I bought this for my mother, and it is even more beautiful in person, thanks to the incredibly soft baby alpaca. Red is slightly rusty, just a little and it is more ivory on the pattern than white. My mother is 5’9 a size 10, the large fits her exactly.
A beautiful shawl, in a good, wearable size. Soft and lightweight and warm. You should know, though, that "gossamer wine" and "maroon" are the same color! I would love to see some new colors, and not just new names for the same colors.
This Patchwork Cat is another wonderful creation from John Barrows. This artist had me at "Hello ! " My home is full of his work and displayed on shelves that cover a whole wall.
"When I was a small child, my parents began teaching me to knit. Like me, they learned them from their own parents. So we are a family devoted to the world of textile arts for generations."
Update (June, 2019)"I come from a humble family of textile artisans and my first jobs were making sweaters that we sold later in a small store in... read more
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