Few things in todays market place are truely handmade. Tara Handknits and hot knots treasures are made using the simplest of techniques and the most basic ingredients: wool fibers, rich dyestuff and barehands. ACP, a fair trade cooperative, offers ecomonic freedom, empowerment and opportunities to hundreds of Nepali women. The Tara line is designed in Arcata, a small coastal California town, by two sisters Gayle and Andrea Shackleton and handmade by ACP.