Ethiopian Handspun Cotton Yarn, Umutuku Christmas ornament after one of our fabulous

after one of our fabulous knitters in northern Rwanda

The creation of The Hope Nativity and all of our felted sculptures helps us give dignified and life-saving employment to at-risk women in northern Rwanda

Named after Chantal

Handspun Hope Organic Worsted Wool Yarn

Available in sizes XS through 4XL

Ethiopian Handspun Cotton Yarn, Umutuku Christmas ornament after one of our fabulousThis 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 cosmos petals, in the single ply. Once the yarn is dry, the spinners then ply the yarn with spinning wheels