Be Sweet "products with a conscience"

Magic Ball : a unique ball of hand dyed and spun solid, hand painted, knobby, ribbon yarn, and more. 50g/approx. 100 meters (120 yards). shown in hot sundae. comes in 29 colors. Ribbon Ball : a hand spun yarn with hand tied ribbon and metallic.  50g / approx. 100 meters (120 yards). shown in tomato. comes in 12 colors.

All of the Be Sweet yarn is hand spun and dyed by women in South Africa who work within successful job creation programs. Read more about it here ...  The baby mohair yarn comes from the fleece of Angora goats that are the descendants of a breed originally from Tibet and brought from Turkmenistan to Turkey, where the Turks reserved the rare and precious yarn for royalty. In 1830, The Turks shipped a group of does and castrated bucks to South Africa, not knowing that one doe was pregnant and would give birth to a male kid. Interbreeding with local breeds eventually resulted in a hardier Angora goat, and now South Africa produces 65% of the world’s mohair. Be Sweet 100% pure merino wool comes from sheep that graze the hills and valleys near Capetown, South Africa, the first country outside of Europe to raise merinos. Once the sole property of the king of Spain, these sheep were introduced to South Africa in the late 18th century and strengthened via cross-breeding with Australian Wanganella and Pippin merinos in the 19th century. The approximately 18 million merinos in South Africa produce a soft, lustrous and non-itchy fleece considered the “gold standard” by which all wool is judged.  Wool production has a stabilizing effect on sheep farming economies; all animals produce this continually renewing material, which supports the production of lamb for food. Hand spun and dyed, this yarn is an integral part of a sustainable economic program that empowers underprivileged locals.

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