This is not your average knitwear.
-style translation of unrestrained, blindingly colorful stitches. In one image from a lookbook, a man, swimming in a kaleidoscope of crochet, poses in an old Palestinian home that has been turned into a hostel. It’s almost as if he resembles a tree of yarn with bits of fabric branching out and growing from him: The tunic top boasts voluminous sleeves of reds, yellows, and oranges with the bottom of the garment reaching his knees.
Many of Jawabra’s creations deal with the tension between her self-concept and the pressure she feels from society to be someone else: to follow a traditional path of getting married or choosing the “right career.” In her work, this is often reflected through a dichotomy of flexible silhouettes with added unwavering chaotic effects, like an orange sweater with knee-grazing arms and an affixed set of tightly knit pom-poms on the chest.
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