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.
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.
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!
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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