In 2005, Kim Yeshi began researching yak wool because of its soft, warm qualities.
With the help of her daughter, Dechen, she set up a workshop in Zorgey Ritoma, Amdo in 2007 creating jobs for the local community.
[1] The project began as a way to utilize local resources and create sustainable industry, to give nomads who had too few animals or wished for opportunities other than herding, work in their own villages, rather than having to migrate to local cities looking for jobs.
Dechen, her husband Yidam, and three other people from their core team spent time in Cambodia and Nepal studying weaving and spinning techniques, and bought weaving equipment in Katmandu, which they transported to Ritoma.
Tianjin Satellite Television featured their efforts to train the local nomads in a documentary.