Seara When you have unwanted clothing, you donate it to a second hand store. The second hand store sells the unusable clouting to the ragger, for money. Most of the larger second stores have a baling

“Shoddy cloth” was woven from recycled wool in 1813 in Bartley, Yorkshire. Through the 1950’s the “rag and bone” man, with horse and cart collected discarded clothing from households. Some

Joe, Where are these bales collected? I have never, as a private person, received notification of a rag collection by any organization. I used to keep castoff textiles in a large sack and wait for the

Hi Everyone I have been weaving with rag for 42 years, When I started to weave rag rugs I was looked at as a (recycler), then some years passed and I was part of (living green), today I am

We in the US are such a throw away culture. The Europeans are so much more forward thinking on many fronts. Fran

Fran, Recycling clothing fiber is also nothing new. We lived in Germany from 1971 to 1990 - when we had textiles that were no longer usable and also not good enough for the thrift shops, there were

I seem to have gotten into a real rabbit hole looking at information from various causes we support. But along with the Cranbrook article I found the following: Ashoka led me to Nicole Rycroft and

I agree with Fran. I would do a burn test to determine the general type of fiber category it falls within and make a note of that on the bottom of the cone. (Maybe add "sample first") I see that

To add to confusion , yarns aren’t always wound onto a cone with the proper label. Recycling…. So you can’t even rely on that. Sigh ….. Fran

Great find in your stash Isabelle. Most likely Bactrian camel and spun in China. I’ve seen both Chinese and Japanese dehairing machines. I’m guessing it is a mill end from a sweater

Found on Google SCT Yarns, Inc. was an industrial yarn company based out of Chattanooga, TN. The full name was Standard Coosa & Thatcher, Incorporated.

This is an other mystery cone in my stash . This one intrigues me because it is a yarn made in the US. Does anyone know anything about STC Yarns? And don't worry, that is my last request about my

The burn test only detects protein, cellulose and nylon as different. Sheep wool and camel wool will give similar if not identical results. Ian Bowers (Dr) Managing Director George Weil &Sons Ltd

Thanks everyone for the info. I have not done a burn test yet - I guess that is the next step. I should not assume that the fact it comes from a "Wool factory" means it is wool. Isabelle

Did you conduct a burn test on it?

Thank you for this link, Fran. I actually visited Cranbrook before I was a weaver. I would love to return, and I actually a know a student currently attending. (Lucky girl!)

I got an alert that this message didn't get sent the first two times. I think I used the wrong email address to send from. I hope this isn't the 3rd copy you have received! It's from Ningbo Dong Yang

  Hi I would think that Camel - 2 is the colour. The figures 2/26 indicate that is is a two ply yarn - see below. The first number refers to the number of strands plied together. The second

It could well be the grade of fibre. Mohair and wool have gradings related to fineness. Ian Bowers (Dr) Managing Director George Weil &Sons Ltd

It is a number 2/26 - used frequently for wool, cashmere, etc. Colourmart carries yarns of this weight. Camel-2 is most likely the color of the yarn, though it could mean some camelhair content. Sara