Litmus wool scarf

20cm x 180cm

Made from surplus Australian & New Zealand lambs wool.

We recommend you wash this on a wool cycle in your washing machine, then dry it flat in the shade.

Proudly designed & created in Brunswick, Melbourne, Australia.

Science always seemed to prove to be a fun time at school. Creating a solar system from polystyrene balls that paint never stuck to. Dissecting to that poor little frog or rat or if you were really lucky a sheep's heart. The most exciting class often seemed to be the chemistry classes. Letting a bunch of pubescent kids lose on a bunch of chemicals and Bunsen burners was an experiment in itself. Perhaps one of the simplest experiments involved the use of litmus paper. This piece of filter paper impregnated with litmus (a water soluble mix of dyes extracted from lichens). The blue litmus paper would turn red when immersed in acid and the red litmus paper would turn blue when placed in an alkaline solution.

We can't divulge exactly what solution we dipped these scarves in but we think the result is quite an effective mix of colours to brighten up your winter days.

This scarf is ethically made at our little family factory in East Brunswick. Made from surplus Australian lambs wool.