♻️ 🧵 ✂︎ 🚯 How We Zero 🌎 ❤️ 🐑 🪡
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1. In 1998, seams from recycled sweaters →
For the first ten years, all fabric used for potholders, trivets and holiday ornaments came from recycled, post consumer, no longer “fashionable”, sweaters.
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→ became loops on potholders!
Wrist and waistband ribbing, and other colorful scrap also make fun garlands sometimes found today in a Studio Drop.
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2. Leftover wool sewing threads →
from hand sewing embroidered balls, angels & pincushions create lots of colorful, short lengths of woolly threads.
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→ are used to sew on hangtags!
Colorful short threads extend the message of quality on our products. No plastic T-guns for our multiples!
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3. Leather coaster scrap →
We source recycled, remnant and closeout hides. The scrap from cutting circles is carefully sorted by size, length, and hue.
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→ becomes loops for western potholders!
Bits too small for our reuse are set aside and when we have several pounds, are sold to jewelers or doll makers for $1 + cost of shipping.
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4. Wool scrap created from all of it →
includes any form of wool waste, from jacquard double weave fabrics, woolen flannel, recycled sweaters, yarns, threads, fibers, and sheep fleece.
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→ forms the core of balls, stones, etc.
Reclaiming the waste produced in our studio is Craft in service to Art. Hands, heart, mind, and machine engage a multi-step dance for Beauty!
Thin, functional and beautiful, each one feels great in your hands. Wool is naturally insulating and naturally non-combustible.
Choose a single potholder, or a pair. Whatever your choice, a hangtag is included. Our zero waste story is on the back!
Each is randomly cut and exact pattern cuts are not guaranteed.
Each measures 6.5 inches square (16.5 cm).
Thin, functional, beautiful. Enjoy with hot or cold beverages.
Each coaster is randomly cut from a unique pattern of fabric in this spontaneous set. No doubles! If you buy two sets at once, we will do our best to send 12 unique fabrics.
Each coaster is 4” diameter (16.5 cm).
Limited Edition!
Thin, functional, beautiful. Enjoy with hot or cold beverages.
Each coaster is randomly cut from one pattern of fabric. Exact cut of any coaster is not guaranteed. Each Set of Four will have four different cuts.
Each coaster is 4” diameter (16.5 cm).
Thin, functional and cozy just got a little more exclusive!
This listing is for Group 12.2 in the exact colors and patterns shown in the first photo.
The second photo shows the beautiful acorn brown leather remnant used for the back of all coasters in this limited edition.
These fabrics demonstrate the delicate, detailed patterning possible with jacquard looms and fine gage (narrow) threads.
What is the story of this 100% wool fabric’s origins? Were they part of the manufacturer’s own line, or vanity woven for an interior designer or furniture maker decades ago? All we know is they are lovely!
Give the gift of sustainability and unique craftsmanship with Reclaimed Wool gift cards!
Perfect for conscious gifting and receiving, a gift card offers the recipient their choice from our current potholder or coaster line-up, or to browse over time to find that something special in our next Studio Drop, or build their needle felting palette and skillset repertoire with a workshop.
Each offering is infused with a story and our commitment to zero waste. This includes the right tools for a beautiful result!
Celebrate creativity, beauty, and thoughtful gifting—let them explore our woolly world of reclaimed simplicity and a production process that takes time, values human effort and embodies shared values.
Thin, functional and beautiful, each one feels great in your hands. Wool is naturally insulating and naturally non-combustible.
Choose a single potholder, or a pair. Whatever your choice, a hangtag is included. Our zero waste story is on the back!
Each is randomly cut and exact pattern cuts are not guaranteed.
Each measures 6.5 inches square (16.5 cm).
Thin, functional and beautiful, each one feels great in your hands. Wool is naturally insulating and naturally non-combustible.
Choose a single potholder, or a pair. Whatever your choice, a hangtag is included. Our zero waste story is on the back!
Each is randomly cut and exact pattern cuts are not guaranteed.
Each measures 6.5 inches square (16.5 cm).
These are 100% WOOL!
Thin, functional and beautiful, each one feels great in your hands. Wool is naturally insulating and naturally non-combustible.
Measures 6.5 inches square (16.5 cm).