Balaclava – Sage

Sage green has the quiet of a herb garden after rain. Here it alternates with cream around the hood, each square ringed in green so the colour seems to gather around the face like leaves around a bloom. Nothing about this balaclava is in a hurry. Wear it to the market on a cold Sunday, with an oatmeal coat and a basket on your arm, or pulled up over the ears on a windy pier. The crochet sits close and warm over the head and down past the neck, held firm by a solid green border. Crocheted by hand, each square traces a path of colour of its own.