Granada — The creation
Granada.
The city clings to the foothills of the Sierra Nevada like a centuries-old promise.
The Moors left behind the Alhambra — that palace of stone lace, moucharabiehs, and pools reflecting the sky.
And everywhere, in the azulejos, the fabrics, the flamenco dresses twirling in the patios, that red.
Not just any red: the red of Granada, deep, warm, burning without consuming.
Granada wears this color like a flag.
The construction plays on the alternation of two stitches that converse like the city's two souls — one structured, the other free.
Horizontal bands of tight, structured stitches, dense and precise, alternate with bands of openwork wave stitches, light and flowing. The tight stitch holds, anchors, builds. The wave stitch breathes, undulates, soars.
Together, they create a living texture that catches the light differently with every movement — like reflections on the Alhambra's pools.
The red is unique: vibrant in full light, it becomes deeper, almost garnet, in the shade. Round neck, short cap sleeves, a fitted cut that extends to the hips —
Granada is worn with black jeans or white trousers, and it is enough. It needs nothing else.
A red that demands nothing but itself.
Entirely hand-crocheted in my French workshop.
Exclusive Cachalabibi creation — Unique piece, only one in the world.