Hate The Cold offers ethically-sourced, sustainable luxury yarn and knitwear, hand-dyed in Seattle, Washington.

Ethics & Sustainability

We look for yarn bases made with materials that have been ethically and sustainably produced, obtain samples from as many sources as possible, and select a variety of yarn bases good for different seasons and garments.

• Ethically produced means no animals are harmed, and workers receive fair wages and safe working conditions.
• Sustainably produced means minimizing the product's environmental impact.

In the context of fashion, we see two paths for clothing companies working toward sustainability: 

 

1. Create high-quality, durable pieces that people want to rewear and pass along, with the goal of raising the average number of times a person wears a garment before forgetting about it or throwing it out.
2. Creating clothing with all-natural fibers and dyes so the garment can be composted when a person's done using it.

 

We focus on the first path. All of our knits are crafted in Seattle on knitting machines using the same yarn we sell.

The Designer

Seth Goldfarb is a machine knitter, indie dyer, and Seattle-based clothing designer.