Away from the tourists, small, rural farming communities are hidden away up dirt tracks, eeking out a living from their animals and from the soil, easily recognizable by their stooped posture and weather worn faces. Life for the majority living in the foothills of the Himalayas is still very much at a subsistence level.

To supplement farming incomes, wool blankets are spun and woven by hand in the villagers’ homes and sold to passing pilgrims and sadhus.

These blankets are rustic and simple, warm and comforting, totally natural and environmentally friendly. ‘Door to the Himalayas’ is working with two villages to bring you these blankets and to establish a regular order that will provide a reliable additional revenue source.