Maria has been making potholders and I have been whining that we ought to have one for the kitchen, so when she made this one, she found it had a tiny tear in it (I can’t find it) so she gave it to me, and I took it out into the woods and put it down in a patch of sunlight. It looked so natural there. And I am sick of burning myself using paper towels to pick up hot pans, so this is a nice gift. It’s artsy too.