“Helping to Balance the Trade Deficit and Save the Planet
One Skein at a Time”
Smart monkey recycled yarn is made from unraveled sweaters.
I offer whole sweaters in brown bags - think of it as a very small dye lot.
Each bag comes complete with a tag featuring a picture of the original sweater and care/fiber content tag.
They make a great gift for the knitter in your life who has too much yarn already.
I also offer individual skeins of both cotton, wool and mixed fiber yarn.
Smart monkey yarn is a great alternative to organic and naturally dyed yarns, and can be used just like ordinary store-bought yarn to make things like:
Hats ● Scarves ● Gloves Socks ● Shawls ● Ponchos Purses ● Baby Blankets
Baby Hats ● Market Bags● Knitted Toys ● Throws
Yoga Mat Holders ● Washclothes ● Dishclothes● Doggy Sweaters ● Etc.
Perfect for the environmentally concerned knitter and crocheter!
HOW TO USE SMART MONKEY YARN
Be Creative and experiment with knitting cotton and wool yarns together.
Experiment with different colors & combinations.
Create a thicker, bulkier yarn by pulling from the inner and outer ends together.
WHERE DO I GET THE YARN?
From Thrift Stores. I wash cotton sweaters while they’re still in sweater form, then I unravel them, wind them on racks and dry flat to get the kink out. Wool sweaters are washed once they’ve been unraveled to avoid felting the yarn. I only use ECOS laundry soap (great stuff, you gotta try it).
The majority of smart monkey yarn is recycled from natural fiber sweaters. But I do use sweaters with synthetic fibers if they are a small percentage of the yarn content.
More wool yarn will be available once everyone gets tired of felting.
WHY GO TO ALL THE TROUBLE?
Because our planet is smaller than we think and we should all do our little bit to manage the resources we have. Synthetic/petroleum based fibers and dyes pollute the environment. Imported items take away jobs from Americans and screw up our trade deficit.
Smart Monkey yarn puts local people to work at thrift stores, reduces waste in our landfills and the amount of pollutants on our planet, re-uses a man-made resource and eliminates the need for production of new resources.
