Rahesh Joshi-Production Manager of Woolen Products
Nepal is a country where women are primarily perceived to work as house wives and take care of the family and farms. Generally, the men are the breadwinners of a household. Rahesh Joshi, our production manager for all woolen products, wanted to change this perspective. Coming from an established Newari family, he wanted to bring the untapped skills of women weavers and knitters to the market.
As a kid, he saw his mother knit beautiful woolen sweaters for him and his siblings. He further says: “Buying a machine made sweater was a luxury back in the day. All we had to put up with was the hand knitted sweaters or gloves made locally. We did not feel so good about them. We were more into dreaming about wearing machine made woolen products. But now, we realize we were wrong. The amount of time, love, dedication and passion you put into making anything with hand can never be replicated by a machine. The machine knit sweater can never be as warm and cozy as a hand knit sweater”.
With this realization, Rahesh started to explore the deepest alleys of Patan, an ancient city adjoining Kathmandu. There he found many women knitters who would bring out their ball of wool in the sun along with friends and neighbors, all chatting up and knitting various woolen products. Knitting is so much fun when it is accompanied by chats and laughter. Rahesh spoke to many women knitters asking them to produce woolen products for him. He provided designs and patterns, necessary wool and kits, advance money and there it all started, by the end of the week, he had finished products flowing in.
Empowerment comes from motivation and inspiration. He did just that. He inspired the women knitters to come forth with their talents and assured that he will promote their products across the globe through NepaCrafts. Now we have a huge collection of Woolen Socks, Woolen Legwarmers, Woolen Gloves & Mittens, Woolen Handwarmers, Woolen Headbands, Woolen Caps, Woolen Beanies, Woolen Mufflers, Woolen Cardigans & Sweaters along with bags, purses and more.
We are very proud to bring to you the most authentic hand knit woolen products that Rahesh Joshi and his team of empowered women create. Our wool is imported from New Zealand and Australia and dyed using SWISS CLARIANT PROCESS.
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Gray Red Multicolored Pure Woolen Socks
These pure wool knee high socks are hand knit by Nepalese women artisans using Pure Sheep wool from New Zealand. These Grey Red Mixed Color Pure Wo...
View full detailsHand Knit Multicolored Childrens Woolen Socks
Special Collection: Pure Woolen Multicolored Children Knee High Socks: Available in Small and Medium Sizes for children upto 10 years of age. Thes...
View full detailsOlive Green Multicolored Childrens' Woolen Socks
Special Collection: Pure Woolen Multicolored Children Knee High Socks: Available in Small and Medium Sizes for children upto 10 years of age. Thes...
View full detailsDark Blue Multicolored Children Woolen Socks
Special Collection: Pure Woolen Multicolored Children Knee High Socks: Available in Small and Medium Sizes for children upto 10 years of age. Thes...
View full detailsLight Blue Multicolored Childrens Woolen Socks
Special Collection: Pure Woolen Multicolored Children Knee High Socks: Available in Small and Medium Sizes for children upto 10 years of age. Thes...
View full detailsSnow Flake Childrens' Woolen Socks
Special Collection: Pure Woolen Multicolored Children Knee High Socks: Available in Small and Medium Sizes for children upto 10 years of age. Thes...
View full detailsOrange Pure and Soft Wool Winter Children Woolen Socks
Special Collection: Pure Woolen Multicolored Children Knee High Socks: Available in Small and Medium Sizes for children upto 10 years of age. Thes...
View full detailsGray Red Multicolored Pure Woolen Children Socks
Special Collection: Pure Woolen Multicolored Children Knee High Socks: Available in Small and Medium Sizes for children upto 10 years of age. Thes...
View full detailsRed Cream Mix Warm Woolen Head Band
This Woolen Head Band is knitted by the Nepalese Women using the sheep wool from New Zealand Wool. We use Eco-friendly Swiss Technology CLARIANT Co...
View full detailsWoolen Snow Flake Design Sherpa Hat
This Woolen Cap is knitted by the Nepalese Women using the sheep wool from New Zealand Wool. We use Eco-friendly Swiss Technology CLARIANT Color Dy...
View full detailsSnow Flake Pattern Woolen Hand Warmers-Texting Gloves
These soft and pure wool hand warmers or texting gloves are hand knitted by Nepalese women knitters using 100% sheep wool from New Zealand. These h...
View full detailsGray Red Multicolored Woolen Hand Warmers
These soft and pure wool hand warmers or texting gloves are hand knitted by Nepalese women knitters using 100% sheep wool from New Zealand. These h...
View full detailsWhite Pink Multicolor Winter Sherpa Head Band
With a circumference of 20" and width of 4", this is a warm winter White Pink Multicolor Winter Sherpa Head band/ Ear Warmer knitted in Nepal using...
View full detailsOrange Multicolored Winter Sherpa Woolen Head Band
With a circumference of 20" and width of 4", this is a Pure and Soft Wool Orange Mixed Winter Sherpa Head Band / Ear Warmer knitted in Nepal using ...
View full detailsOrange Pure and Soft Wool Winter Sherpa Pom Pom Beanie
This is an orange Multicolor Winter Sherpa Pom Pom Beanie with Fleece Inner Lining. Hand knit in Nepal using the finest New Zealand Sheep wool, the...
View full detailsPure Woolen Snow Flake Sherpa Winter Head Band
With a circumference of 20" and width of 4", this is a warm winterNepalese Pure Woolen Red White and Blue Mix Snow Flake Pattern Sherpa Winter head...
View full detailsDark Blue Mixed Color Pure Wool Head Band
With a circumference of 20" and width of 4", this is a warm winter Dark Blue Mixed color wool head band knitted in Nepal using the Pure Sheep wool ...
View full detailsGray Red Multicolored Woolen Pom Pom Beanie
This is a Gray Red Mixed Multicolored Pure Wool Winter Sherpa Pom Pom Beanie with Fleece Inner Lining. Hand knit in Nepal using the finest New Zeal...
View full detailsGray Red Multicolored Pure Wool Head Band
With a circumference of 20" and width of 4", this is a warm winterGray Red Mixed Multicolored Pure Wool head band knitted in Nepal using the Pure S...
View full detailsMulticolored Woolen Sherpa Head Band
With a circumference of 20" and width of 3.5", this is a warm winter head band hand knit in Nepal using the Pure Sheep wool from New Zealand. The w...
View full detailsLight Blue Multicolored Pure Woolen Head Band
With a circumference of 20" and width of 4", this is a warm winter Light blue Multicolor head band knitted in Nepal using the Pure Sheep wool from ...
View full detailsOlive Green Multicolor Woolen Head Band
With a circumference of 21" and width of 4.2", this is a warm winter head band knitted in Nepal using the Pure Sheep wool from New Zealand. The woo...
View full detailsOlive Green Woolen Winter Sherpa Pom Pom Beanie
This is an olive green and light blue Multicolor Winter Sherpa Pom Pom Beanie with Fleece Inner Lining. Hand knit in Nepal using the finest New Zea...
View full detailsOlive Green Handknitted Woolen Sherpa Beanie Cap
This is a beautiful Hand Knitted geometric patterned pure woolen Sherpa beanie. Hand knit in Nepal from the finest New Zealand Sheep wool, these wo...
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