Best of Rhode Island 2010 Editors' Picks

Long gone are the days when well-meaning aunts knitted baby sweaters in scratchy, lifeless acrylic yarns. Now come the new breeds of fibers, which can be derived from sources both greener and more unexpected than petroleum-based yarns. Today's baby togs can be created from bamboo, corn, sugar cane waste and even milk proteins mixed with alpaca. If that sounds altogether too unusual, just ask Naomi to point you to the rainbow of organic fair trade cottons.