Espadrille -our newest border inspired by the joy of summer
February 8th, 2008 by Jim Homet
Today is the thirtieth anniversary of the Blizzard of ‘78, and I began this morning with an hour and a half shoveling snow. The forecast (shown below) shows warm weather with highs in the low 30’s, but with snow on three of the next four days. Sunday is racing day for me with the Cape Cod Frosty sailing fleet, and weather forecasts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are predicting winds in the low 20’s with gusts above 30. 
February can be a cruel month in the northern hemisphere, and round about this time every year I start dreaming of summer again.
Right on cue, we announce a new border collection called Espadrille. The designers consider this collection to be the perfect border collection for the beach house or summer cottage with its bright, asymmetrical stripes reminiscent of women’s summer handbags and shoes. I agree. I can see one of the small boucle sisal rugs above brightening up my folk’s summer house after returning from a long, hard day at the beach…
Espadrille is woven in Spain of 100% Cotton. It is available in 6 striped patterns to show between 1″ and 5-1/4″ on face (our widest available), and is applied with a blind-stitch and hand-sewn mitered corners. A thin rubber pad is applied between the binding and the rug to protect the binding fabric from contact with the rug’s surface so that it will hold its good looks and help prevent the sisal pattern from telegraphing through.