he organic wool company Garthenor was born in the 1990s on the King family farm in the Cambrian Mountains of Mid Wales. In the early days Sally King spun the wool herself from the family’s own Ryeland, Shetland, Herdwick and Manx Loaghtan sheep - that is, until demand for their certified organic and undyed yarn began to outstrip supply.
Read moreUnraveling: A new way to see knitwear
Imagine a world in which you would look on an old jumper not as a garment to be recycled but as an actual source of yarn. Yarn to be harvested by unraveling said sweater. This is the paradigm that Emily Felix, a young mother living in US state of Tennessee, would like us to all consider.
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