COTTON CANDY AT TBILISI ZOO

I know somewhere inside you there is a taste of cotton candy at Tbilisi Zoo from when you were little. Maybe you have never actually tasted it, and maybe you have never even been to Tbilisi Zoo, but you still know exactly what I mean when I say it.

And you too remember the bright colors and the taste of this sugar fur ball, crusted around your mouth, and the sticky sweetness on our small hands, so small, innocent and caring.

I had different eyes then. A different brain —  innocent enough to mistake cages for homes. Back then I could not see the loneliness of those drugged, hollowed animals.

So to me,  the zoo was bright and colorful and alive, and in my head the animals were happy there, in their own paradise, together with the ones they loved. 

When crocheting this tie, I wanted to relive those colors — the brightness that only a child’s eyes can truly see. I think it’s there, woven into those threads, and you’ll feel it once you wear it. At least I hope you will.

Wear it if you are brave enough to carry the colors this bright.
But only if you think you can survive the crushing weight of something this soft and something this light.