eddys

About eddys

eddys is a New York City-based clothing brand making eco-friendly knitwear sets for babies and toddlers, founded by Carla Farina — known affectionately as “Carlita” within the brand’s own story. Farina comes from three generations of textile makers: her grandmother worked as a seamstress in the United States in the 1960s, and her mother learned to sew and knit in a small town in Argentina before passing those skills on to Farina herself. In 1992, Farina’s mother hand-made custom clothing pieces for her as a child, an experience that planted the idea behind eddys — garments made to be “cherished for generations” rather than discarded after a single season of growth spurts.

No New Cotton, No New Plastic

Every eddys piece begins life as a second-hand sweater. Rather than knitting with virgin cotton or synthetic yarn, the brand unravels donated and thrifted sweaters and reknits the yarn into new baby and toddler clothing — a process the brand sums up in one firm commitment: “no new cotton and no new plastic.” This puts eddys squarely in the world of upcycling and recycled textiles, a category that depends on exactly this kind of patient, material-first thinking rather than designing first and sourcing fabric to match afterward.

Production is deliberately small. Each “eddys pack” — a pullover, pant, and matching beanie — is made on demand in low-volume batches as orders come in, rather than forecast and mass-produced ahead of season. The brand states plainly that this approach exists to reduce water use and CO2 emissions associated with overproduction, one of the most persistent problems in children’s clothing, where fast growth spurts often mean garments are barely worn before being outgrown.

Made in NYC, Built on Fair Labour

All eddys production takes place in New York City. The brand is a member of the NYC Fair Trade Coalition and participates in the Made In NYC initiative, both of which centre on transparent, fairly paid local manufacturing rather than offshore production with limited visibility into labour conditions. eddys also holds F.A.K.E.R.S certification, confirming its products are 100% vegan and ethically made. The brand explicitly ties its labour practices to UN Sustainable Development Goals 8 (decent work and economic growth) and 12 (responsible consumption and production), committing to a living wage for every contractor involved in making its garments — a concrete labour standard rather than a vague ethical claim.

The Loop Take-Back Program

eddys closes its own materials loop through a program called The Loop: once a child has outgrown an eddys garment, parents can send it back to the brand, which either donates the piece to Little Essentials, a charity supporting families in need, or recycles the yarn into new fibre for future collections. This take-back system extends the upcycled philosophy of eddys’s sourcing all the way through to end-of-life, rather than stopping once the product leaves the warehouse.

Products

The core eddys offering is the eddys pack — a coordinated pullover, pant, and beanie set available in a rotating range of colours and seasonal tie-dye editions, alongside gift cards for new parents. Every pack is reknit from reclaimed sweater yarn, meaning colours and textures vary slightly between batches depending on what second-hand material was available that month — a feature of the process rather than an inconsistency to be engineered away.

Find eddys

eddys ships from its New York City studio and shares updates on new colourways and restocks via Instagram and Pinterest. For parents looking for baby and toddler clothing built on a genuinely closed-loop model, eddys is one of many values-driven brands featured across the Prakati Green Directory, where the only listing requirement is a real, demonstrable commitment to sustainability.