Ninety-five percent recycled cashmere, our new Echo Cashmere combines a timeless elegance with an inspiring story of renewal and the beauty of second chances.

• Located in Italy, the mill that makes Echo Cashmere collects fiber from the production process of both cashmere sweaters and cashmere yarn and combines it with cashmere from recycled sweaters. They sort by color and then begin the work of turning it back into cashmere yarn.

• They spin the fibers into three delicate plies and twist them together into this fingering weight yarn… A beautiful new beginning for exquisite fiber that deserves a second life!

• Very soft (it’s cashmere, after all!), the final yarn also gains strength and body from the 5% other fibers in the yarn. These other fibers are mostly wool, and sometimes a little nylon, depending on the sweaters whose fibers were recycled. This tad bit of non-cashmere inevitably gets mixed into the process, but it’s nice to know that nothing is going to waste!

• This elegant yarn has cashmere's characteristic drape, lightness, and warmth... A wonderfully affordable way to experience the joy of knitting with one of the word's softest fibers!

Echo Cashmere's palette includes twelve gently heathered colors with an earthy beauty. From the understated elegance of Flour Sack to the striking impact of Orange Pekoe, each color has an alluring depth that reflects the history of these recycled fibers.

Please note, because the cashmere comes from recycled fibers, the dye lots may vary a bit more than usually expected.