AURA QUE http://auraque.posterous.com MADE ETHICALLY IN NEPAL posterous.com Mon, 11 Jun 2012 12:00:00 -0700 Making our AURA QUE summer lightweight Bamboo Cotton Jersey Scarves http://auraque.posterous.com/making-our-aura-que-summer-lightweight-bamboo http://auraque.posterous.com/making-our-aura-que-summer-lightweight-bamboo

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The AURA QUE jersey bamboo cotton scarves are perfect for summer - really light weight and soft! Available in plain neutral colours as well as various striped options.

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These scarves are made on knitting machines in Kathmandu.  The yarn is very fine - 70% Bamboo and 30% Cotton, and knitted on a very fine count to get the summery light feel.  The knitters have to be very careful whilst knitting as the yarn is so delicate until woven up.

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For our striped scarf versions, the making process is extensive, as the yarn has to be knitted up in the raw cream colour, then dyed, then unwound and RE-knitted into the striped versions! So there is definately a lot of work in them!

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At the small factory where these scarves are made, they produce a lot of knitted cashmere products for overseas design houses, all for export.  Each machine is used by a trained Nepalese worker to make sure the hand-operated machines knit evenly and without faults.

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Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:00:00 -0700 All pieces hand-knitted for the AURA QUE bags........now ready for leather production! http://auraque.posterous.com/all-pieces-hand-knitted-for-the-bagsready-for http://auraque.posterous.com/all-pieces-hand-knitted-for-the-bagsready-for

Finally our AURA QUE hand-knitted panels for the handbag range are now completed!  The women have all brought in the pieces that they have knitted at home over the last few weeks.  All the pieces had to be checked compared to the pattern size, with each piece inspected and cleaned up before I collected them all to take to the leather factory.

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Checking all hand-knitted pieces once they have been completed.

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The picture above shows the hub of Kumbeshwar hand-knitting department.  Laxmi Shoba heads up the production unit, coordinating all knitters and yarn supply.

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The yarn is weighed before the women take it home, and then logged and recorded by weight when brought back in for inspection.

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Sanita Khadgi discussing with me about the new knitted purses for the AURA QUE Autumn/Wiinter collection, before they go into production this week - thats the next job!

 

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