April 10th, 2012
Today’s Skype screenshot from WORK+SHELTER: The power is out! And Ramkali needs an advance for her son’s school admission.
Entries by Theresa
Tea Dyes
We are so excited about the new tea-dyed cowl necks we’re developing for our friend Kari at Rubina Design. Sneak peak below! From left to right we have wool dyed with Chamomile, Hibiscus, Darjeeling, Jasmine, & Green Tea.
Hindi Practice
Practicing my Hindi today with Ritu and Kulwant! How are you? Good! How am I? Good! Send my love to your sister! Ok! How is the weather? Cold!
A Birthday Wake-Up
Wow! What a great surprise birthday wake-up from my lovely WORK+SHELTER ladies! They pretended to feed me Indian sweets and sang Happy Birthday. It was well worth the pain of waking up at 6AM EST. š This past year was all about bringing the W+S New Delhi vision to life – a year well spent. […]
WORK+SHELTER Corner to Corner Wraps
Enjoy the gorgeous new hand-knittedĀ WORK+SHELTERĀ Corner to Corner Wraps available on The Lotus Odyssey. Photos courtesy ofĀ Andrea Patton Photography
W+S New Delhi March 2012 Update
WORK+SHELTER was just an idea in 2011 – we wanted to create a place where women in New Delhi can come to live and work.
WORK+SHELTER Patterns
The latest round of WORK+SHELTER patterns are ready! Our friend, expert knitter Allyson Dykhuizen, designs these great, one-of-a-kind patterns just for us. We then translate them into Hindi so that the women at our New Delhi location can begin knitting. Check out Allyson’s patternsĀ here! Proceeds from pattern purchases help support WORK+SHELTER.
WORK+SHELTER New Delhi December Photos
Seema and Theresa Seema getting her dose of sunshine while she knits the forthcoming Corner to Corner Wrap Ritu’s old job paid less than $1 per day. Her fair-trade W+S wage is almost 10 times what she was earning.
we call it “the space”
I haven’t been this happy in months, probably a lot longer. Progress on WORK+SHELTER until now has been hard to define. I make organizational charts, supply chain work flows, budgets, two year plans, site wire-frames, and send out status emails to the team. They develop product samples, do bunches of legal research, and design branded […]