Circles of needle-felted merino wool seem to float on a black silk background in this dramatic scarf
Award-winning Irish artist Rita Oates describes her painting Mountains of Love
Style it as a generous scarf
Romantic floral embroidery across the yoke
The secret is the wide ruched waistband that’s super comfy
Beyond the Black and White World Scarf spo-enabled Circles of needle-felted merino woolGrowing up between urban Kansas City and rural Co. Leitrim gave award winning artist Rita Oates a profound sensitivity to feelings of belonging, emigration, friendship, and separation. Living in Ireland since the 1960s, her work incorporates people, places, memories, and struggles, but always embodies hope. Her painting Beyond the Black and White World, reproduced here as a lightweight scarf, captures Rita's optimistic worldview as well as her deep