Candy Shoppe Mittens

Sweet as can be, the Candy Shoppe Mittens are hand knit and ready to warm your hands on cold days. Keep a pair in the car for cool morning drives, at the ready by the door, or tucked in a hat ready to pull on. Beautifully handcrafted by artisans with Kumbeshwar Technical School in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal.      

Who Made It: Kumbeshwar Technical School was established to assist socially and economically disadvantaged children in the Kathmandu Valley. KTS seeks to provide trainees with marketable skills that can ultimately lead to successful self-employment. Graduates of the training program have the opportunity to move into employment at KTS, or to establish their own workshop. Besides the technical school, KTS operates an orphanage, a nursery, a primary school and a workplace day-care. Other benefits include literacy classes, women’s health education, health and accident insurance, and access to loans. KTS was established in 1983, providing an alternative vision to poverty and caste discrimination. Initially the institution focused on the "pode" or street sweeper and rickshaw driver community, in which children lacked access to education.

Care Instructions: Handwash cold. Reshape while damp. Dry flat

Materials: 80% wool, 20% cotton

Dimensions: 9.5"L x 3.5"W

Handcrafted in Nepal