Tactile offers spinning and felting fibers and yarns hand-dyed with high quality natural dyes.  Learn more about natural dyes here.

Tactile strives to make our business as green and sustainable as possible.  The natural dyes used are made in small batches in areas next to where the makers live.  Small scale manufacturing means the byproducts (in this case green waste) don’t exceed the land’s capacity to reclaim it. Most of the dyes we use are certified organic in the European Union under the GOTS Standard.

The packaging is reused or made from recycled materials.  Any plastic (bubble wrap or bags) is reused.  I use my wash water to water my front yard, usually it is the only water my front yard gets during the dry season.  My vehicles all run on locally produced biodiesel made from waste vegetable oil.  I recycle any materials I can’t reuse.  Keeping a low carbon footprint is both a personal and business goal.

Tactile was started in February 2007 and is a one woman operation run by Maia Discoe. Maia has been a knitter since she was a young girl. Her current obsession is knitting socks and lace and spinning fine yarns. Learn more about Maia by visiting her blog, by adding her to your friends on Ravelry where she is Maia, or by following her on twitter where she is MaiaSpins.

Learn more about our products at the Tactile blog.