When Ohio’s cold winter has you hiding away in your Bainbridge, Ohio home, what better way is there to pass the time than to work on a beautiful handmade scarf to wear to fight that winter chill? Better yet, you should invite your friends from Chagrin Falls, Ohio to join you in visiting Pepper Pike, Ohio’s gem for beautiful fiber arts, Ewes d’Bleu. Their location serves as a safe haven for fiber artists to gather and engage with other likeminded people while using fair traded lace, yarn and other supplies to create stunning pieces of fiber arts.
Many of Ewes d’Bleu’s fiber art supplies such as fair traded lace and yarn are imported in from different foreign countries and serve to help people all over the world. For example, their new Manos lace, with its unique blend of silk, baby alpaca and a touch of cashmere helps to not only create beautiful fiber arts but also to provide economic opportunities for women in the South American country of Uruguay. Founded nearly forty-five years ago, the Manos Cooperatives was created by five women whose goal was to create work opportunities in a country where there are still very few available. Armed with their World Fair Trade Organization (WFTO) certification, they provide their workers with health insurance, retirement pensions, paid vacations and paid maternity leave, while maintaining safe working conditions and fair wages for their work.
“With each purchased skein of Manos del Uruguay yarn you will be helping a woman to support her family. Each skein is signed, so you will know know who made your yarn, and from which village it came.
You will be supporting the hand-crafted rather than mass-produced, and contributing to an economy where the workers control of the means of the production. You, as a handknitter, crocheter or weaver, will be contributing to women’s careers in harmony with family life, and contributing to the landscape and cultural heritage of Uruguay.”
Source: Fairmount Fibers
Ewes d’Bleu’s contribution doesn’t stop with ensuring they have fair traded products in stock. They strive to help the communities around Northeast Ohio, including Cleveland, Pepper Pike, Bainbridge and Chagrin Falls. Their support of local charitable groups helps to create handmade scarves, hats, gloves and blankets for the less fortunate. They donate their time space, yarn and even offer free technique tips to help those in these in organizations. All of which shows just how much they care for the world around them.
A trip to Ewes d’Bleu in Pepper Pike, Ohio can serve to ease some of the daily stresses we all carry with us, while providing opportunities to better the lives of people not only in our local communities of Bainbridge, Ohio and Chargin Falls, Ohio, but all over the world. You can find a warm, welcoming environment to create beautiful fiber arts, while enjoying the company of others who share some of the same interests as you do. So regardless if you are looking for fair traded lace and yarns, hoping to donate your time and effort to a charitable cause, or just hoping to create a beautiful handmade scarf for a friend, Ewes d’Bleu can serve as a safe haven for you to relax and enjoy the art you love. For more information, visit their website http://www.ewesdbleu.com/ or contact them at 216.319.6559.
Ewes d’Bleu
30559 Pinetree Road
Suite 206
Pepper Pike, Ohio 44124