My friend Theresa VanderMeer runs an organization called The Lotus Odyssey that exports fair-trade products from different eco/people-friendly groups in India. She is starting a foundation called WORK+SHELTER that will offer women living in the slums of New Delhi a fresh start. Theresa is working to give these women decent living conditions and a chance to build a better future. WORK+SHELTER will be a safe place where women can come with their children to live and work. She will be providing training, materials, and a fair wage, and members of WORK+SHELTER will be producing products to be sold in boutiques around the world.
WORK+SHELTER Market Bag
Theresa asked me to design garments and accessories that will be hand knit by the women living and working at WORK+SHELTER. This market bag is one of those items! By purchasing this pattern you are helping this amazing cause. Read more about this project here, donate by emailing Theresa, and when someone compliments you on your sweet market bag, be sure to tell them about WORK+SHELTER.
Cute and Practical!
WORK+SHELTER MARKET BAG
Finished Size 9” deep, 10” wide, with an 8” handle.
MATERIALS
Yarn Knit Picks Dishie, 100% Cotton. 190yds/100g: Conch.
Needles Size 9 (5.5 mm) 16-24” circulars.
Notions Tapestry needle.
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WORK+SHELTER Market Bag is $2
that bag is super duper adorable!
If I wasn’t so brain dead this week I’d be jumping thru my stash to whip one up but, alas, I’ve caught my toddler’s cold (again) and now I am having a night quill hangover.
blech!
but YOU GO GIRL!!!!
xoxox
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Comment by Cindy — February 7, 2012 @ 10:35 am
just finished this and i LOVE it. The pattern is great, the cause is amazing. I’m making more of these bags, and have my eye on the other Work+Shelter patterns, too!!
Comment by katrina — February 8, 2012 @ 10:47 am
You are a speed knitter! I just released the pattern yesterday! So glad you liked the pattern and the cause! Thanks so much.
Comment by Allyson — February 8, 2012 @ 10:52 am
!!
thank YOU for what you are doing…
i bought it the second i saw it (on FB i think) and cast on immediately. i have been looking for a market bag pattern, and this was a homerun when i read about the cause. it’s fabulous
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Comment by katrina — February 8, 2012 @ 10:56 am