A Happy Rug

In November, I was contacted by a representative of Sukhi, purveyors of handmade rugs, asking if I was interested in a collaboration.

I have been asked about collaborations before and in only two other cases have I accepted because I didn't think the other products were a good fit for my blog or my decorating style.

Scrolling through the Sukhi website evoked memories of my time as a Peace Corps volunteer in Jamaica when I taught school dropouts ranging from 15 to 70 years old.

Watching the video (click here) of the Sukhi team in Nepal made me wish that I had developed a similar program to help my students.

I liked what I saw and read about the company so I agreed to the collaboration and I was asked to choose my 3 favorites.

My first choice was a Berber pattern called Aicha which is made in Morroco.

My second choice was another Morrocan Berber rug in the Khadija pattern.

My third choice, and my very favorite, was a felt ball rug from Nepal in the color Jass.

In December, I was contacted to say that Sukhi would be sending me the Jass in a 80 x 100cm rug and that it would take about 4 weeks for it to be ready.

Over the last few weeks, this sweet lady was working her fingers to the bone to create my rug. 

I love that I was given her name, found her picture on the Sukhi website and was able to send an email to thank her for her hard work - got a response the same day that almost no one sends an email and that it would be translated and shared with Ram Maya Lama.

If you have visited my blog before, I am sure you are not surprised that I wanted the rug in red - it's so soft and feels great beneath bare feet.

 I am impressed with the quality of the felt balls and the sewing of the balls together - my hands would not survive the sewing of even 10 balls together.

I really would love to keep the rug in the entry because it pops against my white walls, floor and cabinet, but the clearance of the door doesn't allow it so the rug found a home in the guest room.

If you are in the market for a new rug, please check out Sukhi - not only would you get a beautiful hand made rug, but you would be helping a woman in a third world country improve her life and that of her family.

Lulu definitely thinks getting a Sukhi rug is a good idea.

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