My Story
Crochet made with love.
MY STORY
How did a young woman transmit her love of crochet around the globe? A young woman who, thanks to her creations has made herself internationally known to the Rasta movement as well to lovers of this art?
Sheba started crochet at 9 years old in Martinique. Which was considered a compulsory activity for girls on the island became for her a hobby.
Several years later, at the age of 16, Sheba joined the Rastafari movement, considered a rebel movement at a time where the Dread Act (passed in 1974) had been promulgated and allowed the murder of any visible Rasta in the street. It was a fundamental turning point in her life. Her lifestyle changed dramatically: she became vegan, grew locks and invested herself more passionately in making hats for her community.
Her best friend gave her all the necessary tools to conceive the hats because, frightened by her father who was rejecting the movement, she was no longer able to help her crochet them.
Sheba was then bringing the hats to a Rasta store sale depot to resell them.
Little by little, it was the beginning of the climb. This movement of spiritual liberation that is Rastafari kept spreading like a wave and lead Sheba to St. Martin where she was living off the craft and learnt little by little more about the trade and sale of her art.
She was young, full of hope and unfortunately had to face and overcome this major obstacle that was society at the time, refusing to hire Rastas.
Her return to Martinique, however, gave her some great news : getting a job in the National Education. She managed to reconcile her passion, her job and claiming herself as part of both movements Panafricanism and Rastafari, her lifestyle lead her to travel from Dominica (following the Rasta Dominican independence movement) to Ethiopia, Guadeloupe (island where she had a crochet stand at Pointe-À-Pitre), Barbados, Cameroon, Ghana ...
Sheba promoted through her brand the return to the roots, in Africa, place that is an essential mainstay for the Rasta movement.
These travels gave her the pleasure to admire landscapes filled with greenery, mesmerizing blue beaches, warm sand, meet key personalities and also were a real source of inspiration and resourcing nearby her people.
Over the years, crochet had no secret for her: hats, purses, sweaters, vests, lighters, each trip gives her assets to invent creations that are one of a kind.
A few years later, Sheba had to leave Martinique for family reasons. Truly sad to leave the island that has been dear to her heart for so many years and where she learned everything from craftsmanship but also lived during her childhood and entire adolescence, Sheba thought about how she could prosper in this new country: France. She then proceeded to create the headwrap! Simple design, unique and easy to tie, sales kept increasing in the Rasta community but also with surprise, from people who do not necessarily share the Rasta philosophy.
Perfectionist with a love for details, Sheba opened her Facebook page in 2010 to facilitate shipments around the world (United States, Canada, Martinique, Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Europe etc ...). Today, what happened to Sheba and how is doing her crochet industry? Well, she is writing this text and she welcomes you to her website. 😊
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