Comments on: And I thought I recycled everything.

By: Eve

Eve — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:42:44 +0000

Hopefully this type of new technology can make a higher quality fabric.

I’m not focussing on the process, I’m more interested in the institution of a widespread yarn recycling programme.

By: korinthe

korinthe — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:29:03 +0000

And I thought that making granny squares for Warm Up America, etc., was recycling…

Could some of the agricultural waste be turned into biodegradable packing materials? Grocery bags? Other things for which (body heat + sweat = falling apart) doesn’t matter so much as clothing.

By: Iris

Iris — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:01:32 +0000

Too late, the concept has been around. But it doesn’t become yarn. See

Everyday Knitting: Treasures from a Ragpile

or google “shoddy mill”