Box string: unexpectedly inspirational.
Pauline emailed in to tell us about her box string bag she made. Bonus points for telling us in rhyme.
Subject – String
What to do – with Abel and Cole String?
Great long strands
escaping from my storage tin.
send it back?
knit a sack?
No…knit a bag,
for future string,
no more need for…
my storage tin!
The double threat: great poet, great knitter.
Remember Clauds’ box string rug? It’s grown a bit now.Â
And our Cat in the Customer Team knitted this little beauty of a coaster:
And another customer’s even knitted an entire jumper out of our box string. We love to see your creations, so do send them in.
{ 21 comments… read them below or add one }
12 Jan 2012 at 18:22
Very clever – they all look great!
12 Jan 2012 at 18:27
Wow, our string is much loved by our cat she can’t get enough of it! x
12 Jan 2012 at 18:27
Wow, our string is much loved by our cat she can’t get enough of it!
12 Jan 2012 at 20:00
My 4 year old is making a pom pom!!
12 Jan 2012 at 22:25
Still saving string and planning how to knit it up – coaster? Wrist warmers? Soft toy?
12 Jan 2012 at 23:37
They knit into the most fabulous rustic colours!
14 Jan 2012 at 09:35
Would anybody like my string?
I could post it to you….
14 Jan 2012 at 09:37
Beautiful things, I’m impressed!
14 Jan 2012 at 18:08
How much string do Abel and Cole use each week, and where does it come from? Who makes it?
15 Jan 2012 at 12:25
A Cookery Book!!!! Yeh!!!! As a free gift too….. you are marvellous!! You know me so well already cos cookery books are one of my secret pleasures!!!! Whoop whoop!!
15 Jan 2012 at 13:55
Your string is much enjoyed by my grandchildren who use it to play ‘cat’s cradle & other games . To repeat the above question , who makes it & where is it fom ?
15 Jan 2012 at 17:54
Wrist warmers! Brilliant idea Margaret, I,ve been collecting the string for a year or two but haven’t been quite sure what to do with it. I’d also love to record a song using the elastic bands which come on the large wool-cool boxes!
16 Jan 2012 at 13:24
I’m busy knitting dish clothes. I would also like to know what it is made from.
16 Jan 2012 at 19:46
Being a curious knitter, I’m saving my string too (I thought I was the only one!) It looks like a mixture of recycled fibres, and a burn test suggests a fairly high synthetic content (it burns and melts somewhat – most natural fibres self-extinguish)
16 Jan 2012 at 20:49
My current project, following the string bag, is a long roly poly draught excluder. I think might contact Juliet for her string…..I need loads and it’s going to take me awhile, sadly I didn’t have time to compose a rhyming message this evening. Back to my knitting now!
16 Jan 2012 at 21:01
We used our string to repair the handles on an old wicker laundry basket.
17 Jan 2012 at 16:36
Hi Helen, it is indeed made from recycled fibres, and so includes a bit of a mix of man-made and natural fibres. Since it’s already recycled, it can’t be recycled again (unless you’re a clever Abel & Cole crafter). However, it is considered ‘brown’ compost (like the lint from the tumble dryer and hair from your brush) so should break down eventually on the compost, just not quickly. Hope that helps, but feel free to get in touch (organics@abelandcole.co.uk or 08452 62 62 62) if you have any more questions! Best wishes, Nicky
18 Jan 2012 at 20:57
I always return the string, using it to tie the box so that it stays flat, I didn’t realise that you couldn’t re-use it.
I love some of the imaginative ideas for using it.
19 Feb 2012 at 14:00
I use the string to tie up greens for my chicken girls. They get to eat outer leaves of veggies and play swing-ball at the same time!
22 Feb 2012 at 13:47
Even though I’m only 10 I enjoy making things out of the box string. So far I’ve made a braided headband. I also love making things out of recycled things!
22 Feb 2012 at 13:54
My sister made ‘shoes’ out of cardboard and box string!
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