How the EKO yarns are manufactured

How the ECO yarn is made

In December 2022, we visited the factory that manufactures the EKO yarns (which we sell here in our webshop). We learned a lot and would like to share more about that process with you, so below you can read more facts about how the manufacturing process works!

How waste from clothing factories becomes yarn

If you look closely at the EKO yarns, you can see that they have been made from "small yarns" that have been knitted together with a machine. Depending on the type of yarn, the knitting varies, but the base material is always the same. This yarn comes from a factory in Italy that collects leftovers from clothing production worldwide and transforms this large textile mass into yarn.

The yarn gets its color when the mass is mixed together

The yarn gets its color already when the textile mass is mixed, before it is made into yarn. In this way, the process requires no dyeing afterwards. The raw material is also certified with the OEKO-TEX Standard 100 certificate, which means it has been tested and should not contain chemicals that are harmful to the environment, humans, or animals.

The rollers arrive at the factory

The yarn rolls that arrive at the factory weigh about 10kg each and are the rolls that are then woven/knitted together into finished macramé and crochet yarn.

The machine knits the yarn together

The machines that create the ECO yarn consist of small needles, resembling crochet hooks, that knit the yarn together. The process and machines look slightly different for different types of yarn. In this picture, EKO Medium is being produced.

The finished yarn

The finished yarn is collected in large rolls, which are then resized. The yarns come to us directly from the factory and are distributed from our warehouse in Bengtsfors.

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