Brick Patchwork Scarf

Three ways to wear the 90x180cm brick patchwork

Loop it once and the ends fall at the front, keeping two or three different patches in view. Fold it into a triangle and only one print shows, whichever you pick. Left open over a coat, this 90x180cm format in polyester behaves like a stole and the whole patchwork can be read at a glance. In the photograph the fabric settles into soft folds rather than standing away from the throat, so a double loop stays close without adding bulk. Brick, ochre and black sit easily with a camel coat, a trench, a cream knit or raw denim. It belongs with the rest of the printed range, though few of those change print as often from one end to the other.

Houndstooth, gingham and fine stripes on one scarf

A large black-and-white houndstooth panel takes up a whole stretch of the cloth. Next to it, the same shape returns much smaller, in brick on off-white. Then come gingham checks that mix brick, ochre and black, and a grid of pale lines closing around solid taupe or black squares. Between the patches runs a line of short gold stitches, even and close together, like a visible overcast stitch. From a distance it reads as a thin border. Up close it gives the patchwork a continuity the prints on their own would not have.

Frayed ends, no hem

Neither end has been turned over. The cloth stops on short, uneven frayed edges, which is part of how the scarf looks rather than a flaw to tidy up. The loose threads are paler than the printed ground, so the fringe reads as a thin light line across each end. Pulling at them is the one thing to avoid. For a different shape altogether, the next shelf along holds the four-sided squares and triangles.

Washing at 30°C

A 30°C wash, dried flat, is all it asks for. Wringing the ends is worth avoiding too, since loose threads tangle far more easily once they have been twisted.