Love the sound of this! As someone who over the years have stopped buying fast fashion and reduced my clothing consumption I find it so hard to shop fabric and yarns that fits my values. I of course know of brands, but we need more of these companies because one reason I guess many of of make our own things is because we are really particular about what we like and what we want to make. Looking forward to see what you make of the yarns!
Absolutely! It feels like a bit of a disconnect to want to get in touch with our handmade roots in a responsible way, when a lot of the supplies we have to work with are manufactured questionably. Even today I just went to Jo-Ann's and was checking out the info on the bolts - most said "MADE IN CHINA" and made of polyester. There are some great things at the store, but it's not my first choice for fabric.
I am so with you on that! When I lived in London many of the fabrics in for example Shepherd's Bush (The area together with Soho that has many great fabric stores) I probably barely even could tell if they were made in China, India elsewhere or not.The fabrics in soho (generally) are more expensive and can sometimes be easier (but definitely not always) to know where they are from. I know some stores sold beautiful Scottish tweed for example.
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Appreciate that Rosetta!!! I like what this company is doing and am really looking forward to crocheting with this yarn!
Love the sound of this! As someone who over the years have stopped buying fast fashion and reduced my clothing consumption I find it so hard to shop fabric and yarns that fits my values. I of course know of brands, but we need more of these companies because one reason I guess many of of make our own things is because we are really particular about what we like and what we want to make. Looking forward to see what you make of the yarns!
Absolutely! It feels like a bit of a disconnect to want to get in touch with our handmade roots in a responsible way, when a lot of the supplies we have to work with are manufactured questionably. Even today I just went to Jo-Ann's and was checking out the info on the bolts - most said "MADE IN CHINA" and made of polyester. There are some great things at the store, but it's not my first choice for fabric.
I am so with you on that! When I lived in London many of the fabrics in for example Shepherd's Bush (The area together with Soho that has many great fabric stores) I probably barely even could tell if they were made in China, India elsewhere or not.The fabrics in soho (generally) are more expensive and can sometimes be easier (but definitely not always) to know where they are from. I know some stores sold beautiful Scottish tweed for example.