I am very happy with this alpaca cardigan sweater. I usually don’t like how I look in red, but this is not a “fire-engine” red and it looks very good with my fair coloring. I always wear a top under it, so that it doesn’t itch. It is very well made.
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.
Not quite as warm as I thought it would be, but I wouldn't trade it for nothing. I love it. With a good warm sweater underneath it will be fine this winter. I can't tell you just how beautiful it is!!!
"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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