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Knitting a livelihood: This design studio helps women become self reliant

What started with two to three women working together in the workshop, now has over 30 working women

Through Peoli, Veluri and Dhoundiyal are hoping to give maximum work to people, build a roadmap for naturally-dyed, handcrafted products and also make people mindful and conscious about how and what they produce
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Through Peoli, Veluri and Dhoundiyal are hoping to give maximum work to people, build a roadmap for naturally-dyed, handcrafted products and also make people mindful and conscious about how and what they produce | Photo courtesy: Peoli

Sneha Bhattacharjee
Sunita Tiwari of Uttarakhand used to work with a pharmaceutical company counting medicines bottles, day in and day out. It was not something that interested her particularly but an economic necessity: the sheer pressure of supporting her family . But Tiwari sought opportunities that both earned her an income  and also gave her job satisfaction.

Amazingly, the solution was something that she had never considered a vocation: the job of a knitter with a design studio in Almora, Uttarakhand. Like all women who have grown up in the hill areas, Sunita was taught knitting when she was a little girl and