PREMIUM She started with Sh5,000. Six years later, her yarn business has five branches The journey from watching her mother crochet to running a growing business was not straightforward. Life & Style 22 min ago Listen

From a craft she learnt at nine while watching her mother work with a ball of yarn, Aoko has built a business, a community and a festival around an art form that many people once overlooked.” But the journey from a nine-year-old watching her mother crochet to running a growing yarn business in Kenya was not straightforward.” The Osona Yarns Festival was created to give fibre artists a space to showcase their work, meet one another and challenge some of the stereotypes surrounding the craft.