Description
Half Zip Crewneck in Ullfrotté Original with recycled yarn
A functional and durable unisex sweater for everyday wear and activity. The yarn used consists of 70% recycled production waste from our factory. This garment has been produced in a limited edition and is the result of the first project within our new development platform, Woolpower Forward.
Big ideas need a place to grow
Woolpower Forward is our platform for progress, a space where we challenge conventions and experiment to create the textiles of tomorrow. We believe that big changes start small, but always with the ambition to scale for real impact. It’s all about garments that use resources with care.
Through Woolpower Forward, we explore new materials and new production techniques. We test ideas on a pilot level, ensuring their feasibility before integrating them into our existing products. While we occasionally launch new products to explore and evaluate materials, our focus remains on scaling what works. Our long-term goal is to use our new knowledge to evolve the garments our customers already love, making them even more durable and responsibly made. We collaborate with industry experts to push boundaries and drive progress.
But innovation means nothing without transparency. That’s why we want to share both our successes and challenges, creating an open dialogue and holding ourselves accountable for our role in the textile industry.Let’s take our next step Forward.
Recycled yarn from our own production waste
The first step in Woolpower Forward is about making the most of what we already have and taking responsibility for the resources we use. When we cut material for our regular products, small leftover pieces remain. For years, we’ve turned this waste into our felted material, and we’ll continue to do so. But now, we’re taking the next step.
The wool fibers in our production waste are of such high quality that they can be reused. That’s why, over the past few years, we’ve been testing how to spin them into a new yarn. This yarn can be used to create new products, and now we’re ready to test it in real life. As a first step, we’ve produced two sweaters made from our own production waste, in a small, limited batch.
Why start with recycled yarn?
We dream of a system where every garment lasts a long time, and where the material gets a second chance once the garment has reached the end of its life. Until then, we start where we can: by making use of our production waste. Because this is not only about recycled material. By collecting our own waste and spinning it into new yarn which is then knitted, finished, and sewn into new products in our factory, we create a closed loop where the wool fibers are refined and can continue to live on in new forms.
