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Simple crochet hobby that turned into a fashion business venture

By Yvonne Chepkwony | 2yrs ago

Some of the crochet hand-crafted bags exhibited by Sharon Cherotich at the Nakuru annual ASK show. [Yvonne Chepkwony, Standard]

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