Yarn Tote Bag by ReTweed
Special Edition of the ReTweed Bordersbag made especially for Yarn Journal!
Size: Approx. measurements H 43 cm x W 25 cm x D 10cm with internal pocket perfectly sized to fit your copy of the Journal of Scottish Yarns
Sturdy and roomy, hardwearing and practical, the bag has chunky box corners and long, over-the-shoulder handles. Each Bordersbag is uniquely made by hand.
The bags are upcycled from curtains that have been donated to ReTweed so there are very few of each design*. As such part of the beauty of the Bordersbags is in the surprise when you unwrap your order.
*If there’s a colour you really don’t want then please leave a note at checkout and we’ll do our best
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.”
Special Edition of the ReTweed Bordersbag made especially for Yarn Journal!
Size: Approx. measurements H 43 cm x W 25 cm x D 10cm with internal pocket perfectly sized to fit your copy of the Journal of Scottish Yarns
Sturdy and roomy, hardwearing and practical, the bag has chunky box corners and long, over-the-shoulder handles. Each Bordersbag is uniquely made by hand.
The bags are upcycled from curtains that have been donated to ReTweed so there are very few of each design*. As such part of the beauty of the Bordersbags is in the surprise when you unwrap your order.
*If there’s a colour you really don’t want then please leave a note at checkout and we’ll do our best
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.”
Special Edition of the ReTweed Bordersbag made especially for Yarn Journal!
Size: Approx. measurements H 43 cm x W 25 cm x D 10cm with internal pocket perfectly sized to fit your copy of the Journal of Scottish Yarns
Sturdy and roomy, hardwearing and practical, the bag has chunky box corners and long, over-the-shoulder handles. Each Bordersbag is uniquely made by hand.
The bags are upcycled from curtains that have been donated to ReTweed so there are very few of each design*. As such part of the beauty of the Bordersbags is in the surprise when you unwrap your order.
*If there’s a colour you really don’t want then please leave a note at checkout and we’ll do our best
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.”
About ReTweed
ReTweed is an award-winning social enterprise based in the fishing town of Eyemouth in South East Scotland – offering women a new way to think about their futures by gaining the skills and experience for creative industry and enterprise whilst producing original furnishings and fashions and crafts. The Project also delivers a range of low-cost heritage, thrift and craft workshops to the wider community and to visitors to the area.
