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Retired doctor taps talent with needles to make crafts

  • COURTESY RYP DESIGNS LLC
    Robyn Yim Pang, founder of RYP Designs LLC, set up a temporary shop at a recent event at Ward Village offering her hand-sewn designs. After nearly 15 years as president and CEO of the Blood Bank of Hawaii, she stepped down and launched her own business.
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    Robin Yim Pang's aloha print aprons sell for $12. Selections of her handmade items can be found at Na Makana at Paradise Park and Native Books/Na Mea Hawaii at Ward Warehouse, as well as on her website.
  • COURTESY RYP DESIGNS LLC.
    Camille, Carly and Cassidy Yim, modeling palaka shorts made by their auntie Robyn, founder of RYP Designs LLC ($14 for girls' sizes, $16 for women's).
  • COURTESY RYP DESIGNS LLC.
    RYP Designs also makes pillows that are 14-inch squares for $14, and 18-inch squares for $16. They are zippered in the back and the pillow covers are washable.
  • COURTESY RYP DESIGNS LLC.
    An assortment of aloha print shorts, some, trimmed with palaka print in complementary colors, by RYP Designs. Shorts sell for $16 for women's sizes and $14 for girls' sizes.
  • COURTESY RYP DESIGNS LLC
    A cloth bag also known as a furoshiki made by RYP Designs.

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