Fashion

[Big Joanie]

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@Andreatoo wrote:

@Mz iMac 

We laugh at ourselves too! LOL

I once had a conversation in line with a young lady wearing a beautiful pair of boots because the thermostat had dipped below 71°!  We all do it.

I hate to be cold but I love cold-weather clothing

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OMG .. same here ... when it gets 60 or below we see people on the

golf course in ear muffs and mittens .....

[Big Joanie]

HOWEVER ...when we come to New York and have the heat when it

gets to be 55 ... own son laughs at us ....

so the wheel goes round and round .....

[ALRATIBA]

@Andreatoo 

I do like ruanas.  I have two of them in woven fabric - solid colors.  They are so easy to make - I'd never consider buying one.  

One black - in a menswear worsted, and one gray - same fabric in a heather gray which I made back to the mid-1980s. Black one I made in the mid-1990s.

Mine are knee-length.  Not a fan of a short ruana.  Okay for a poncho - not a ruana.  Knee-length is more dramatic!  The pattern I use is more than 30 years old - from Butterick.  

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For knitters - there's a book:  Folk Shawls - it has a nice ruana pattern. 

For crocheters - best pattern is from Interweave Crochet - their Sunset Ruana done in Tunisian crochet.  

Sources for both book and pattern are easy to find via Google.

[NYCLatinaMe]

Hi @ALRATIBA do you know of a place in Manhattan or not too far to buy material?  All the shops I knew are gone.  Not that I shop that often for material, but every once in a while I get an itch to sew.

[ALRATIBA]

@NYCLatinaMe 

Over in the Garment District - there are several.  Mood, Fabric World, etc.

On the Lower East Side - Zarin, and some others

I know MIchael's on 6th Avenue sells fabrics - but I can't vouch for selection or quality.

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I used to LOVE Patterson Silks on 14th St.  It broke my heart when the closed!

[January121]

I really like it but, I think you have to be on the tall side to wear it .... I am only 5 feet tall so unfortunately it’s not for me 😪

[NYCLatinaMe]

@ALRATIBA Thanks so much for the suggestions!  The stores I used to go in the garment district are gone.  So now I have names!  

[chrystaltree]

I love it.  I have a collection or ruanas and wraps.  I live in MA so I get to wear them a lot.   I have two like that but solids, not prints.  I got them from ShopLC a couple of years ago.  

[sunshine45]

love ruanas and capes and wraps....they are my thing!

i am pretty hot all the time so they are fine for me even in the dead of winter in maryland.

love the style of this one @Andreatoo , but the pattern is not me.....bonus points on the faux fur though.