Manos yarns are distributed in the UK and Ireland by Rooster Yarns (Manos Yarns UK). We work with our team of professional designers to create beautiful knitting and crochet patterns designed specifically for Manos del Uruguay yarns.

Manos del Uruguay yarns are famous for their quality, softness and stunning hand-dyed colours. They also have a special story. Manos del Uruguay is a group of Fair Trade artisan cooperatives located in Uruguay’s rural areas, with over 50 years’ experience of creating beautiful hand-dyed yarns. Here, talented artisans spin and dye the yarns and create stunning colourways, combining research and experimentation with traditional hand-dyeing techniques handed down through generations.

Working in Manos’s rural-based cooperatives enables women to provide for their families and raise their children without having to emigrate to Montevideo’s poorer areas. They receive sustainable living wages, pensions, and a safe, creative working environment. Every skein of Manos yarn comes with its own tag, with the name of the artisan and the cooperative where she created it.

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