HandKnitCrafts.com
Title
Hand Knit Crafts - sweaters, tops, shawls, bags and dresses custom made for you
Description
Excerpted from the website:
- Our group for traditional hand knitting was established in 2004 with the help of the Regional Economic Development Agency of Stara Zagora and, after passing a short training in organization and developing own business, we found that the most proper work for us is hand knitting. In the beginning the plan was to give an opportunity to those in the Social Institutions to be included in labor activities by using their skills and intelligence. The program began in May and included the first group of about fifteen women who worked on making souvenirs – dolls wearing traditional Bulgarian costumes. After seeing that there was no market for the souvenir dolls, the group began working on hand knit clothing and accessories in the traditional Bulgarian spirit. From the original group of fifteen, those who could not knit quit and those who remained had decades of experience in hand knitting. Now the group numbers eight women, most of whom were born and raised in villages where they learned the traditional Bulgarian skills for women, keeping the household, cooking the food, and making the clothing for all the family members. In big families from the villages, girls with physical infirmities are often taught to knit, embroider and sew and to use these skills to earn their living.
Languages
English
