1. no wool in a winter coat, imagine that

    One of the most fun / challenging WWOOFing projects we’ve taken on is making a winter coat for our long-time vegan friend. Yolanda has been vegan for over 20 years, which is pretty impressive. It is quite difficult, however, to find an extra warm and stylish coat in New Zealand that does not contain wool. Everything is made out of wool here. What are vegans to do?

    Make our own of course!

    We did a little research, made some guesses and combined a bunch of different warm fabrics. Here’s a cutaway of the interior layers of the coat. From the outside - brushed cotton outer fabric, water resistant nylon, fleece, ‘sherpa’ fabric, and lining.

    We used McCall’s 5525 coat pattern which is intended to be a summer jacket, but worked with the extra layers of fabric just fine.

    South Island winter, show us what you got!

Notes

  1. mypantsareonfire said: we don’t slit the sheeps throat to shear the wool. so a vegan wears cotton that uses more water than rice, petrochemical nylon and hates all natural sustainable non death wool? you’re on drugs, right?
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