Saturday, March 28, 2015

Shepard's Cloak

Shag Sweater Wanted.
I must make/buy a long fringe wooly vest at once.  I added some 20 more photos to my Pinterest.com board, "Shepard's Cloak."

It started years ago in an antique store located in GaziAntep, Turkey.  At the time (almost 20 years ago) I was on my first visit to the Wild East.  I thought it the most far out, exotic place ever.  There was this marvelous kepenek:  a wearable tent-like cloak made of heavy wool felt.  Turkish shepards could brave the weather for weeks in such a cloak.

My own version should be light weight, fun, and fashionable.  I am not trying to look like Chewebacca nor like an Ewok from Star Wars.  I want some soft wooly fringe about my shoulders, essentially a fake fur made of real wool, real silk, real alpaca, etc.  Absolutely no lambs were hurt in the making of this film...

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