African fabric

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. …

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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
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…

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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…

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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…

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800 534 Urbanknit