SHANGDROK

SHANGDROK is the Tibetan word for the Nomads of the North.

April Tang from Taiwan incredibly came to my store and shared her unlikely journey and commitment to Tibet regarding the survival of crafts. She founded SHANGDROK, a workshop together with her Tibetan partner in a Tibetan village in 2015, and employed half a dozen local women who produce hand-spun yarn and handmade blankets.

All Tibetan women spun, wove, and felted not so long ago. But due to the influence of modern lifestyle and the market, there are not many who still do it. The traditional skills are gradually dying out.

That's why SHANGDROK was started.

"We hope to keep these traditions alive while providing job opportunities in ways and materials that they are most familiar with to the local Yak-herding nomadic women, who can live close to their families in their own village. At the same time, we want to connect them to the outside world, to know that what they have created is highly valued so that they can be proud of themselves and their cultural heritage."

April Tang

60 Garner Nord offers:

-Yakgarn

-Silk yarns

-Hand-dyed yarns

-Felt hats

-Hand-painted hats

Yakgarn

"We only live once, so why not allow yourself to knit once in handspun Yak yarn."

/Anna