Ethiopian Handspun Cotton Yarn, Rich Cosmos Natural Shown in Rich Cosmos but

Shown in Rich Cosmos but available in any shade from our natural palette

Shown in Natural and available in any shade from our natural merino palette

Available in any shade from our natural merino palette

using onionskin

Base approx 8

Ethiopian Handspun Cotton Yarn, Rich Cosmos Natural Shown in Rich Cosmos butThis 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