Monday with Sue

 After having an adventure in the morning, I met up with Sue, Dumevi, and Eugene to go on another educational tour with them.

We went to see how Kente cloth was made. I had a good time listening and filming a few Marco Polos as we learned how and why it is made. A manual system that has worked for 100s of years. Click here for Wikipedia page on Kente Cloth.

Dumevi's friend who was weaving the cloth under the shade of trees, very close to apartments and a main road, out in the open air. He had an incredibly long strands of black thread that he had anchored  to a block about 10 yards long that came up to his weaving apparatus. Then using his heel and toes on each foot, he would separate the strands coming in with a lever system then using both hands pass a shuttle back and forth with each hand to make a dense weave. He traded in different colors with the shuttles when he wanted to make a pattern or weave in a name. It was fascinating! This adventure was fun.

then we dropped into Rita's so I could pick up some material to make Christmas stockings for my children (spouses included) and grandchildren. It was full Monday.