Bought this for a friend that goes walking in the wee hours with her dog and needed a warm hat that was lightweight (we're in SoCal). The color is great, the hat is well-made and I was delighted to give such a wonderful gift.
The colors are gorgeous...even more brilliant in real life. The striking thing about this hat is it's length, which allows you to wear it "slouchy" or to tuck it under to make it "normal" and double thickness, so twice as warm.
The fingerless mitts are warm yet light, keep my fingers available for my cell phone, and fit easily into my coat pockets. The pattern is pretty (Passionate Pattern) and they are well made. They check all of my boxes, and I am over the moon about them.
"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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