There is a specific kind of person who deserves a handmade bookmark. You know them — they’re the one who always has a book on the go, who treats dog-earing a page like a minor crime, who has been using the same bus ticket as a bookmark for the last three weeks because nothing else was nearby when they had to put the book down. This post is for the people who love those people. And for the people who are those people.

Most businesses begin with a gap in the market. A spreadsheet, a pitch deck, a problem to be solved at scale. Made of Hands began with a pair of orange socks. My mother gave them to me one winter, knitted by hand by my grandmother. They fit perfectly. They were warm in a way that shop-bought socks never quite are. And they carried something — a texture, a weight, a specific kind of warmth — that I couldn’t stop thinking about long after that winter was over. That feeling be

At Made of Hands, our For Him collection spans 25 handmade products — beanies, mufflers, gloves, keychains, bookmarks, AirPods cases — all crafted by women artisans from the Himalayan foothills of Almora, Uttarakhand. Here’s exactly how to choose the right one for your dad.