Yarn Project Bag by ReTweed
Project bags made by ReTweed specifically for Yarn.
Measuring 25 x 35 cm with a sturdy cord drawstring.
These project bags are made using surplus or recycled curtain fabrics. This first batch are one pattern as pictured being made from a single batt of donated fabric in a beautiful blue and watery greys print.
Pictured holding 5 skeins of Iona Wool DK (not included 😁) to show size.
The Story of the Bordersbag
ReTweed set up a business incubator for graduates from their training programme keen to develop their own creative businesses. At the same time the new Eyemouth foodbank opened:
“Our budding entrepreneurs said “please give us some work!”. The foodbank asked “we don’t want to use plastic bags for handing out food, can you make us some fabric bags?”
With a growing stockpile of donated, once-loved floral curtains, destined for landfill, we replied, yes we can!
This opportunity provided a wonderful platform to launch the manufacturing work of our business incubator. Bordersbags provide an income for our entrepreneurs, bridging the poverty gap many start-up businesses face before establishing a secure customer base. The entrepreneurs also offer bag-making workshops, teaching people in the community to make their own Bordersbag in a bid to reduce reliance on plastic bags.
We hope that Bordersbags will play a part in the global movement to avoid single-use plastic. We hope the bags will be used and re-used, passed from one person to another, initiating new conversations about our lives and our planet, and new ideas on how to reuse waste and reduce our carbon footprint. Crafted without costing the earth, we hope Bordersbags will become a symbol of our community.”
Project bags made by ReTweed specifically for Yarn.
Measuring 25 x 35 cm with a sturdy cord drawstring.
These project bags are made using surplus or recycled curtain fabrics. This first batch are one pattern as pictured being made from a single batt of donated fabric in a beautiful blue and watery greys print.
Pictured holding 5 skeins of Iona Wool DK (not included 😁) to show size.
The Story of the Bordersbag
ReTweed set up a business incubator for graduates from their training programme keen to develop their own creative businesses. At the same time the new Eyemouth foodbank opened:
“Our budding entrepreneurs said “please give us some work!”. The foodbank asked “we don’t want to use plastic bags for handing out food, can you make us some fabric bags?”
With a growing stockpile of donated, once-loved floral curtains, destined for landfill, we replied, yes we can!
This opportunity provided a wonderful platform to launch the manufacturing work of our business incubator. Bordersbags provide an income for our entrepreneurs, bridging the poverty gap many start-up businesses face before establishing a secure customer base. The entrepreneurs also offer bag-making workshops, teaching people in the community to make their own Bordersbag in a bid to reduce reliance on plastic bags.
We hope that Bordersbags will play a part in the global movement to avoid single-use plastic. We hope the bags will be used and re-used, passed from one person to another, initiating new conversations about our lives and our planet, and new ideas on how to reuse waste and reduce our carbon footprint. Crafted without costing the earth, we hope Bordersbags will become a symbol of our community.”
Project bags made by ReTweed specifically for Yarn.
Measuring 25 x 35 cm with a sturdy cord drawstring.
These project bags are made using surplus or recycled curtain fabrics. This first batch are one pattern as pictured being made from a single batt of donated fabric in a beautiful blue and watery greys print.
Pictured holding 5 skeins of Iona Wool DK (not included 😁) to show size.
The Story of the Bordersbag
ReTweed set up a business incubator for graduates from their training programme keen to develop their own creative businesses. At the same time the new Eyemouth foodbank opened:
“Our budding entrepreneurs said “please give us some work!”. The foodbank asked “we don’t want to use plastic bags for handing out food, can you make us some fabric bags?”
With a growing stockpile of donated, once-loved floral curtains, destined for landfill, we replied, yes we can!
This opportunity provided a wonderful platform to launch the manufacturing work of our business incubator. Bordersbags provide an income for our entrepreneurs, bridging the poverty gap many start-up businesses face before establishing a secure customer base. The entrepreneurs also offer bag-making workshops, teaching people in the community to make their own Bordersbag in a bid to reduce reliance on plastic bags.
We hope that Bordersbags will play a part in the global movement to avoid single-use plastic. We hope the bags will be used and re-used, passed from one person to another, initiating new conversations about our lives and our planet, and new ideas on how to reuse waste and reduce our carbon footprint. Crafted without costing the earth, we hope Bordersbags will become a symbol of our community.”
