TCV Fair Trade Tibetan Yak Wool Woollen Shawl/Blanket 1.8M x 0.8M

Description

Fair Trade Tibetan Hand Knitted Cosy Yak Wool Blanket / Shawl By buying this item you are supporting TCV, Tibetans Childrens Village, a Nepali organisation who educate many orphaned children throughout the region. . Soft, original and unique. Cosy, funky and warm. size: 180 x 80cm! Hand-loomed and made from yaks wool and acyrlic. Hand made in the Himalayan mountains by a community of Tibetan artisans. Not factory made, not mass produced. Great for festivals, picnics, travel or as a cosy blanket in your home Keep warm, or give a funky, quality gift that you won't find in high street stores. Review: Great value, but not yak hair - This shawl is gorgeous, warm, machine washable and is definitely NOT made from yak hair as advertised. It is however made from recycled acrylic, so it will wear like iron and get softer over time with washing. If it were made from yak hair, it would cost 10x the $25 price tag. It is made by Tibetan refugees living in Nepal. I rather suspect the "yak hair" business is just a joke by the weavers (who know that no self respecting yak is going to stand still for being sheared!), which the naive Western entrepreneurial do-gooders failed, as so often, to understand. Joke's on them, because I wanted something lovely, warm, made by human hands and environmentally and socially responsible--and this shawl is made to order. Review: I love the color as well - I am a fan of Yak wool and this scarf is lovely. I love the color as well. The price was good, also. As an added benefit, the scarf arrived much faster than expected.