cowgirlblues Beehive Baby Blanket Knit Kit

A stroller blanket is a nice sized project, not too ambitious but enough to keep you busy. The Beehive Baby Blanket offers a little bit of detailing in between some easy knitting, with colour changes and contrasts to make it interesting. The basic stitches form a honeycomb-like pattern on the knit fabric. And the bobbles create an interesting texture and represent the bees crawling around the honeycomb. Hence the name. In addition to the kit you will need: 3.5mm knitting needles, or similar to achieve gauge, 4 x stitch markers, a darning needle for finishing

• 450 grams/656 yards of Merino Twist & Merino DK Wool
• 100% Superwash South African Wool
• Needle Size:  US 4 (3.5mm), 40" circular (minimum)

cowgirlblues is a Cape Town-based dye house and design studio specializing in South African wool and mohair created and run by Bridget Henderson.  

South Africa is the second most unequal society in the world (according to the World Bank’s country ranking. The unemployment rate is approx. 29%, although in many areas it’s higher than this. We have many problems with our basic education system, and the historical inequality of our apartheid political system means that people of colour are disproportionately affected. When I started out, I did all the work myself, and I’m not afraid to get my hands dirty doing whatever is required.  As the business has grown, I have been able to employ people and my obvious choice has been to create jobs for unemployed women of colour. It is incredibly empowering to be able to work and support your family.  And I think it has been a liberating process for all of us. It is going to take a long time to create a truly equal society here in South Africa, and all we can do is take it one step at a time.

As an educationally and economically empowered person I feel it is my civic duty to make a contribution to changing our society. Creating jobs and empowering all the women who work for me is the best way I can do that at the moment.