as a follow up to my previous post on how much i love kikois, here are a few reasons why. you can see it's not quite 101 yet (still working on it!), so feel free to add to the list! big big thanks to two friends (m & j), who's idea the concept is, and whose ideas i've stolen (with permission of course) below.
- picnic blanket
- skirt/sarong
- dress
- towel
- massage cloth
- laptop carrier
- scarf
- baby carrier
- shopping tote
- smoke diffuser (when the smoke detector at home drives you crazy and you’re desperate to stop it beeping, you wave the kikoy in front of it to diffuse the smoke! genius!)
- camera wrap
- headscarf (bit bulky but works)
- cleaning cloth for specs, hands, face, cars, car windows, etc.
- sun shelter/parasol
- blanket
- shawl
- pillow
- pillow cover
- rain cape (not amazingly effective in torrential tropical downpour though)
- table cloth
- superman/batman cape
- dust protector
- throw (for beds, shelves, sofas, etc.)
- “garden glove” to pick up spikey leaves
- steering wheel cover (if it’s too hot to touch)
- modesty screen/lap sheet (e.g. when wearing short skirt and having dinner at a Korean resto, i.e. sitting on the floor)/cleavage cover
- wall décor
- curtains
- oven/stove glove (otherwise known as a potholder - very useful especially in Sudan because we can't seem to get off our asses to buy potholders!)
- ring polisher
- giant hanky (eeew)
- giant serviette (also kinda 'ick' but beggars can't be choosers!!)
- liner for a holey backpack (to stop small things falling out)
- bedsheet/duvet cover
- fire blanket/extinguisher (for small fires only!!!)
- neck protector (for when you're in a car with unadjustable seat belt heights, and the seatbelt rubs your neck raw)
- ironing board cushioning
- closet lining (for when you're too lazy to clean the closet because you're not staying long, but you don't want your clothes to get dusty)
- hijab
