What is Anne’s Circular Knitting Journey?
A weekly newsletter documenting my experience knitting sweaters out of waste and scrap yarn - aka taking old, damaged sweaters, and giving them new life.
If you’re interested in fashion, circularity, knitting, machines, startups, or learning how your clothes are made, this newsletter is for you!
A lifelong fashion enthusiast, I spent the last 10 years working in tech startups wondering how I could combine my interest in fashion (and more specifically apparel design & production) with my early-stage startup expertise and mechanical engineering background. I became intrigued by the concept of ‘circular’ systems, and the possibility of establishing a circular economy for fashion. I thought, why not take a hands-on approach (quite literally) to investigating circularity - by knitting new sweaters out of existing materials and attempting to scale the process?
Along the way I’ve connected with people, brands, and organizations already championing circular fashion, and together I hope we can make circular systems more accessible and widespread!
In what feels like a natural extension of this project, I recently started Next Season - a knitwear brand that produces one-of-a-kind pieces, made solely out of textile ‘waste’ and deadstock materials. For more brand-specific content, follow along on Instagram @nextseason.nyc !
