Archive for September, 2006
Custom yarn
Last night I concocted the above custom color for Carole. She’ll be making her Funky Scarf for the Swap with it.
I never could get a good picture of the yarn I dyed for Krista, of the Silent K, so you’ll have to see this to really admire the gorgeous color.
Do you need a customer color? Read this.
Kenana Knitters
I love finding organizations that support traditional women’s work and find a way to provide a living for women, using these often unappreciated (and underpaid!) skills.
My new favorite find is the Kenana knitters.Kenyan women spin yarn from local sheep and then knit adorable creatures.
The stuffed animals are cute enough on their own, but add in the feel-good factor of helping your fellow woman, and you have the perfect gift for the socially responsible youngster (or young at heart) in your life!
Earth911
I’ve been working on ways to make packaging and shipping orders from BCB more earth-friendly. My current concern is the paper I send along with each order: invoice, yarn tags, promotional material. Everything I print in the office is printed on 100% recycled center and all incoming paper is recycled. I’m looking into some plantable (yes, you plant them-they grow!) promtional material, produced by Bloomin’.
But what happens to the materials when it reaches the customer?
Well, it’s my hope that they recycle the packaging and paper. After some research, I found a way to make it easier:
Earthlink911.org
Just enter your zip code in the box and the site provides information about local recycling centers and programs.
How great is that? On the Fall update of the site (Sept 15th), we’ll have the search box on the site, on the about page and link page.
