Our long awaiting mid winter collection has finally arrived from Nepal. It's been a bit delayed this year as Dushain, the Nepali equivalent of Christmas came early this year, this is the time of year when all our workers go back to their villages to see their extended families. It is the only chance some of them have all year to visit their communities so we don't mind them going, but it does mean that the orders tend to get delayed. You see Nepal is not like Europe or America, there are not many roads so when you live in a remote village you catch a bus to the nearest point that the bus stops and start walking, some of our people walk for two or three days to get to their village! Then once they have made this Herculean effort they like to stay for a couple of weeks before doing it in reverse, so Dushain can cause a three to four week delay in our orders!
But all this makes us realise about all the things we take for granted in our home countries that people in other countries don't have. So forgive us that our order is a little late but it has meant our workers have been able to enjoy some time in their home villages and get away from the noise and traffic of Kathmandu.
But it's been worth the wait, we have handknitted ponchos, crochet tops, some great felt flower boquets, some hand painted tops and lots of lovely childrens stuff! We'll get it photographed and online asap.
But remember all our things are handmade by small producers so we only have small runs of any particular line and when it's gone it's gone! It is not possible to reorder mid season because of the lead times, once it arrives it'll be Spring!
