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My Mom Will Turn Your Old Sweater Into A Laptop Case

by Moi

Moi son M sent me an email with this title a couple weeks ago (surely you didn’t think it was his mom who could work such crafty magic!) And in honor of Earth Day here’s my going green tip:

reknit

Apparently this woman and her son have a recycling fashion business: she takes your old castoff sweaters and reknits them into something fabulous. Who knew? (I think the son’s job is to update the website : ).

At $30 per reknit it seems to be working: Reknit limits to only 30 orders per month, and sold out early in April. After all he only has one mom.

This is a brand-new venture, just getting started in January. In the past few months his mom has reknit new sweaters, hats, scarves and socks. You can even vote on what next months’ reknit will be: baby bib, thong (I don’t want to know), sweatbands and dog sweaters. I can see Mignette wearing one of Moi old reknit Christmas sweaters: how cool is that?

Moi note: don’t you just love mother / son collaborations? Reknit is my new fave, I love the upcoming CookieBar by Dorie Greenspan and son Josh. Do you have any mother / son collaborations to share?

3 comments

1 Tina Steele Lindsey { 04.22.10 at 7:50 pm }

I think that is wondeful. Kudos and much continued success their way.

2 Tina Steele Lindsey { 04.23.10 at 6:16 am }

PS, Thank you regarding “The Antiques Diva.” :-)

3 Moi { 04.23.10 at 6:56 am }

Isn’t it a great idea? Another form of creative artistry…how did I miss out on that gene?
All the best

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