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Everybody's unique-hang a stocking that's equally so. These one-of-a-kind Kantha stitched stockings are handmade by artisans working with our fair trade partner, Craft Resource Center, helping informally organized artisan groups develop self-sustaining businesses. Each stocking is made with two layers of upcycled sari, keeping material out of landfills, which is better for the environment. Two layers of fabric are vertically handsewn together with that classic Kantha running stitch.
HANDCRAFTED IN INDIA
SKU: 6839260
THE MAKERS
Craft Resource Center (CRC) helps informally organized artisan groups to develop self-sustaining businesses. CRC seeks to develop economic self-sufficiency for a vulnerable segment of society through traditional handcrafting skills. CRC provides marketing, design, finance and exporting assistance to a large number of artisan groups across India. CRC also provides raw materials, production coordination between groups and additional training. CRC considers artisans more important than products. This concern for artisans translates into a broader commitment to help others within the CRC network. Because of CRC’s coordination of craft production between different artisan groups, artisans have a high level of connection and cooperation. Artisan groups have been able to work together in partnership in times of need. Ten Thousand Villages has purchased products from CRC since 1993.
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