Take My Hand Cottage Cardigan

Our Cottage Cardi is so cool & versatile, you’ll be reaching for it again and again…whether you’re out running errands on a chilly day, or getting cozy at home with a good book. Layer it with jeans & a turtleneck, pack it along on your weekend getaway for a light jacket, or pop it on over your solid basics to instantly elevate them.  Our Take My Hand Cottage Cardi is both joyful and subtle, with an easy colour palette of charcoal, cream, and beige.  We’ll be wearing it over olive green in the Fall, and brightening it up with mustard yellow and pink in the Spring months! Our favourite look?  A white button down shirt, jeans and sneakers!  Effortless and stylish ;)

The true friend, the kind hearted. Women who lift up the ones they love, who are always there when it matters. Women with an open hand, and an open heart.

It’s amazing to think that the art we used to create this wonderful design spans more than three centuries! The Flemish engravings, created in the 1600’s, depict symbols of co-operation and charity, while the colourful flowers and hummingbirds come from British lithographs that were made almost two hundred years later. And even the heart we added to this piece has its own history, coming from a seventeenth century French painter’s chart that was used to record the formulas for how to mix paint colours. The motto, “La vie n’est rien sans l’amitié — Life is nothing without friendship”, was borrowed from an engraving on the inside of a French bracelet from the same era. Fast forward to the current century, where we brought all of these marvellous works of art together to make Take My Hand! Talk about a long time in the making ;)

Just for a moment, empty 
your hands. Set down 
the ghost of every brick 
you carry, the ones 
you built your dreams with 
and the ones you threw 
at your own windows. 

Hush. The world is wide
and full of things to hold
and let go of. Some truths
you’ll only know by touch:
taut skin of tulips or apples, 
animal warmth, the curved 
spine of feathers.

Others you’ll just know. 
Love is heavy 
and weightless, the hummingbird
flies against all odds, 
every minute its heart beats 
a thousand times. Broken
windows will let in light.
And even if your open hand
holds nothing 
but a question,
my hand will answer.