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Muji makes knitted items from rescued yarn (green #9)

April 22, 2009 by Dunrie

In honor of Earth Day, I want to celebrate my new discovery – a store called Muji. I encountered it when we visited London, but it apparently is all over the globe (including a few stores in the New York City area).

The store stocks practical no-nonsense items with minimal packaging. I walked out with a set of 3 socks, made from reused yarn. I knit socks, so I’m now officially a sock snob. I am now very sensitive to the materials and design of socks, and so I have a hard time buying obviously imperfect ones, even though the cost and time to knit a pair of socks is…exceptionally inefficient.

Anyway, Muji makes items (socks, tee shirts, camis) from yarn that was pre-dyed for some use and then never used, yarn that might have been discarded. The result is funky bright informal patterns, in 100% cotton, inexpensive and well-made. Fun, good price, quality, green!  The Muji US website does not do the crazy cool rescued socks justice, but there’s the link in case you’re curious.

muji socks
Muji rescued/recycled yarn socks

Filed Under: Life Tagged With: Green, Knitting

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