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Covid-19 cost me my job, so I knit wool into night lights

Everlyn Nyakio [Photos: Jael Musumba]

Did you always want to be a crocheter?

Not really, I am a trained fashion designer. However, knitting has always been a family talent ever since I was young. My mother is a master knitter and she ensured the skill flowed down to us. So, even though I pursued fashion design actively, at the back of my mind, I still had knitting skills to fall back to.

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