
I do my usual felt shopping whenever I can if I pass by the craft shops, so I just grab the colors that I want off the shelves not noticing that they are kinda different this time round until I get home and see this sticker on it. Eco fi polyester felt that is made from recycled post-consumer plastic bottles. I feel kinda excited when I see this sticker. LOL I support recycling and reuse. XD
Then I went online to do a search on Eco fi, that I came across this article. It is interesting to see how one thing affects the other. Possible cruelty to animals if the farm doesn’t treat them well, but if people stop using wool, sheep farms will go out of business… and so on. There are so many things to think about whether one should use more of wool felt or acrylic felt.
To be honest, I have not use wool acrylic before as they are not available in the local stores and ordering online is way too expensive. Often the older craft shops sell their felt in little pieces without any information of them but they are mainly acrylic felts. I know wool felts looks better and probably are easier to craft with, but for little toys, I would think that acrylic felts are nice enough. Now I hope to see more recycled eco fi felt around, since plastic bottles are laying around why not make good use of them? : )
The next thing I’m hoping to do is to get hold on fleece so that I can make bigger plushies that will not have balls on them after snuggling with them for awhile. ^^;