Nordic Yarn

What is ECO CASHMERE?

An eco cashmere buying guide: what the labels mean, what to look for, and what makes a yarn worth knitting with.

Cashmere is one of the most prized fibers in the world. It is also one of the most environmentally demanding to produce. Over the past decade,

The Pioneers of Recycled Fiber

Somewhere in a mill building on the outskirts of Prato, a woman is running her hands through a pile of sorted cashmere. The fiber is loose, still warm from the shredding machine, the color of pale smoke. She is checking for consistency, for contamination, for the small flaws that would make this batch unsuitable for fine yarn.

Caring for Your Cashmere

It takes the annual fleece of four to six cashmere goats to produce the yarn for a single lightweight jumper. That rarity asks something of us as makers to be intentional in what we produce and gently care for each item, so it might last a lifetime. A well-tended cashmere garment softens over time, holds its shape, and becomes more