Corsica – a wrap the size of a blanket, the weight of a breath
110 by 220 cm of fine, lightweight kid mohair: wide enough to close around you like a shawl, long enough to loop twice as a scarf, or to hang loose as a stole that falls almost to the floor.
Fine enough to see the light through – it reads as a haze rather than a layer. Thin does not mean cool – kid mohair is warm even in a knit this light, and warm out of all proportion to what it weighs.
It works the whole year. Over a coat in January, over bare shoulders on a cool July evening.
Folds down small enough for a bag and comes out without a crease. It is very light and takes up almost no room, so it is especially good for traveling.
It is knitted to shape – fully-fashioned, never cut out of a length of knitted fabric – and wherever the knit is joined it is hand-linked: the open stitches are fed onto the linking machine one loop at a time, so the join stretches with the knit.
It is hand-finished and hand-steamed, then washed before it leaves the workshop, so it arrives at its true size and stays there. The yarn is spun in Italy.
I design every piece myself, and it is knitted in a small workshop here in Lithuania – a few at a time, never off a production line.
Every piece passes through my hands before it is packed – I check each one myself before it goes out.
It arrives in a plain brown box with the care card inside and nothing else – no filler paper, no leaflets. That is a choice, not a saving – I would rather use less than print something that is made to be thrown away.
Color – blue.
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Composition:
90% kid mohair, 10% polyacrylic.
Measurements:
Width – 110 cm / 43.31";
Length – 220 cm / 86.61".
CARE:
– hand wash;
– maximum washing temperature 30 °C;
– gently squeeze the excess water out of the washed garment, do not wring it;
– do not hang it wet on a hanger, as it will lose its shape;
– do not tumble dry;
– iron on the lowest setting with steam, or simply steam it.
