MEET THE KNITTER

Our knitters make the magic happen, and that magic is a result of years of experience.

When Lakshmi didi  joined us, she has already been knitting for many years. But the type of knitting and most often the level of finishing skills is not always matching our requirements.

She was asked to invest a bit of her time; learning to knit our pieces and achieve our level of quality.

It has been a commitment from her side as well as ours, offering the training – ensuring a long term sustainable source of income. 

Did you know that knitters like Lakshmi only knit from home?

Every piece she creates is a little piece of art that she can knit, from her own home, in her free time. The voice of workload (which is never fulltime) is entirely up to each woman.

• Our knitters group up and often knit together •

It is so beautiful that our didis have the opportunity to share laughter, happiness, loads of chai tea and work at the same time!

We give our knitters the possibility of a longterm sustainable flexible income.

A lot of women, in their mid-twenties and older, are today a part of a generation where education was not widely available in Nepal, which often has meant that they were excluded from professional job opportunities. At Shirley Bredal we give our didis a chance and skills to alleviate their financial burden as well as their social standing.

We offer them fair wages, training, flexibility to work from their own homes and choice of workload. Our knitters have different backgrounds and reasons for working as a „didi“ – which means „sisters“, and our family is big!

Each Shirley Bredal piece is made with the hands of these lovely women from the comfort of their own homes and they spend hours and days to make it! The love and attention for details come from a very genuine desire to create a heirloom piece especially for you. We are so thankful to have these amazing women in our team and very thankful for each of you who support them on a daily base with every purchase!