Ethiopian Handspun Cotton Yarn, Umutuku merino yarn 100% organic merino wool

100% organic merino wool

Lucy Llama is 100% organic

the apprentice dye master working for Handspun Hope in northern Rwanda

5" wide x 1" deep

This poncho works wonderfully for women of every age

Ethiopian Handspun Cotton Yarn, Umutuku merino yarn 100% organic merino woolThis 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