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Toasty Teal Convertible Mittens

There's a little nip in the air-you're about to head out-grab your Toasty Teal Fold-Over Mittens. Beautifully handcrafted by artisans with Kumbeshwar Technical School in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. When it warms just slightly, fold back the top, and your fingers are free to handle what you need, text, take a pic, then pop them back over to keep warm. Style meets function with these cozy classics in a diamond knit that trends forever.

HANDCRAFTED IN NEPAL

  • Materials: 80% wool, 20% nylon
  • Care: Handwash cold. Reshape while damp. Dry flat.
  • Pair with Toasty Teal Knit Hat
  • Measures: 10.5"L x 3.5"W
  • Colors: Dark teal, white
  • Handcrafted in Nepal

SKU: 5918320

THE MAKERS

Kumbeshwar Technical School was established to assist socially and economically disadvantaged children in the Kathmandu Valley. KTS seeks to provide trainees with marketable skills that can ultimately lead to successful self-employment. Graduates of the training program have the opportunity to move into employment at KTS, or to establish their own workshop. Besides the technical school, KTS operates an orphanage, a nursery, a primary school and a workplace day-care. Other benefits include literacy classes, women’s health education, health and accident insurance, and access to loans. KTS was established in 1983, providing an alternative vision to poverty and caste discrimination. Initially the institution focused on the "pode" or street sweeper and rickshaw driver community, in which children lacked access to education.
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