Green from the Start!

A lot of people ask me about the "green" qualities of knitknotes. It's something I care deeply about, so I took it into consideration from the very beginning. Every knitknote is printed with vegetable-based inks on 10% post-consumer recycled 100 lb cardstock. That might seem like a low percentage, but it isn't really; that's a pretty common across-the-board industry standard for high-quality, heavy cardstock. I tried to balance ecological responsibility with what my customers wanted!

My color-coordinated envelopes are made from paper with a minimum 30% post-consumer waste content and are produced by a mill that exercises responsible, sustainable forestry. The envelopes are also processed chlorine free (PCF).

It sounds like a lot of mumbo-jumbo, I know. But since knitknotes are essentially disposable, I want to be sure that if you choose to toss them (as fabulous as they are!), they aren't sitting around in a landfill a hundred years from now.

Meg

Happy New Year!

Well, it's a new year and I am so excited about all the new things in store for knitknotes customers this year!

knitknotes debuted its signature line, I Made This, late last year to an absolutely overwhelming response, so I spent a very busy holiday season developing new products for 2010. Six beautiful new lines of knitknotes are at the printer right now - being handled by our fantastic project manager Twyla - and I'll be rolling them out over the course of the year, so check back here often to see what's new. I don't want to give everything away just quite yet, but I think you'll be pleased to see that the new items run the gamut from sweet to sassy and back again!

I am so pleased that there are so many people out there who think - as I do - that there is a shortage of fresh, contemporary knitting gift enclosures. And I'm even more pleased that so many of you think my knitknotes fill that gap! I want to thank all of the retailers who have picked up knitknotes for their shops - just look at the map we're using to chart the progress of Project Knitknotes World Domination (©)! (Hey, what's your problem, Missouri?)

Happy New Year and I hope to have some knitknotes in your hands soon!

Meg