Fair Trade Bag Design Competition Winner Announced

Article Added: 12/05/2009 13:49:05
The voting has now closed into our fair trade bag design competition and the visitors of our website have voted for Jo Hodge’s I Knit India pictured left as the winning design. Over 600 of you voted for your favourite design and we were very pleased to see that every single design entered received a vote from somebody. However there can only be one winner and for 15% of you that was Jo.

Here were a few of the comments that you made about Jo’s winning design:

“I loved how the sense of skill and vast amount of knowledge found in India was suggested by Jo’s design, which won out for me in the end.”

“I think Jo Hodge’s design captures what this competition is all about. Amazing work!”

“I liked the simplicity of this bag and the fact it represented the people of India and what they do. I can image large groups of ladies knitting together, very sociable and purposeful.”

“What a gorgeous design – totally unique.”
 
“I think Jo has fully grasped the meaning of fair trade – pride in one’s work and one’s country.”

“This deceptively simple design brilliantly incorporates the two elements of India and fair trade handmade items.”

Jo’s bag will now be exclusively produced for HotHive Textiles by pioneering fair trade company, Bishopston Trading, who provide work for tailors and handloom weavers in rural India.

We will have a limited edition of 100 of the bags printed, which will be available to buy through our website. The bags will be priced at £4 each plus £1 for delivery, and £1 from each sale will be donated to The Fairtrade Foundation to support the wonderful work they do. The bags are expected to arrive from India on 26 June, to pre-order yours please click here.