torsdag 30 november 2017

Elisabets inspirerande donation



Egentligen var kanske Elisabets tanke att jag skulle återanvända garnet i de virkade dukarna, men fantasierna handlar med om att använda dem som de är. De fyrkantiga går kanske att bygga på med mormorsrutor till babyfiltar. De samla avlånga kanske måste justeras till lika långa längder, men sedan kan de också bli babyfiltar.

Även tygdukarna kan kanske bli fina babytäcken. Om de fästs på ett fint tyg och quiltas kan det säkert bli ganska läckert. Det är bara fantasin som sätter gränser som det så klyschigt heter.

Stort tack till Elisabet för att du får inspirationen att flöda!

söndag 26 november 2017

De lätta beställningarna


Beställningar kan kännas väldigt enkla. Ett par barnvantar till en sjuåring med peacemärken kan ju inte vara så svårt. Men när en inte har det garn som mönstret föreskriver och det är väldigt länge sedan ens egna barn var sju år blir det genast lite svårare,

Vantarna som först påbörjades sitter fortfarande på stickorna. De såg ut att bli för stora. Par nummer två är de mörka i mitten och de är kanske för små. Nu återstår bara att se vad beställaren tror. Kanske får det bli ännu några par barnvantar innan det blir helt rätt. Men barnvantar med peacemärken fanns det inga i lagret av färdigstickat så det är bra att få en anledning att ändra på det,

torsdag 23 november 2017

Återutlåning november 2017

Så har vi då passerat 65 000 utlånade dollar! Återutlåningen för november är inte klar men här nedan presenteras de första låntagarna den här månaden.Det är som vanligt mest odlande kvinnor men det finns också några handarbetande kvinnor och några olika typer av "miljölån".

Nu önskar vi alla nya låntagare lycka till!


  • loanSan Francisco Group
    Carapegua, Paraguay 
    A loan helps to buy fabric, thread, elastic and other products.
    $25.00
  • loanPacari Chocolate
    Quito, Ecuador 
    A loan helps to expand cacao purchases at 2x market prices from 100% organic farmer associations and increasing their income.
    $25.00
  • loanMy Agro
    Bamako, Mali 
    A loan helps to help fund the up-front manufacturing costs of 1,500 precision planting machines to be sold to smallholder farmers.
    $25.00
  • loanNusrat
    Muzaffargarh, Pakistan 
    A loan helps to buy embroidery raw material such as thread, fancy cloth, sequins, and pearls of various colors in advance, to have in stock for her embroidery business.
    $25.00

  • loanSamar
    Maan, Jordan 
    A loan helps to buy fabric and thread for her sewing business to increase her production to improve her income.
    $25.00
  • loanHang's Group
    Mai Sơn - Sơn La, Vietnam 
    A loan helps to buy fertilizer for her family coffee field.
    $25.00
  • loanBibituti
    Istaravshan, Tajikistan 
    A loan helps to purchase seeds and mineral fertilizers for her farm.
    $25.00
  • loanLendita
    Kosovo 
    A loan helps to purchase sewing material and threads for her embroidery business.
    $25.00
  • loanZulma Jasmin
    Anamoros, El Salvador 
    A loan helps buy manure to apply to the plot of corn and guarantee a good harvest.
    $25.00
  • loanNaseem
    Muzaffargarh, Pakistan 
    A loan helps to buy raw material such as thread, fancy cloth, sequins and pearls of various colors to have in stock for her embroidery business.
    $25.00
  • loanJyambere Cb Sub Grp A Group
    Rwanda 
    A loan helps to buy more tissues for tailoring clothes.
    $25.00
  • loanMwase 1 Group
    Lundazi, Zambia 
    A loan helps to purchase renewable energy products so her family can reduce their cost of living.
    $25.00
  • loanCaroline
    Honiara, Solomon Islands 
    A loan helps to buy a wheel barrow, bush knives, spades, axes, vegetables seedlings and fertilizers for her farming business.
    $25.00
  • loanEunice Chesami
    Eldoret, Kenya 
    A loan helps to buy fertiliser and vegetable seeds to boost her farming.
    $25.00
  • loanKan Zee-2C Village Group C
    Monywa, Myanmar (Burma) 
    A loan helps to buy fertilizer and hire laborers to help her on her farm.
    $25.00
  • loanKoairwa Group
    Rwanda 
    A loan helps to pay workers who weed rice.
    $25.00
  • loanSaturnina
    tudela, Philippines 
    A loan helps to cultivate land for corn production.
    $25.00
  • loanSan Jose De Pacchac Group
    La Convencion / Santa Ana, Peru 
    A loan helps to purchase seeds and fertilizers.
    $25.00
  • loanMatera Group
    Juru, Zimbabwe 
    A loan helps to purchase fertilizers and mushroom seed.
    $25.00

  • loanShazia
    Multan, Pakistan 
    A loan helps to buy embroidery materials for her embroidery business.
    $25.00
  • loanKakumba 2 Group
    Katete, Zambia 
    A loan helps to purchase a clean cookstove that will save her time collecting fuel and cooking, and that will also reduce deforestation.
    $25.00
  • loanMeyling
    Nicaragua 
    A loan helps to buy 2 solar systems, 1 of 100 watts and the other of 80 watts with 4 lights for each of them and accessories to be installed in her home.
    $25.00
  • loanGeeta
    Imphal West, India 
    A loan helps to purchase thread and cloth materials for the expansion of her embroidered blouse business.
    $25.00
  • loanDieudonné Group
    Ouagadougou Kilwin, Burkina Faso 
    A loan helps to purchase dye and thread, which she will use to weave traditional cloth.
    $25.00
  • loanMuna
    Ramallah City, West Bank, Palestine 
    A loan helps to buy a machine to transfer the embroidery from one cloth to another.
    $25.00
  • loanWilma
    Camanga Tukuran, Zamboanga Del Sur, Philippines 
    A loan helps for the purchase of vegetable seeds, fertilizer and fruit.
    $25.00
  • loanEsther Marisol
    Monteagudo, Bolivia 
    A loan helps to equip an apiary with all the necessities and to build a fence for protection from animals and people.
    $25.00
  • loanLas Amazonas De Atalaya Group
    Atalaya - Ñosñipata - Cusco, Peru 
    A loan helps to purchase seeds and fertilizers.
    $25.00