cheerful scarves

Wrap yourself in unparalleled comfort with this lively knit baby alpaca scarf, bursting with bright colors and fascinating wavy and geometric patterns. Peru’s Ana Fernandez creates an accessory that brings cheerful warmth and eye-catching style to any winter ensemble.

Vibrant stripes in pink shades dance across this hand-loomed rayon scarf, creating a rhythm of color that brightens any ensemble. Crafted by the skilled women of Guatemala's Ranm Ixoqi' group, this airy accessory features playful fringes that add movement and personality to its elegant form. The scarf’s lightweight texture makes it perfect for year-round styling, infusing your look with Guatemalan craftsmanship and cheerful pink hues.

Cheerful rose, blues and ivory meet and mingle to form other tonalities. Working on the backstrap loom, Elena Ixtamer creates a complex and intriguing pattern in Guatemalan cotton. The versatile shawl culminates in hand-tied fringe.

Playful cats in a group of four celebrate the holiday season in this creative set of hanging ornaments by Rajesh Gehlot. The set includes two orange and two white cats, each wearing a tiny warm scarf and a string for hanging. The cheerful wool felt ornaments come in polyester tissue pouch.

Sparkling garnet shines with radiant beauty in a design from Alok Jain. These exquisite earrings are crafted by hand to showcase stones totaling 2.5 carats.

.925 Sterling silver

Crescent moons painted a brilliant scarlet become holiday ornaments in the hands of Sajad in India. The set of 3 wood ornaments, each a different size, is hand-painted with cheerful gold and green motifs. They hang from golden cords.

Artisan Dayu Menuhari brings us a design full of traditional Balinese motifs. This cerise rayon scarf features the famous Barong, a mythical Indonesian creature believed to be the king of all spirits. Hand-painted colors enhance this charming garment, making a cheerful accessory perfect for any occasion.

Banlue Lueruang selects a silk blend in rich burgundy for this feminine scarf. Shirred at each end, it is trimmed with floral lace in cheerful pink cotton.

Originated by the Akan peoples of Ghana, colorful kente cloth is the best-known of all African textiles. Kente cloth is woven in strips, which is how it came by its name (kente means "basket" in the Ashanti dialect). Ghana's Rachel Armah creates this colorful cotton blend scarf in cheerful shades of purple, saffron, brown and aqua.

In kente cloth, each color has a symbolic meaning: black symbolizes maturation and intensified spiritual energy; blue signifies peacefulness, harmony and love; green symbolizes vegetation, planting, harvesting, growth, and spiritual renewal; gold represents royalty, wealth, high status, glory, and spiritual purity; grey is for healing and cleansing rituals; maroon signifies the color of mother earth, associated with healing; pink and purple are associated with the female essence and female aspects of life; red symbolizes political and spiritual moods, bloodshed, sacrificial rites and death; silver is associated with the moon and represents serenity, purity, and joy; white is for purification, sanctification rites and festive occasions; and yellow represents preciousness, royalty, wealth, fertility, and beauty.

Yellow and turquoise speckles come together in a vibrant design by Ghanaian artisan Veronica Ama Darku. After weaving cotton yarns, Veronica creates a scarf with a printed abstract pattern, adding a cheerful vibe to your outfits. The final touch is in the fringes that dangle gracefully from each end.

Originated by the Akan peoples of Ghana, colorful kente cloth is the best-known of all African textiles. Kente cloth is woven in strips, which is how it came by its name (kente means "basket" in the Ashanti dialect). Ghana's Rachel Armah creates this colorful cotton blend scarf in cheerful shades of purple, green and yellow. She names her design nyiraba, which means "blessed child" in the Akan dialect.

In kente cloth, each color has a symbolic meaning: black symbolizes maturation and intensified spiritual energy; blue signifies peacefulness, harmony and love; green symbolizes vegetation, planting, harvesting, growth, and spiritual renewal; gold represents royalty, wealth, high status, glory, and spiritual purity; grey is for healing and cleansing rituals; maroon signifies the color of mother earth, associated with healing; pink and purple are associated with the female essence and female aspects of life; red symbolizes political and spiritual moods, bloodshed, sacrificial rites and death; silver is associated with the moon and represents serenity, purity, and joy; white is for purification, sanctification rites and festive occasions; and yellow represents preciousness, royalty, wealth, fertility, and beauty.

Originated by the Akan peoples of Ghana, colorful kente cloth is the best-known of all African textiles. Kente cloth is woven in strips, which is how it came by its name (kente means "basket" in the Ashanti dialect). Ghana's Rachel Armah creates this colorful cotton blend scarf in cheerful shades of purple, saffron, brown and aqua.

In kente cloth, each color has a symbolic meaning: black symbolizes maturation and intensified spiritual energy; blue signifies peacefulness, harmony and love; green symbolizes vegetation, planting, harvesting, growth, and spiritual renewal; gold represents royalty, wealth, high status, glory, and spiritual purity; grey is for healing and cleansing rituals; maroon signifies the color of mother earth, associated with healing; pink and purple are associated with the female essence and female aspects of life; red symbolizes political and spiritual moods, bloodshed, sacrificial rites and death; silver is associated with the moon and represents serenity, purity, and joy; white is for purification, sanctification rites and festive occasions; and yellow represents preciousness, royalty, wealth, fertility, and beauty.