In general society considers cottage eceng is a plant that is not useful or is a weed because it can damage the aquatic ecosystem. However, in the creative hand of the UMKM Win's Knitted UMKM crafts, the water plant can be a beneficial and high economic value.
For Winarsih (56 years), a knitting craft that also the owner of this UMKM Win's Knitted, the selection of cottage diluted plants as the basic material of crafts because it is easy and abundantly obtained. In addition, the processing is easier than other woven craft base materials.
Originally Winarsih only produces crafts just made himself. Over time, the product is handmade to respond positively in society. In 2015, she started opening the UMKM Win's Knitted by empowering and training the surrounding community especially housewife to become a craft.
Workers take wild-growing cottage eceng plants in a reservoir in Pasuruan, East Java.
The work of taking the wild-growing Eceng Gondok plant in a reservoir in Pasuruan, East Java.
Now, this BRI Binaan UMKM has a little 30 craftsmanship and produces a variety of products made by hyacinth such as mats, cabinets, chairs, tables, flower vase wraps, clothing storage places and various other handcrafts. The price of selling the product ranges from Rp90 thousand to Rp900 thousand per unit.
When the first pioneered effort, this knitting product is only sold around Pasuran only. After the Indonesian Artificial Bangga National Movement program (Gernas BBI) and got training support from BRI related to online sales, their handicraft products began to be known as a large society and today their products have been marketed in various regions in Indonesia such as Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Bali and also auction of buana to foreigners.
This BBI Gernas program also supports digital marketing so it is a solution for SMEs to grow and develop in the center of the COVID-19 pandemi.
The work of sunbathing the hyacinth stem on the roof of his home in Pasuruan, East Java.
The work of processing dry cottage dilut rods to be made the basic woven material in UMKM Win's Knitted, Pasuruan, East Java.
Photo and text : Zabur Karu
The craft cut the pangkal of the Gondok Eceng rod that has been dry for the use of the woven base material in UMKM Win's Knitted, Pasuruan, East Java.
Materials in the form of dry hyacinth stem and woven equipment in UMKM Win's Knitted, Pasuruan, East Java.
The craftsman complete his customer order at UMKM Win's Knit, Pasuruan, East Java.
The craft finished hand crafts made by dry cottage diluted rods in UMKM Win's Knitted, Pasuruan, East Java.
The craft install lebel on the product to be sent to his customer at UMKM Win's Knitted, Pasuruan, East Java.
The knitting craft also owner of UMKM WIn's Knitted Winarsih poses its craft products in UMKM Win's Knit, Pasuruan, East Java.
The knitting craft also owner of UMKM WIn's Knitted Winarsih (left) observes his customers doing transactions in QRIS at UMKM Win's Knitted, Pasuruan, East Java.
Various woven products made by hyacinth hyacinth in UMKM Win's Knitted, Pasuruan, East Java.
Editor : Prasetyo Utomo
