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Designer takes handwoven fabrics to the next level
Siafu Weavers staffers going through the various stages of the weaving process inlcuding spooling, warping and slashing as seen on August 1, 2022. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG
At Nairobi's Industrial Area, a maker of fabrics and other home furnishings is becoming the success story of a Kenyan designer taking handwoven textile to the next level.
The rhythmic sounds of weaving loom hard at Siafu Home, winding thread on spindles, and an unmistakable human presence takes you back thousands of years to a time when people made clothes themselves predominantly in hand-woven natural fibres.
