The group that produces our recycled silk and banana yarn is made up of Tibetan refugees, Nepalese and Indian women, ranging in age from 20 to 60 years old.  These women hand mix and hand spin silk thrums (The fringe of warp threads left on a loom after the cloth has been cut off) to earn a living wage to support their extended families.  Most work from home in small villages high in the mountains of Nepal.These women, whether working from home or in a provided safe working environment that offers child care and meals, work at their own pace. Earning a very good (living) wage, most of these women are supporting extended families of up to 20 people.  Through the sale of our recycled silk yarn and products made from it, we are able to enrich the lives of the artisans by paying a living wage, providing building materials and equipment (sponsor a family or donate items) and providing much needed medical care and educational grants.  We also provide no interest micro loans to weavers (of which only 75% has to be paid back). 

A handwoven sari thread	raw silk remnants
measuring the silk fiber	cutting the silk fibers into even stripes
Cut silk fibers readt to mixed	Jun Mixing the fibers
making sure the silk fibersline up for mixing	Mixing up the silk fibers
mixing the silk fibers by hand	teasing the silk fibers to make yarn
mixed and teased the silk fibers ready to make yarn	Spinng the silk fibers in srop spindle
deatils pic of spinning silk yarn	showing how a drop spindle is used to make silk yarn
the silk fibers formating the drafting triangle	twisting the silk fibers into yarn by drop spindle
Raw Silk fibers & finished yarn on drop spindle	artisans maknig finished the yarns into skein
the finished skein of recycled silk yarn