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Founders

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Locations

Oakland, California United States

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Mission

Cocoknits’ mission is to design beautiful, functional, tools and patterns for makers all over the world, so they may delight in the making. We believe every part of the creative process should be an enjoyable experience. We support independently owned shops and craft businesses in the Making community.

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About

Cocoknits is based in Oakland, California. We are a small team of women who love to make things and love supporting other creative people and businesses. We believe all Makers should have beautiful, high-quality, tools to use in their craft.

At Cocoknits, we carefully consider the environmental impact and sustainability with every product we design and package. Our products are ethically sourced from China, the US, and Morocco. Our packaging is reusable and recyclable, and many of our products can be recycled. With all our products, we are thoughtful and transparent about where we source and manufacture them. We don’t profess to be perfect, but we promise to keep trying to bring you fun, new tools in as sustainable a manner as possible!

Part of our mission is to support local brick & mortar yarn shops and independently owned stores as much as possible. In offering our products at these shops, we feel we are supporting small businesses (which are primarily women-owned), who are the lifeblood of local Making communities and in turn foster local economic growth. In an effort to support them, we very rarely offer discounts, promotions, or free shipping from our website, because it would likely take business away from your LYS. In addition, we don’t allow sales of our products on third party sites such as Amazon, Etsy, and Ebay in order to reduce competition with local shops, (who are allowed to sell on their own branded websites.) We sell our products on our website so Cocoknits items are accessible to people without a local yarn shop.

Cocoknits seeks to foster a vibrant and inclusive environment. We support the participation of all who are interested in making and we value the diversity arising from differences that enrich our community. We are an inclusive company that will not tolerate harassment or abuse on our site. We believe that the little things make a big difference. We support independently owned shops and craft businesses and aim to welcome makers with a diverse set of backgrounds, beliefs, and values. Our goal is to create an inclusive space where we can connect through the shared joy of making.

We carefully consider the cultural impact and inclusivity with every pattern design and company communication we create. Our patterns are designed to be customizable for every body type, and are shown on models that represent a range of beauty. We seek to make our products available to any store that wants to carry them, and we price our products as best we can to make them high quality, yet accessible. We try to be thoughtful, transparent, and intentional about representation, cultural awareness and respect, and accessibility in all our company actions. We promise to keep trying to be better, listening, learning and approaching all conversations with love and respect.