Recycled from what?
EG Smith is one of our original suppliers and still among my personal favorites…
so when I was told Eric was creating a “green line” I was ecstatic. I thought it would just be a handful of environmentally friendly styles like our beloved Two Brothers Organics. Instead it is 40+ items! So I’ve been ordering them in small batches to get us started, beginning with the ones I found most appealing…
These Slinky Knees were most certainly the first one I wanted to try…
But first, just what was recycled and where did it come from?
I asked our rep Frank and he spoke with the resident yarn expert for the company in charge of EG Smith and it turns out that our recycled yarns are actually regenerated yarns. The mill takes the scraps from cotton jersey manufacturers such as HANES, and breaks them down, reweaves them and produces new product, it is recycling waste, but it comes from products never worn and cleans up the end result of “scraps” which in the old days would have made the rag bag or the dump. Also on the information highway, the uncertified cotton they are using as blends in the ECO socks comes from Poland and China and is reported to be Organic (they are working on Certification), which gives us an even better Green Product. They are also starting to blend in ECOFIL yarns (plastic water bottles recycled into polyester fill yarns). So they are recycled, regenerated, and still PURE enough to satisfy even the most ardent organic mavens.
So there you have it, the official explanation of the origins of our lovely new socks. More of these will be added this week, and over the coming weeks and months…
They are all pretty awesome!
June 3rd, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Very interesting about going green, these look great…Hmmm
June 4th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
the slinky crews moved quickly to a fav of mine. how can I explain the feel on the foot? it is almost like a invisible massage….hhmmm…does that make ANY sense?
June 5th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
ooops! I was viewing this on my new monitor and realized that first image did not look at all right, and sure enough, I had accidentally resized it incorrectly, so it was stretched and looked horrid. I do love the slinky knees very much too, they are so comfy once on, though they start out a tad snug, they seem to fit everyone.
June 5th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
OK, I know this is unrelated to your cool journal postie, but…
How on EARTH do you always manage to get my items to me so fast? :) I just placed another order with you, and it arrived in two days even though you are on the other side of the country for me. (I live in MA..) On the same day I also purchased something from Florida which has yet to arrive.. I am thinking they feed the postal workers in Portland lots of caffeine, lol. ;)
Awesome!
June 6th, 2008 at 6:24 am
We definitely consume plenty of coffee around here! Aside from that, we are just highly efficient ~=D