1 (2, 2) balls of Fonty Fado (100 % French/Portuguese merino) (50 g / 125 m) OR Fonty 1880 (100 % local and traceable wool, Île-de-France) (50 g / 125 m)
FADO is a 100% natural ecological yarn, without treatment, without dyeing, composed entirely of wool from 2 breeds of merino sheep: Merino d'Arles, natural off-white, grazing in the Crau plain in Provence and black merino from Portugal, naturally dark brown, from the Alentejo province of southern Portugal, but also kept by Fonty and the Lainamac association on Creusois farms. The development of this yarn aims to promote the wool sector of the Massif Central while minimizing the ecological effects of transport. The result is breathtaking: mixing the 2 fibers creates colors ranging from off-white to different shades of brown. FADO is voluminous and supple and gets softer with each wear and wash.
1880 is an honest, local, traceable and ethical yarn, made entirely from wool from sheep farms of Ile-de-France. These farms are located around the Fonty spinning mill, with which a fair trading system has been set up. After shearing and collecting the furs, the wool is washed in the Haute-Loire and then pre-combed in the north (in the last two washing and combing factories that are still active in France). The entire processing process takes place close to the spinning mill.
Fonty 1880 is part of Filature Fonty's global eco-responsible approach, reviving the local wool industry. It also aims to rediscover other sheep-origin fibers, with different characteristics and qualities, in a world of knitting wool dominated and standardized by "all-merino".
The name 1880 was chosen on the occasion of the 140th anniversary of the founding of the Filature Fonty. It was around this period that the first synthetic pigments appeared, which revolutionized European textiles. The colors of the 1880 series are inspired by the colors that were fashionable in those years and can be found in paintings from the second half of the 19th century, for example in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris.
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