<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-06-22T07:57:45Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/CD9BD9DB-9D2D-4379-B5EE-76B97FBEBB2A" ns1:id="CD9BD9DB-9D2D-4379-B5EE-76B97FBEBB2A"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/952EE3C5-E079-470C-99A8-7E1DDBBA77A3" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/2BD6FD23-A7B4-45CF-BD09-3E54986C834D" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/2BD6FD23-A7B4-45CF-BD09-3E54986C834D" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2022-03-30T23:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/78C2DDB2-49C8-4CBD-BFA8-C942E2883C1F" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2021-09-30T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">10011317</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>We'll Make Dead-Stock Yarn Great Again</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Responsive Strategy and Planning</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>On average 2% of all yarn purchased for commercial knitting by UK knitwear manufacturers is written off as wastage, in addition an average fancy yarn spinner holds around 2 tonnes of dead-stock yarn. Currently UK knitwear manufacturers have not invested in developing any process that will allow this yarn to be knitted on a commercial scale.

Our innovation commercialise the usage of dead-stock yarn by creating a prototyping and small/medium scale production facility in the UK that gives designers and brands the opportunity to manufacture well designed, high quality knitwear from dead-stock.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>