Ethiopian Handspun Cotton Yarn, Voca Blush africa yarn dyed in a bath of

dyed in a bath of avocado stones

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This headband take six hours for one woman to knit by hand

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the spinners then ply the yarn with spinning wheels into a two-ply yarn

Ethiopian Handspun Cotton Yarn, Voca Blush africa yarn dyed in a bath ofThis 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 avocado pits, in the single ply. Once the yarn is dry, the spinners then ply the yarn with spinning wheels