Binding : Apparel Product Description
SHOES FOR LIFE COMFORT and QUALITY
-HAND MADE WITH MERINO WOOL
-BREATHABLE. REGULATES TEMPERATURE - WARM IN WINTER and COOL in the SUMMER.
EXPENCIVE? It´s WORTH IT!
Norwegian History on your Feet In 1855 Maria Olavsdotter married Johannes N. Askeland. They lived on Askeland Farm, near the Small Village of Haus on an Island near Bergen. Maria was an expert at making felted hats. In the mid 1800´s, she took the challenge of felting warm indoor shoes.
These Haus Slippers became the result, and it became an important additional income for many farmers on the Island.The Slippers were collected from the Farms and sold in various Hand Craft Stores in Norway.
Why made in Mongolia now? Wool felting is thought to Originate from Mongolia. Askeland Farm made the Slippers until the 1990´s. Then Norwegian labor became too costly and the Wool prices went up and the profit was gone. The Slippers almost "died".
Then something extra ordinary happened!
TOVA, a Company run by a Norwegian Family that once lived in Mongolia while Working with Foreign Aid Projects, contacted Askeland Farm, Looking for Machines for their Wool Shoe Factory, in Mongolia.
The Shift came!
In 2012, Arne Askeland, a fifth Generation descendant of Johannes N. Askeland, Travelled with TOVA to Mongolia. He Trained them on Haus Slipper Felting Techniques, and Production began.
Once again, the Haus Slippers can help people help themselves. This time, it´s Families in an Other Poor Country that have found Hope for the Future Thanks to the Haus Slippers.
100% SATISFIED or MONEY BACK!
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