Darn Good Yarn

Darn Good Yarn produces and sells upcycled yarn, craft supplies, women’s clothing, accessories and home goods. The company offers products such as sari-wrap skirts, recycled silk and cotton yarns, patterns, kits, notions, and subscription clubs (Yarn of the Month, Skirt of the Month, Collector’s Crochet Hook Club). The site also hosts free patterns, tutorials, a stitch learning center and community resources for knitters, crocheters and weavers.

The business was started to create fair, safe and sustainable employment for artisans; its main production areas are in Bhagalpur, India and surrounding villages where artisans reclaim and hand-tear sari remnants that are sewn together to make yarn and ribbon. The site references community programs (become an affiliate, pattern creator, pattern tester) and states that through its work it has diverted substantial textile waste while creating sustainable jobs for artisans.