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Kangas: 101 Uses: Fashionable, Functional, and Fanciful

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Kangas: 101 Uses gives a detailed history of kangas, how they came into existence and where the name came from. The authors also do an excellent job of describing the differences between khangas, kikoys, and kitenges.

After discussing the various terms used to create the various clothing styles, the book gives instructions for forty-eight different garments you can create with one or two kangas. The first outfit to wrap is a simple dress. The instructions include several variations on how to knot and wear the dress. Each subsequent garment is a little bit harder to wrap and knot than the previous one. This book includes instructions for dresses, skirts, toga, swimsuits, headwraps, head dresses, turbans, halters, and bras.

The fun part comes with the next six items to make. This is the "You figure it out" section. Don't worry if you can't figure out how to wrap and knot those styles, there is a hints section.

The last set of uses - numbers 55 through 101 are other types of uses for a khanga such as a rug, diaper, baby sling, and table cloth. Some of the uses are a little contrived, but none-the-less hilarious like using a khanga to distract an animal that is chasing you.

I found this book to be very informative and enjoyable. The pictures are very well illustrated and instructions are clear making creating the various garments a pleasure.