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  1. Bradford council recently sold the Wool Exchange (£770,000 it went for at auction), which prompted me to dig this old piece out of my archives...

    markcantrellauthor.substack.co

    #books #bookshops #heritage #architecture #textileindustry

  2. Interesting piece of German public broadcasting (in English)

    How Pakistan's textile industry is fighting to survive – DW – 06/26/2025 share.google/R7z0X79SrrY1Ij3PE

    #textile #textileindustry #pakistan

  3. Happy International Day of Zero Waste, 30 March, 2025. 2025 Theme: "Towards zero waste in fashion and textiles". This theme focuses on the urgent need to take action to reduce the waste impact from the fashion and textile sector and promote sustainability and circularity.

    #internationaldayofzerowaste #zerowaste #zerowasteday #fashion #fashions #textile #textiles #fashionindustry #textileindustry #overconsumption #overproduction #raiseawareness #raisingawareness #waste #sofiaflorina #ソフィアフロリナ

  4. Global Circular Fashion: Transforming the Textile Industry Towards Sustainable Practices

    The fashion industry has long been recognized as one of the most environmentally challenging sectors, characterized by high consumption, waste generation, and resource-intensive production processes.

    Circular Fashion - prateikcmi.hashnode.dev/global
    #CircularFashion #SustainableFashion #TextileIndustry #FashionInnovation
    #EcoFriendlyClothing #CoherentMarketInsights

  5. Shortage of knitters?

    I don't think so.

    Shortage of knitters willing to do it as a highly skilled job for pennies per hour? I can see that.

    And then the old trope about patterns "belonging" to villages and having been "fixed".

    At least commenters set that straight immediately.

    Fluffy piece with little substance.

    @knitting #knitting #TextileIndustry @fiberarts

    Handknitted fisherman's jumpers dying out because of knitter shortage, makers warn
    telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/1