A Handmade Story: Manos at 50 - April 2018
What a thrill to visit Manos del Uruguay during their 50th anniversary. We first explored their headquarters and sampled some retail stores in Montevideo - then headed out to the countryside where we saw yarn being spun and dyed by members of the cooperative. We even dyed some yarn ourselves! Manos is a hand-dye pioneer and was an artisan yarn well before the term became popular. Manos remains a cooperative and is a certified member of the World Fair Trade Organization, the only yarn company in South America to have this certification. HAPPY 50TH, MANOS DEL URUGUAY!!
Left: Our tour group with some co-op members. Right: principles of fair trade posted on the co-op wall.
Left: a dye team of professionals. Right: a dye team of amateurs (Cindy Howard-Gibbon and myself)
Left: window at a Manos store. Right: Manos logo on entry door.
