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Dye Hard tie dye chalk bags

upcycled chalk bag tie dye

They are here, our limited edition collection of tie dye chalk bags.

They started life as a canvas tent. Holes in the side, and dodgy zips – it had had enough of camping (let’s be honest, sometimes we all have) and ended up on our doorstep.

We took apart the tent, separating the usable canvas fabric from the ground sheet, zips, windows, buckles and webbing.

We then sent off a small sample to Stan at Tor and Edge to see whether we were able to dye the boring beige fabric. He back with the colours which would take.

Holy Magenta, Batman!

The rest of the fabric was then sent down to him to work his tie dye wizardry.

tie dye boulder bucket

We used this fabric to make a collection of chalk bags and boulder buckets. The fleece linings of these came from jumpers collected from various lost properties at climbing walls. The webbing is surplus stock from another company, and the canvas backs/ bases as from an end of roll from another local business.

Grab yours while you can. Why are they more expensive than the standard bags I hear you ask? We paid Tor and Edge for their handiwork. we all need to support small businesses during times like these. They look incredible…

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Not feeling blue: repurposed sleeping mats.

Introducing our Petrol Blue collection.

These special products are made using old inflatable mats sent to us from Alpkit to repurpose. And repurposed we have, nothing goes to waste here.

They are tough, and water resistant. And what’s more, we will send £2 from every order made from this collection to the Alpkit Foundation. If that isn’t circular enough, then I don’t know what is.



What is the Alpkit foundation?

In a nutshell, Alpkit support grassroots projects to get people into the outdoors, and to help people protect the outdoors.

To read more: alpkit.com/pages/foundation


We are part of the Continuum Project.

In every Alpkit store there are donation boxes so you can donate your old and unwanted outdoor gear. Many of these donations go to brilliant charities and good causes such as:

Cumbria Youth Alliance

My Great Escape

The Thomas Theyer Foundation

Nottingham Bikeworks

But..some things these organisations cannot use. And this is where Dirtbags step in. Any wetsuit, broken beyond repair items, and now climbing rope will come to us for repurposing.

Read more about the Continuum Project here: alpkit.com/pages/continuum