Eco-Friendly Yarn and Fiber

Recycled silk yarn is beautiful, colorful, fun to work with and elegant to wear. Here's all you need to know about buying and using this amazing yarn.

T-shirt yarn is a great way to recycle old shirts, but it can be a little tricky to work with. Here are some ideas that will help make your crafting with T-shirt yarn a little easier.

Making T-shirt yarn is a quick and easy way to use T-shirts that you might have lying around the house that are stained, don't fit or that you just don't wear anymore. Use the yarn for bags, rugs, coasters and other bulky projects.

It's not often you need to wind a ball of yarn into a skein (we're usually going the other way around), but this trick is helpful when recycling yarn from a project that's been on the needles to long or from a finished project that has gotten kinky and hard to work with.

Recycling yarn form a sweater you don't wear anymore or one you've bought from the thrift store is a great way to get new to you yarn without spending a lot of money. Here are the basics of how to recycle yarn from an old sweater.

Recycled yarn is a rather new addition to the eco knitting scene that involves combining new and recycled fibers into a completely different yarn product.

More small yarn makers and some of the larger manufacturers are using natural dyes for their knitting yarns or choosing to sell naturally colored yarns that have never been dyed. Here's a look at what these terms mean, how yarn is naturally colored and why you might want it.

An international standard governs the production of yarn that is certified organic. Learn more about the Global Organic Textile Standard and what it means for producers and the planet.

There are all sorts of choices out there when it come to picking yarns for your projects, and the field isn't narrowed much by looking a eco-friendly yarns. From yarn made with organic and recycled material to alternative fibers, there are a lot of choices out there.

Darlene Hayes of Hand Jive Knits is dedicated to producing eco-friendly yarn that's also wonderful to knit with. About talks with her about the importance of sustainable knitting and what goes into a green yarn.

Midnightsky Fibers is a Pacific Northwest yarn producer that strives to make eco-friendly yarns. Learn more about the process of making green yarn.

Many manufacturers are coming out with organic yarns these days. But what exactly does it mean to use organic yarn, and why would you want to?

The biggest new product on the knitting scene these days is organic cotton knitting yarn. Why would anyone want to knit with organic yarn? Read on to find out.

Everyone has a bunch of plastic shopping bags lying around, so why not turn some into a raw material for knitting by making plarn or plastic yarn? It's a quick and easy process you're sure to enjoy.