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This project reached the deadline without achieving its funding goal on December 8, 2010.
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A signed thank you commemorative photo from our first workshop
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E-book download of the workshop of your choice, including visuals, dialogue and craft pattern
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Our hand knit soap bag/mitt in natural Turkish sifa cotton, treated with 5% silver for healing and therapeutic effects.
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A gorgeous pair of KB Knitting’s hand painted wood ‘ebru’ knitting needles in the size and color of your choice, and 100 grams of their sifa silverized cotton yarn. KB Knitting supports artisans in the Marmara region, hard-hit in the 1999 earthquake. Plus an e-book download of the workshop of your choice, including visuals, dialogue and craft pattern.
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E-books download of 2 workshops of your choice, including visuals, dialogue and craft patterns, plus a hand knit soap bag/mitt in silverized Turkish sifa cotton, AND a bar of Vie En Rose’s natural peppermint + sage soap. Vie En Rose is Istanbul’s exclusive source of innovative herbal solutions.
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Our silverized slipper kit, lovely for any member of your harem, including sifa cotton yarn, wood needles, marker and pattern, plus e-books download of 4 workshops of your choice, including visuals, dialogue and craft pattern.
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A basket of hamam delights from Vie En Rose, Istanbul’s exclusive source of innovative herbal solutions: organic coffee & rose facial scrub, geranium & grape cleansing bar, and organic rose cream with rosehip seed + our silverized soap bag/mitt. Plus e-books download of 4 workshops of your choice, including visuals, dialogue and craft patterns.
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Lots the goodies! Our hand knit soap bag/mitt in sifa cotton, Vie En Rose’s natural peppermint + sage soap. Plus our sifa + hemp natural back scrubber. A pair of KB Knitting’s hand painted wood ‘ebru’ knitting needles, plus 100 grams of sifa silverized cotton yarn. A basket of hamam delights from Vie En Rose: organic coffee & rose facial scrub, geranium & grape cleansing bar, and organic rose cream with rosehip seed. PLUS two tea blends: vie calm for de-stressing & sleep with organic chamomile & lavender, + vie energy, for energy with organic rosehips & ginger. AND: e-books download of all 8 workshops, including visuals, dialogue and craft patterns. Please note: all shipping is included if shipped via the Turkish PTT. If you'd like your reward shipped via DHL, please add $15 for rewards of $100 or more. Thanks!
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Connected as Catherine Bayar (315 friends)
My first international solo travel at 14 awakened a passion for travel and exploring other cultures. After years around the world as a clothing and interior designer, I traded a fast-paced career for the slower pleasures of life in the Aegean Turkish town of Selcuk, tending a vintage textile shop and water pipe café with my Mardin-born husband Abit. A decade later, we’ve moved to our favorite city of Istanbul to open our crafts workshop.
I was a contributor to the 2006 best-selling anthology, Tales from the Expat Harem, and am writing a book combining my experiences living in Turkey with stories of Abit's childhood in the troubled Turkish southeast of the 70's and 80's. I currently blog for the global niche expat+HAREM, the fiber art TAFA List, the handmade object focused Hand/Eye Blog and my own Tales from Turkey.
Thank you so much, Tara! You support means a lot. I have been in contact with IWI, and will be again. My ladies and I will be taking orders starting February (I'm currently in CA until then) and yes, absolutely pure wool! Best, Catherine
I know what it's like to have people believe in what you are doing - I hope you get the rest of the backing! I assue you have publicized this with IWI?
Best of luck and happy knitting! And do let us know when you will take orders and if you and your ladies will work with pure wool.
Take care,
trashyteyze