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The Tuscan Town That Makes New Wool From Old

A town most travelers drive past has spent two centuries turning old wool into new.

1 · Second lives

Built on regenerated wool

Since the eighteen-hundreds, Prato's mills have pulled apart discarded cloth and spun the fibers into something usable again.

2 · The craft

Sorted by color, by hand

Old garments are sorted by shade so the wool re-spins without heavy re-dyeing, then shredded, carded, and spun into fresh yarn.

3 · The grey

A color mixed from what was there

That soft grey knit may never have seen a dye bath. It can be the natural sum of the grey garments that came before it.

4 · The quality

Recycled, and often better

The Cardato Recycled name asks for Prato-district making and at least sixty-five percent recycled fiber. Wool lives more than one life.

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Wool with a longer story

Feel the difference in a real knit.

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