African fabric

Nike Davies-Okundaye: A Retrospective
Nike Art Gallery

Nike Davies-Okundaye: A Retrospective

Nigerian artist Nike Davies-Okundaye currently has a retrospective exhibition of her work spanning more than 40 years at the www.gafraart.com

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500 375 Urbanknit
Fabric of the Week: Red Stars Ankara
Red Stars Ankara Bee Bag

Fabric of the Week: Red Stars Ankara

This week we have a wax print as our fabric of the week. It features a red star motif against an olive green background. Definitely a show-stopper and not for those that want to do subtle!  

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300 300 Urbanknit
Fabric of the week: Chocolate Roses Ankara
Chocolate Rose Ankara Fabric

Fabric of the week: Chocolate Roses Ankara

This week our fabric of the week is the Chocolate Rose Ankara fabric. Made in Nigeria by a local textile mill (NICHEM), it features a simple floral motif against a green backdrop.  Here's what we made with it! 1.

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500 333 Urbanknit
African Fabric for Sale

African Fabric for Sale

You can get a range of unique Ankara (African wax print) and Adire (hand-dyed, handmade tie dye) fabric shipped right to your door!  

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700 150 Urbanknit
Upcycling Workshop with Yinka Ilori
Yinka Ilori

Upcycling Workshop with Yinka Ilori

Yinka Ilori is a East London based designer with a degree in furniture and product design. He specialises in up-cycling vintage furniture inspired by traditional Nigerian parables and African fabrics that he grew up with as a child. Each piece of furniture that he up-cycles tells a meaningful, yet humorous story which can be shared…

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500 367 Urbanknit
Want to Buy African Fabric?!
Blue Ankara Patchwork

Want to Buy African Fabric?!

It is pretty clear I LOVE batik aka Adire aka tie dye fabric. Soooooooo, I also realise you love it too and I have opened an Urbanstax. There is currently Adire and Ankara in-store. Let me know what you think!

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1000 909 Urbanknit
Introducing Adire
We love Adire

Introducing Adire

Àdìre Adire pronounced (pronounced ah-d-reh) is the indigo dyed cloth made predominantly by Yoruba women in South-West Nigeria. The fabric is produced using a range of resist dye techniques. There are several techniques used to make adire ranging from tieing and stitching the areas that will resist the dye, to the use of wax for the same purpose. Additional methods…

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500 375 Urbanknit
Introducing Aso-Oke fabric

Introducing Aso-Oke fabric

One of my favourite fabrics to work with here at Urbanknit is the wonderful Aso-oke fabric. The history, the colours and even the 'format' it comes in are all very interesting. Most of all I love the story and this is my own way of capturing some of it. My aim is to look at…

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800 534 Urbanknit