Is it that time of year already?
As we countdown to Christmas we like to reflect on what we've accomplished in 2018. This year we've been extra busy, expanding our wool range, launching new clothing collections and bringing back more unique decorations, crafts and textiles from Nepal and India!
While we know that many shoppers may groan when Black Friday hits the headlines again, we were extra excited about the event this year. For us, Black Friday (and the weekend following it) have turned into an opportunity to focus on the good, and more importantly on giving.
We source all our knitted accessories, such as bobble hats, wrist warmers, and headbands, from some fantastic producers in Nepal. Nepal is renowned for its high quality knits, and we are privileged to be able to help people from the region obtain fair wages and employment.
We have recently received a brand new range of beautiful handwoven silk and cotton scarves from Laos, South East Asia.
Our fantastic supplier in Laos is is a fair trade social business that works with traditional handicraft artisans to preserve and promote Lao village crafts. We are really pleased to support them in working to create employment opportunities for villagers, especially women, and reduce poverty.
We are so privileged to have been featured in a great little local magazine to Skipton and Yorkshire called Aspire. Learn about us, our Skipton shop, and our origin story in Aspire's feature about us dated December 2015.
From The Source work with various suppliers in Nepal to import our Tibetan cotton bags, wool hats and gloves, and men's shirts and some ladies clothing. We have been in touch with people in Nepal and as far as we know our suppliers are unharmed.
We’re delighted to announce that our new shop in Skipton is now open! After weeks of decorating and shopfitting we opened on the 12th of October, offering our unique range of ethically sourced clothing, accessories and gifts.
At From The Source we've been steadily increasing the amount of cotton products we source from Laos, in particular handwoven, naturally dyed fabric that's produced in rural areas. We love these cotton products, and now stock cotton scarves for men and women in a range of beautiful natural colours that have a lovely handmade feel. They are truly original scarves that look great on, and also have a fantastic story as making them is offering new opportunties for women in Laos and providing sustainable rural development.
The Panchachuli Women Weavers is a fair trade cooperative producing the finest quality handwoven scarves and shawls from cashmere and lambswool. Located near Almora in the foothills of the Indian Himalayas, visiting Panchachuli back in 2005 was a big inspiration for us and for the creation of From the Source
