Welcome to Sage Valley.

I love to knit and sew garments and accessories with natural fibers.

I have been knitting, sewing and quilting since 2012. I love the creative process and the ability to customize the items I make and work with the highest quality materials.

Sage Valley offers a line of luxury handcrafted project bags, handbags and home accessories for the environmentally conscious individual. All products are made from naturally derived materials such as wool, cotton canvas and leather. Minimal synthetics are used in the creation of every item.

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This endeavor was born out of my frustration with the lack of availability of pompoms made with natural, recycled fur.

As knitters, we spend hours researching patterns and fibers, choosing the perfect yarn and producing a one of a kind accessory. When faced with the reality that I had sewn an acrylic faux fur pompom on my luxurious wool and alpaca cabled hat, I was disappointed and felt it lowered my satisfaction with the entire project.

My goal is to ensure other knitters and crocheters have the option to choose natural, recycled Canadian fur to perfectly compliment their hard work.

I know you will see and feel the difference in choosing natural, recycled fibers. I also think you will appreciate the bigger environmental picture of keeping faux fur microplastics from polluting the earth.

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Made by hand in Alberta, Canada with professional quality materials and techniques, Sage Valley Project Bags and Recycled Fur Pompoms effortlessly elevate your crafting experience and keep synthetics and microplastics from entering our oceans and landfills.

Vegan faux fur and leather are touted as the responsible and ethical choice in pompoms and fur accessories, but have you really thought about what these materials are made of?

Faux fur is plastic, primarily a blend of acrylic and polyester, and does not biodegrade. Faux fur particles are being found in rivers, lakes, oceans and landfills as society is choosing ethics over reality. Wildlife accumulate these microplastics in their bodies, resulting in great harm being done to fish and aquatic mammals, and eventually ending up in the human food chain as well. Faux fur pompoms are also stuffed with polyester fiber fill, another plastic substance polluting our earth. I would encourage you to check out this link to an experiment conducted on the decomposition of natural and faux fur.

https://www.truthaboutfur.com/blog/fur-burial-fur-biodegrades-one-year/

Sage Valley Handmade Recycled Fur Pompoms are crafted with care using recycled animal and new plant fibres in place of synthetics, which will return to the earth causing no harm. I personally source every fur item and prefer Canadian furs which are known for their high quality. Most garments used are high end products with labels such as Saks and Renfrew furs, however they often have signs of wear from years of love and are no longer suitable for use in their original form.

RECYCLED fur from pre-loved garments fashioned by hand into high quality, stylish accessories that contain minimal synthetic materials are the superior choice.

Winter accessories hand made in the Great White North. What could be more natural?