Can I put fabric in the composter?

[wilbur]

I've got scraps of cotton/denim fabric, can these go in my compost bin?

My compost book says you can compost natural fibre fabrics.

100% Cotton yes. Best if you can cut it into thin strips though. Paper can go in too (but also best shredded).
I might not grow vegetables from it, possibly, high pesticide residue in cotton.

Thanks! Have done the shredded paper thing before, but am new to composting (it's amazing how it all builds up). So silk and wool would be okay to copmpost too, in small amounts?

Yep. Wool is a good source of nitrogen.

Know of someone that composted a jumper. Worked great. All that was left was the thread thatwas used to hold it together. that was not organic.

yup.

It is the only vaguely compensatory thing about shrinking a wool sweater, that you can chuck it on the compost heap and think "oh well, the strawberries will love it"