible to buy clothing made of natural fibres, it’s all horrible viscose and polyamides.
Keep up the good work Kate.
Wool definitely comes from sheep! The public should not be deluded!
About bloody time!
Absolutely – count me in.
I fully support this petition.
nothing compares to wool!
I agree 100%
Agree.
Wool = sheep…. period!
Greetings from Canada! Well done on your wool campaign, Kate. As a spinner/weaver/knitter and also sheep breeder for 30 years, cannot emphasize how important this issue is worldwide. Unless we support wool production all over the world (and this is one way we can), there will be no incentive for shepherds to keep sheep. Can you imagine a world without wool? That does make me shudder. Best regards to users of true sheep wool all over the world.
Proud to add my name to this.
A petition after my own heart. Wool comes from sheep. and that’s that.
Wool is wool, not any warm/fuzzy fibre or fabric.
Yes! I agree
hear her, hear her!
No more pulling the wool over our eyes with regard to wool content in the fashion/clothing industry. Supporting this petition 100%! Thank you for the Wovember education.
I’m happy to support wool.
Yes!
I’m totally behind this, wool is from sheep, not petroleum. Knit on, with the real thing, and enjoy it’s many benefits!
Helen
Hear, hear.
Coming from a nation with 30+ million sheep, I have no doubt – if it’s wool – it’s from a sheep!
!01% behind this! And I’ve been educated today. Even as an avid label reader, I had NO IDEA that so many products are being blatantly described as wool garments when they contain NO WOOL?! Thank you for this Kate!
Yes, wool comes from sheep. It’s a fibre without equal and use of the word in advertising deserves the legal protection other products enjoy. Count me in!
wool is amazing! i absolutely support this petition.
NO more 0% wool ‘wool’! I agree wholeheartedly
Hear hear!
Yes. I agree.
Agreed
Long overdue!
Dear all,
Is there such an campaign in France ?
Thank you for you answer.
Best regards.JD
A demand that using the word wool will mean sheep wool and nothing else, also that the percentage is clearly stated in every garment, Hopefully also a minimum amount of wool should be required if the word wool is used to describe a garment or yarn – in my world 75 %.
Yes I agree! I’m so fed up of spending my time reading the labels on garments to determine whether they really contain wool. It’s the same situation here in France.
Big yes from us. Marketing “wool” that isn’t wool, does honest makers/growers a huge disservice.
Where would we be without it!
I am 100% behind this campaign.
Trying to educate my 12 year old daughter into the superiority of pure woll over acrilic disposable fashion.
YES
I had no idea that you could call non wool products wool. No more!
Yes, wool comes from sheep.
This is happening in other areas. For example the US market is being flooded with Chinese “honey” that is largely corn syrup.
I agree totally. If we can’t call soy beverage “soy milk” anymore, then the same rule should apply to other things and especially to wool.
Absolutely!
Totally agree with the petition – wool is unique.
100% agreement.
Completely with you.
Wonderful Wool!
Yes. Stop the sneakiness. Give credit where credit is due.
I Agree!
Awareness and education is so difficult to achieve about natural fibres and especially wool when labeling is so miss-leading. Sadly, it has come time to legislate for this as abuse is rife.
Agreed, signing the petition.
De tout coeur avec vous.
We need to remember where wool comes from, and its not from wood or plastic bags. If silk means silk then wool should mean wool
Yup!
Agree…wool is wool and wool is from sheep…not some artificial process.
Absolutely… wool is wool, sheep’s wool… one of the best natural fibres that should be celebrated and respected!
Go sheeeeeeep! Wool is only from sheep.
Definitely! The number of times I have had this debate!
100% Wool 100% Agree
definitely!
A fiber that is not wool should not be called wool.
Brilliant! So glad others agree!
Agreed! In searches for ready-to-wear wool clothing, there are too many non-wool garments popping up! I want to wear wool, NOT acrylic. Wool is an incredible fibre, and more of the public should be made aware of it.
I agree!
Absolutely in agreeance!
Thank you so such a considered and thoughtful post. I agree with your sentiments 100%.
This should be so obvious! If people want to make shoddy quality clothing that is unsustainable they can do that unfortunately, but there is no reason why they should have the privilege of describing it as anything other than what it is. Enough of the fictitious garments, bring on the wool and having fun please
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Thanks so much for doing this.
Quite agree. Well done for starting this petition.
I agree very much! Wool comes from sheep, not plastic, trees etc.
I agree and thank you for your spreading the message in such an entertaining and educational way. God save the wool!
The garment labelling is shocking and laws should be put in place to regulate this for consumers, also if they like wool so much, why aren’t they using it? It’s a wonderful sustainable fibre.
Baa to Acrylic! Wool is best and British wool is the only thing used in my Knit your own Sheep kits, including the wool stuffing.
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I couldn’t agree more. As a keen knitter the content of the yarn I buy is very important – real wool is the best!
The use of the word in marketing like this is just another cynical attempt to extract maximum profit from consumers.
Thank you so much for doing this. If I buy a tin of beans, it’s not unreasonable to expect that tin to actually contain beans now, is it? So why on earth does it seem acceptable to label something as “wool” when in fact it contains no wool whatsoever? Seems ludicrous at best, deceitful and profiteering at worst.
Signing!
I used to work in a shop that sold yarn, and it was so frustrating to have people ask for wool, then turn their noses up at the ‘over-priced’ wool that you couldn’t always shove in the washing machine. If you want cheap acrylic yarn, don’t ask me for wool!
I fully agree with and support this petition. Wool is from sheep only.
I agree. Anything else is false advertising and misleading to the consumer.
I agree.
signed!
Definitely in support of this….
I agree with the petition.
I’m a bit slow responding to this, but love what you are doing here!
A good campaign.
Sheep should have exclusive rights to the wool label. They and all the people working with sheep and wool have earned it.With all the different sheep breeds and the great variety of fleece characteristics, wool is inexhaustible in its wealth.There is no room for intruders, no matter how tempting it might be for them to misappropriate all the woolly epithets and bask in the glory of wool. Let’s hear it for the sheep!
Definitely.
I also believe this should apply to fabric, in particular wool felt! A search for wool felt frequently leads to 100% acrylic felt…
This woolly crocheter agrees wholeheartedly with the petition, skating in, hook in hand, to sign before Wovember winds to an end.
Absolutely – sheep = wool, wool = sheep – maths isn’t really my thing but this seems a pretty obvious formula even to me…
signed!
I agree
Yes!
I totally agree!
Absolutely!
Here’s to 100% WOOL!
Wool is wool. It comes from a sheep.
Absolutely. (You should do a handmade one too!
i.e. handmade by hands not handmade by machines)
wool only wool
philippe borel
The wool, the real wool and nothing but the wool, As a sheepfarmer’s daughter and owner for many years of the wiliest, naughtiest bunch of Jacobs (Houdini in their ancestry!), I believe we should all shout on behalf of the magnificent and unique values of sheep and their infinitely renewable wool. Nothing synthetic has ever run to me across a field for a bucket of feed and an apple core, or given me the sheer joy of watching lambs and their Mums grazing contentedly.We should all support the recognition of a wonderful natural resourse and accurate, truthful labelling.
agree with all myself!!
Agreed – false advertising is just wrong. We had to be taught to read food labels because those ingredients were suspect (and probably still are in some cases, or at least confusing!); now we have to read clothing labels, too.
Excellent petition, well done (or wool done!)
As a spinner/indie dyer/knitter I LOVE WOOL!!!!!! False advertising is false advertising, I hope such adverts can be banned. Wool is precious!!
I agree! I also think that there needs to be a difference in marketing and sales for yarn. As it is today, far to many people go into a shop and buy ‘wool’, when they are actually buying yarn that’s 100% acrylic. Stop calling it wool, people! It’s yarn! Not all yarn is made from wool!
I agree with this petition
It’s a disgrace and the law should be changed.
Kathy Guenther
Yes, I agree!
There is definitely no substitute for wool! All power to your elbows in your effort to prevent false advertising.
Another reason to wear wool, the real FLEECE: scientists are finding tiny particles of PLASTIC in the ocean life and on the beaches from people washing their “FLEECE”, aka plastic, clothing . eek ! http://news.discovery.com/earth/washing-machine-pollutes-… and
http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=…
http://pubs.acs.org/iapps/wld/cen/results.html?line3=clothing+sheds%20microplastics%20into%20sea
100% wool should mean 100% wool and 100% British Wool needs it’s own label!! Trading standards should require that material content is listed as percentages, maybe provenance should be required too?
I am a spinner and weaver and love using pure wool in all of my projects, I am glad to sign this petition as wool is so wonderful,and should be valued.
Wool should be wool – there’s a shop near me that states it’s a wool shop in it’s name but when I asked which natural wools they had they only have acrylic!! I support the petition!
Wool is not a generic name for yarn, wool is … wool …