Traceability: why knowing where your wool comes from changes everything

In a world where it's difficult to know the origin of the cotton in a simple t-shirt, wool offers a rare possibility: complete traceability, from the farm to the finished product, when the production chain is short enough and well-documented to allow it.

Traceability refers to the ability to follow a fiber's journey from its precise source to the final product. This ability addresses several needs: a need for quality control, an environmental need—to monitor and manage the actual impact of production rather than relying on vague claims—and a need for trust for a clientele increasingly aware of ethical issues.

Several traceability systems exist worldwide, but in many cases, for large international production chains mixing wool from multiple farms and countries, this complete traceability remains difficult to guarantee with perfect accuracy.

This is precisely where Makeloo Studio's small scale becomes an advantage rather than a limitation. When we process the wool from one of our 16 partner farms in Lanaudière, we know exactly which farm each batch comes from.

For you, this means that when you purchase a skein of De par chez nous, you can, if you wish, know precisely the farm your fiber comes from—a transparency rarely possible with imported wool.

Source: International Wool Textile Organisation, Wool Notes, Issue 3 (2024); Makeloo Studio Laine Québec inc.