Kente shopping

I needed a little break this weekend from the production at the office, so I decided to take a short trip to another PCVs site in the Volta region to see how Ewe Kente is made and to possibly buy some.

The trip took less than 2 hours and my friends site was great. I dropped at the weaving site and there were about 5 weavers there working on orders they had received from embassies, expats and from the states. I was able to walk around the center and watch the guys make the kente and then sit down at one of the loom's and have my picture taken. Don't be fooled by the picture I did not try to weave anything, I was too afraid to mess up the design.

Inside the weaving site they had some strips of Kente that were already completed. They had both Ewe kente patterns and Ashanti patterns. I fell in love with one pattern called "Poor man doesn't eat stone". The phrase means that no matter how poor you are you can not eat rocks. They had the pattern in several different colors and I ended up buying 11 strips of this kente pattern that were sewn together. It will look so nice with a black dress when I am back in the real world and start to go out again. The best part is that this pattern is reversible.

I took some pictures while I was there and have uploaded them. Hope you enjoy my mini-trip.