Ethiopian Handspun Cotton Yarn, Mimosa Legume cosmos petals The creation of our needle-felted

The creation of our needle-felted sculptures helps give employment opportunities to young deaf women in northern Rwanda

so that they can gain better opportunities for employment

The leather from this bag is a byproduct of the meat industry in Ethiopia

Packaged in a single custom box handcrafted from banana fiber and tied with kitenge cord

The Christine Cable Beanie is hand knit from organic merino wool by the ladies of Handspun Hope

Ethiopian Handspun Cotton Yarn, Mimosa Legume cosmos petals The creation of our needle-feltedThis lovely cotton yarn is laboriously handspun on a drop spindle in Ethiopia by women working for a small cooperative comprised of single mothers. A single skein of yarn requires approximately 736 yards of handspun yarn. The yarn is then imported into Rwanda where the ladies of Handspun Hope complete the process of dyeing it organically, using sustainably sourced river tamarind pods, in the single ply. Once the yarn is dry, the spinners then ply the