Cheryl Fall, needlepoint editor for About.com, has just published an exciting new needlepoint pattern — an interpretation in stitch of African Kente cloth. Cheryl says,
Kente is a brightly-colored handmade cloth produced by the Akan people, along what is often referred to as the Gold Coast. Each color in the design has a specific meaning ranging from love and royalty to victory and wealth. Traditional Kente is worked in long strips on a hand loom, which are then stitched together to form a larger piece of fabric.
Whether you treasure Kente cloth as part of your personal heritage or celebrate it as a beautiful traditional art form, you’re going to want this pattern. Go get it.
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