Staffasharu is 10th Paradisaea wrap and first from the Falling Back Into Life warp. Kaisa has woven this wrap to stay in the family and the story behind it is about love and personal experiences among loved ones as an answer to what you need the most in life to feel alive. The wrap has been named according to a small island that Kaisa and her sailor husband have come to think of as their own secret place. Considering all this and the whole wrap so purely and unconditionally revealing personal experiences and feelings of the weaver, I felt even more humbled to get to host this piece of treasure during the warm midsummer days.
Staffasharu is an Egyptian cotton wrap with a tiny bit of glitter. It is woven with a beautiful and eye-catching two-sided twill and plainweave combination called "The Pearls". The wrap is a generous size 4, measuring approximately 4.16m with blunt ends. The Falling Back Into Life warp has amazing colors inspired by a seaside landscape and sunset (photo available here) and copper and fuchsia colors are used as wefts in Staffasharu. They result in a truly eye-pleasing mixture of colors - a signature feature to Paradisaea's wraps in general.
Staffasharu is about 312gsm but I found it in no way thick (probably due to us having worked a lot with +/-400gsm wraps). The wrap came to us after two testers so it was nice and soft already and wrapping with it was a pleasure. The weave is denser than the average, 9 threads per cm in the warp, which I found positive - there were no pulls in the wrap and also the glitter thread had blended in seamlessly already. Still the wrap felt airy and the density was not dominant. We used the wrap a lot with our 12+kg toddler and wore it at least in half jordan's back carry (both traditional and symmetrical), inside out coolest hip cross carry and half front wrap cross carry.
Even if these were all multi-layer carries I did not feel Staffasharu too hot even when we walked outdoors at warmer than +25C weather. The wrap felt soft on shoulders and was easy to work on its place. "The Pearls" weave brought a little grip to the touch. In the carries we tried Staffasharu was totally toddler worthy also when we carried for more than an hour on one go. The wrapjobs were effortless to finish as Staffasharu does not produce too big of a knot even if the ends are blunt. On the contrary, ring finishes were a bit challenging with Staffasharu for me as I personally found large sling rings were almost too big for this wrap.
Staffasharu has floating selvedges which I liked a lot as I am not a huge fan of plain weave selvedges. I prefer the type of rails that most fit in the wrap and here floating selvedges were definitely the right choice as they look neat and are a seamless continuation of the weave. Similarly, I found the label solution of Paradisaea Handwoven near the best of what I have seen in any wraps so far. All the necessary information is there beautifully handwritten and the tags are discretely sewn on the wrap so that they are not simply hanging on the way. Consequently, Paradisaea tags contribute to the aesthetic experience and do not disturb the eye like in many other wraps.
All in all, Staffasharu is in my opinion a true piece of art where everything from the overall look to the wrapping qualities and the story behind harmoniously merge together. More photos of our testing days are available on my Instagram account. To admire Staffasharu's sister wraps and Kaisa's other handwoven creations please visit Paradisaea Handwoven business page and the Paradisaea's Stories group. Thank you for the opportunity to experience part of Paradisaea! ♡
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