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and so I whisper

and so I whisper

http://andsoiwhisper.blogspot.com

A diary in full color about my work as a children's wear designer living in Africa.

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  • stylish khanga

    Posted on Tuesday December 22nd, 2009 at 22:00 in africa, kenya, accessories, tanzania, spring-summer, khanga, khanga wear

    I picked up this fabric in Zanzibar, where khanga is commonly worn. This traditional East African cotton printed fabric is used by women as wraps. Muslim women use khangas as head scarves or wrap them around like pieces of clothing to add to their mo...

  • khanga wear

    Posted on Tuesday December 22nd, 2009 at 11:54 in africa, kenya, accessories, spring-summer, khanga wear

    Just a glimpse of a new style. Colorful khanga from Kenya transformed into a beautiful tunic. The sleeves are bias cut for movement and flow.Cutting khanga is not an easy task because the fabric is not wide and most of the time the design has a thick...

  • handmade goodness

    Posted on Monday December 21st, 2009 at 22:00 in alpaca, knitting, accessories, scarf

    Soft and warm heather baby alpaca yarn...Comfortable, easy to use, strong and durable Japanese bamboo knitting needles... {my favorite kind of needles}First 10cm. of a new scarf... ...

  • new, new {scarves}

    Posted on Monday December 21st, 2009 at 11:05 in alpaca, knitting, crochet, accessories, scarf, pima cotton

    I have been making scarves and shawls these days. These are some of my new styles and colors. ...

  • muffins {and pom-poms}

    Posted on Sunday December 20th, 2009 at 22:00 in family, alpaca, knitting, yarn, baking

    My weekend looked like freshly harvested peaches, "peanut butter & banana muffins" baked on Sunday morning and many, many pom-poms for some Christmas gifts I'm still making. I'm using the new alpaca yarn I bought last week. Some pom-poms have two...

  • our GiNgErBrEaD village

    Posted on Friday December 18th, 2009 at 20:14 in family, cooking, baking, christmas, celebrations

    Today looked like the photos below - my kid's are on Christmas vacation since yesterday, so since early this morning we baked and decorated our gingerbread village. It is basically Santa's workshop and Mr. & Mrs. Claus' home. We used lots of roya...

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