Oh my goodness- thank you sincerely for this amazing piece! The engineer who became President of the mill in Japan that has been spinning my cotton since 1993 passed away a few years ago. And my customer, Taishoboseki set up a two day exhibition honoring his life and work in Tokyo. It was meant to be a secret that I would be there, so I kept quiet about it. With only a banner at the top of my website saying “orders placed after March 5 would be full filled in early April”. A few days before I left to attend the exhibition all sorts of orders came in- I could not figure out what was going on. Then a nice person shared your channel. And this evening I got to watch your moving telling of my life’s work with these cottons. Thank you so very much for all that you shared- and I am so happy that you enjoyed working with my yarn! That cone of yarn was indeed spun and plied in Osaka, Japan. By the mill whose former President and lead engineer I was fortunate to pay my respects to, thanks to their generosity in bringing me over for it. There is a mill in the US that spins my cotton for the people who make socks out of it ( Organic Threads) and sheets ( American Blossom Linen). Along with other yarns that I offer on my website. Thanks to your help, there are enough orders for me to pay to get more yarns spun and plied and there will be green yarn again. Probably by midsummer. Gratefully yours, Sally

I have been so angry at the fact we have brown and black sheep but still dye white wool brown or black and throw away the brown wool. But being able to get annoyed about the same problem with cotton would really diversify my anger, so thanks for bringing it to my attention!

I wish we could collectively sue all the corporations that've halted technological, scientific, agricultural, medical, and other progress for the sake of profit. They've made our lives worse, and they should be forced to pay for it. Sally Fox deserves to be the richest person in the world.

My son, born in 2003 had onesies made out of that. Brown, cream and green stripes.

Wish I could give Sally virtual hug for this incredible work. Had followed her at start then forgot as was raising children and dairy goats while working. Thank you for supporting her this way

The naturally occurring tannins in this cotton change color in response to pH. Colorgrown cotton is more well known in Peru. It comes in various colors: green, pink, brown, etc.

Very surprised no agricultural colleges would work with this woman.

I clicked on this accidentally but this is really fascinating.

I had every intention of going to the website, looking at the neat yarn, sighing about how I could never afford it, and moving on. But… it’s actually a reasonable price! I have no idea what the tariffs would be to get it to Canada, but now the desire for it is germinating in my head (pun fully intended).

I attended a talk by Sally Fox a huge number of years ago and I have some of the roviing stashed away somewhere. I remember her talk about how hard it was to grow colored cotton as the white cotton  growers hated the risk of cross pollination. fascinating stuff.

This woman is amazing; I wish I could grow some. I hope they carry on her legacy if she retires.

I had some of the Levi's made out of this cotton back in the 90's. I always wondered why the naturally colored cotton just disappeared from the market.

I bought a set of organic green cotton sheets years ago. They do get darker and softer with repeated washings, and breathe really well in warm weather. I'd live to crochet something with this fiber.

Wow! As soon as you said "it's grown by one woman on one farm" I shouted "Sally Fox!" at the screen. So excited to hear about her again after so many years, and thank you for your reverse sponsorship of Foxfibre ❤

Back in the 90’s , I had purchased sheets and a duvet cover made from Foxfiber : it was such an extraordinary fabric ! So comfortable , beautiful , and , yes , it changed colors over time ; becoming softer / lighter in color ❤

This is themost fascinating yarn I discovered since the "sea silk", and boy you should dive into that, since it's naturally golden and stays that way for literal centuries

I already own sweaters from foxfibre. Bought them in majorca were I live almost 20 years ago and have not seen any since. The colours are lovely, soft green and soft reddish brown.

I’ve been following her work since the ‘90s when I was doing a Masters in textile technology. It was virtually the only cotton I would buy (I used to grow a few plants when I lived in a warmer climate). She had an uphill battle all the way and deserves more support than she has ever received.

This is sooooo weird. I literally just danced around my apartment cuz three of my green cotton seedlings popped up! It’s so strange that I have a garden in an apartment near downtown. Most of my neighbors have never seen anything grow out of the ground aside from grass!  But omg! I love that this is what I’m watching and learning about as my test seeds are popping their heads out!,

This is interesting .... I had just been researching green cotton and had contacted our extension office to see if it was against the law to grow it in my home garden; I was told it was not illegal to grow if your are X number of feet from a 'white' field, which, being in town would be fine.  I could not remember Sally Fox's name - so, thank you for that!