Dragon / Oregon
The Dragon Scarves
The Dragon Scarf began while falling asleep in the passenger side of a car in the pouring down rain, traveling back from a Hat People Christmas Fair. I saw a sign out the window that said something like “Oregon, 14 miles,” but I thought it said “Dragon…” I later reflected that this bizarre experience was not too far from the truth: Dragon and Oregon are similar words in a certain sort of way. The rest that became Dragon Scarves came along sometime later. I was inspired by certain wools that we have in great color diversity in our fabric library. The wool patchwork effect layers like dragon scales, and the scarves are so substantial that they connect, for me, with the myth that you never see a whole dragon- some part of it is always shrouded in mist or otherwise hidden from view.
The scarves come in three sizes ~ Freshen, Florid, & Elder ~ named for the three ages of dragons, a story motif of my own design.
