Skip to content

Your Basket (0)

Clear basket View basket

Your basket is empty

Continue shopping
img
Cotton Oven Mitt

Keep your hand safe while removing something delicious from the oven with the Cotton Oven Mitt. This oven mitt is handcrafted from recycled cotton skirt fabric in assorted colors by artisans working with Ruth and Naomi. Formed to create jobs for women widowed by civil war, the group continues to provide economic and educational opportunities for the community.

HANDCRAFTED IN GUATEMALA

  • Recycled cotton skirt fabric, heat–resistant batting
  • Assorted multi–colored (oranges, yellows, greens, blues, pinks and purples) striped skirt fabrics
  • Distance between each open pocket is 1.5 inches; Small loop (in the same navy skirt fabric): 2.25L (end to end) is sewn to one end of oven mitt for hanging: Overall: 9.5L x 6.25W inches
  • Handcrafted in Guatemala

SKU: 8810040

THE MAKERS

The weaving cooperative Ruth and Naomi is located in Chontola, near Chichicastenango. The project emerged out of the terror and desperation of Guatemala’s civil war. With the help of a local Methodist pastor and his wife, some widows banded together to support their families through sales of the community’s traditional woven crafts. Of the initial group of 18 women, all had lost husbands, fathers, or both to the government’s “scorched earth” policy of the 1980s. The name was chosen because it spoke of two widows from the Bible who were without resources, but who worked and survived.Scholarships make it possible for teens to complete high school in Chichicastenango while living in the project compound. Some have gone on to complete university degrees. The project has also started a health and nutrition center. Ten Thousand Villages has purchased products from Ruth and Naomi since 1993.
img
img

Welcome to our global maker-to-market movement where, together with 20,000 artisans, we ignite social change. We create opportunities for individuals, families, and communities in developing countries to thrive through strong relationships, fair wages, safe working conditions, and sustainable practices.

Tenthousandvillages.com