We're here to help you stitch sustainability into every aspect of your making.
With our carefully curated selection of non-superwash, plastic-free yarns and notions, we have everything you need to get started on your next project - and the one after that.
Here's to a wardrobe of knits we love and want to wear for years to come!
Knitting sustainably
Knitting Sustainably Together.
What Started With A Note on A Napkin at Rhinebeck
Dear lovelies,
You know those origins that are almost too fantastic to be true? Well, Hudson + West's - our latest yarn and pattern addition to the webshop - one is right there with the best of them. Sloane Rosenthal and Meghan Babin, H+W's co-founders, first came up with the idea of a designer-driven, knitter-focused, 100% US-made yarn company at Rhinebeck, one of the biggest sheep and wool festivals on the planet. On a napkin.
Joy & Sustainability
Issue 7 has been out in the world for less than one week, but we can already see the joy it's bringing to you! To say it makes us happy is a huge understatement, and we can't tell you how much joy it brings us to share our work with you!
The concept of joy can be a tricky thing. It can be hard to find, particularly during times of great loss and suffering. As cliche as it may sound, it's important to find joy in the small things. In the things you love and are passionate about.
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The concept of joy can be a tricky thing. It can be hard to find, particularly during times of great loss and suffering. As cliche as it may sound, it's important to find joy in the small things. In the things you love and are passionate about.
Knitting Sustainably: 102
Hello friends, and welcome back to our first blog post of 2021! It's a new year, but we are just as fascinated as ever with the topic of knitting sustainably. If you are too, be sure to stay posted because we are exploring all different facets of sustainable knitting on the blog this year.
Breed-specific yarn with Pam Allen
Hello folks! Welcome to today's very special blog post. A little while back, you may remember that we wrote this post on Breed Specific yarn. Here at Making Stories, we love breed-specific yarn, so much so that we've been dying to get a little more 'specific' ourselves. While that original post gave a great overview of what breed-specific yarn is, we thought it would be fun to get into the very fibres of the topic. And that is where I am excited to welcome the fabulous Pam Allen to the blog.
Fibre Reactive Dyeing & Sustainability - An Interview with Marina Skua
Last week we heard from Jule at woollentwine about the complex relationship between natural dyeing and sustainability, and I'm so happy that we're back this week with one of my all-time favorite dyers, Marina Skua, to explore the world of fibre reactive dyes! Marina uses this specific type of dye in a carefully crafted process to make her dyeing as sustainable as possible and she opened up the dye studio door for a glimpse of how exactly she does that for us. She also shares her insight into how natural and synthetic dyeing compare in terms of sustainability.
Natural Dyeing & Sustainability - An Expert Interview with Julia Hasenbank of woollentwine
After our gentle introduction into acid and natural dyeing, I'm so thrilled to share our first expert interview on dyeing and sustainability on the blog with you today! Our first foray into the intricacies of different dyeing methods and how sustainable they are leads us to Northern Germany, into the dye studio of Jule from woollentwine. Jule focuses on natural dyeing and has designed her dyeing process very carefully to make it as sustainable as possible, which made her the perfect partner for this deep dive!
