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Tulipa Espiral

2016-03-21T18:45:00.002+00:00

In the same day I released Tulipa Espiral, I discovered a music that I would like to share with you. We are flowers, by Clem Snide "There are things that we will never do There are places we will never go This much I know And there are fantacies that are just that And what if peaceful dreams just don't come true? What can you do? We are flowers blooming in the dark We can make

Indie Designer Cristina Ghirlanda

2015-11-30T15:24:00.001+00:00

Today I present you the Designer Cristina Ghirlanda aka minimi on ravelry also a participant in the GAL. Minimissimi Sweater Coat Hi Cristina, could you tell us a bit about yourself and how you started knitting and then designing? I was bit by the knitting bug in 2006. I remember that one day I was suddenly interested in knitting. Then I began designing things for myself

Indie Designer Jenny Wiebe

2015-11-26T15:53:00.000+00:00

Today I present you the Designer Jenny Wiebe another participant in the GAL. Hi Jenny, could you tell us a bit about yourself and how you started knitting and then designing? Hi! First, and most importantly, I’m a mom of 5. I’ve got 4 boys, and 1 daughter. While I’ve known how to knit as long as I can remember, I really started knitting after I started having kids. I began with hats,

Indie Designer Ela Torrente

2015-11-24T20:49:00.000+00:00

Today I present you the Designer Ela Torrente aka KnittingEla on ravelry. You can find the Designer's bundle here. Dracarys Hi Ela, could you tell us a bit about yourself and how you started knitting and then designing? I live and work with my family in the countryside near Milan. I’m a mom, a wife, a knitwear designer, a yarn maniac and an amateur chef. I learned to knit from my

Indie Designer Clarice Gomes

2015-11-23T14:12:00.000+00:00

I present you the Designer Clarice Gomes aka clariceg in ravelry, check out the Designer's bundle here. Hi Clarice, could you tell us a bit about yourself and how you started knitting and then designing? I learned to knit, crochet and sew when I was a child

Seamless Felted Sheep Shoes

2015-11-21T20:08:00.000+00:00

I loved knitting this slippers, I participated as a tester and it was a pleasure knitting these cute slippers to Marianne Mueller. The pattern is very well written and so complete - 170 pages! It has a large range of sizes and all my favorite techniques, I felt this was written for me. I learned a new thing – how to knit double soles, there are great tutorials included into pattern, not only for

Outonal Classic edging

2015-11-21T20:07:00.002+00:00

One of the shawls I knitted this year was Outonal, an asymmetrical seamless shawl, knitted on the bias in one piece. The main body is worked in garter stitch with a lace edging resembling leaves and berries. This time I didn’t break the yarn for the knitted-on border and turned the corner with short-rows. My favorite method so far (and I tried a lot!) is shadow short-rows. Here’s the link

Indie Designer Tanja Luescher

2015-11-21T12:23:00.000+00:00

Today, I present you the Designer Tanja Luescher aka Wusel1811 in ravelry, check out Tanja's bundle here. Hi Tanja, could you tell us a bit about yourself and how you started knitting and then designing? I really began to knit (more than a doll scarf every few years) when I met my husband. We lived 600 km from each other and every week, when he took me to the train station, he was freezing.

Indie Designer Lisa Chemery

2015-11-19T20:56:00.003+00:00

On the next days I'll interview fellow Designers and participants in the Indie GAL. Today, I present you the Designer Lisa Chemery aka frogginette in ravelry that kindly accepted being interviewed. Check out the Designer's bundle here. Could you tell us a bit about yourself and how you start knitting and then designing? I originally come from France but have lived around the world my whole

Welcome to the Indie Design 2015 Gift-A-Long!

2015-11-18T14:35:00.000+00:00

What is Gift-A-Long? It’s a multi-designer promotion to help you kick your holiday gift-making into high gear! The Indie Design Gift-A-Long is a 6 week long KAL/CAL of holiday gifts made from patterns designed by a rather extensive list of 335 Independent Designers. From Thursday, November 19th at 8:00 pm US EST - Friday, November 27, 2015 at 11:59 pm US EST tons of Indie Designers

Worlwide Blog tour - Around the world in 80 skeins

2014-12-09T18:30:00.000+00:00

Kimberly Golynskiy a.k.a. 80 skeins had the amazing idea of making a worldwide blog tour inspired by the book “Around the World in 80 Days”. The blog tour started 01/Oct/14 (October 1, 1872 was the date Phileas Fogg embarked on his journey in the book) and through the last months Designers all around the world have been invited to talk about their work and tendencies and how culture and

D'oiro shawl

2014-11-10T17:15:00.002+00:00

My newest design D'oiro has been published. Oiro/ouro is the Portuguese word for gold and Doiro/Douro or Dourado has a double meaning it might be golden and/or something really special and so it is. At least for me:-) I''ll spare you the details about the time needed to transfer my ideas to something palpable as a knitted garment. I had some experimentations regarding its shape, this time I

Poeira's release promotion

2014-10-12T16:39:00.005+01:00

My new design, Poeira, has been released (I have this in works for too long, I'll write a more detailed post about it shortly) and it is available at an introductory price: 25% off until October 14, 2014 (Lisbon time zone). Just enter the Coupon code LovePoeira during the checkout :-) Poeira it’s an airy shawl, seamless, knitted on the bias with a pretty pattern that combines lace with

Fall promotion

2014-10-03T17:09:00.000+01:00

Even though I haven't blogged much lately I just wanted to let you know about a new promotion going on (from 1 October 2014 to 8 October 2014, Lisbon time zone) if you purchase 3 single patterns from my Ravelry Store at the same time (add them all to your cart before you check out), the least expensive one will be free. No coupon code needed :-) ...and a new pattern is about to be released, do

seni+alfinete

2014-07-10T20:59:00.001+01:00

Finally, Doce KAL is ready to start, yay! Doce (the Portuguese word for sweet or candy) was specially designed for the beautiful yarn Alfinete 15 (light fingering), Hand Dyed by Alfinete. Check out the store (you may contact for custom orders). I knited my shawl with a delicious pink yarn (see photo below). This sweet crescent shaped shawl is knitted top-down starting with only a few stitches.

Carnation Revolution/ Revolução dos Cravos

2014-04-24T23:07:00.001+01:00

Eta: This promotion has ended, stay tuned for future promos, K.A.L's and more :-) Esta é a madrugada que eu esperavaO dia inicial inteiro e limpoOnde emergimos da noite e do silêncioE livres habitamos a substância do tempo Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution (April 25th/25 de Abril) I’m offering one free single pattern at your

Fofo shawl release promotion (25% off)

2014-04-06T17:37:00.005+01:00

Finally, Fofo has been published and there's a release promotion: 25% off until midnight of April 9th (Lisbon time zone), no coupon code needed :-) Sadly, due to the intense rain and dark light I gave up taking outside pictures, for now. I'm very happy how this turned out, it's so soft and airy. As my previous shawls, Fofo is a crescent shaped shawl knitted top-down. The main body combines a

Pluma shawl - the 5th and final pattern of Ar Book

2014-01-21T19:27:00.002+00:00

Pluma is a fun seamless shawl worked bottom-up in a modular fashion. It starts with one module and for all the others, stitches are picked and/or casted-on as you knit. Take your time choosing a special yarn - it might be rustic, hand-spun, variegated or simply a different color scheme to truly make the shawl your own. This pattern is easily customized by working more or less modules.

Neve shawl Christmas promotion: 25% off

2013-12-27T17:15:00.001+00:00

The 4th pattern of Ar Book has been published at an introductory price, Neve will be 25% off until midnight December 31, 2013 (Lisbon time zone). Coupon code is SeniChristmasPromotion This pattern is also available as part of my new e-book Ar: a progressive Eco-friendly e-book with 5 original shawl designs. (Noni, Sleepless Heart, Dueto and Neve are currently available and the 5th and last

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year/ Bom Natal e Feliz Ano Novo

2013-12-23T22:32:00.003+00:00

Interview with Karen Troyer Ladman and giveaway!

2013-12-05T15:29:00.000+00:00

Eta: The winner has been picked! I used the random number generator) and the lucky reader is Linda! Please contact the designer specialKknits to receive your prize! Thanks everyone for your participation:-) 15.12.2013 ______________________________________________________________ I present you Karen Troyer Ladman, specialKknits on ravelry., another G.A.L's designer who accepted being

Piu-piu mystery KAL revealed

2013-12-03T18:49:00.000+00:00

November and December have been busy months - a mystery K.A.L is going on and each week a new clue has been released. Last weekend clue 4th (the last one) was finally reveled. There is a giveaway at my group, as a thank you to the knitters that participated and concluded the shawl, check out all the info there. And finally, here are some pictures of my three piu-piu shawls: My first version

Interviewing Nuria Pastor

2013-12-02T15:38:00.001+00:00

If you've read this blog or visited ravelry lately, probably you've heard about the G.A.L.- a multi-designer promotion to help you kick your holiday gift-making into high gear! In that spirit, I've interviewed Nuria Pastor, bezencilla on ravelry, she designs both knitted and crocheted accessories and kindly agreed to talk us a bit about her lovely work. Hi Nuria! Could you tell us a bit about

Dueto shawl

2013-11-22T20:22:00.002+00:00

The third design of Ar Book has been released, just in time for Christmas knitting! Dueto is a bicolor shawl worked top-down that plays with lines, textures (garter/ stockinette/ lace) and colors, it’s kind of a duet singed with two distinctive voices. As pictured uses a long transition colorway yarn as main color and a natural/ undyed yarn as a contrasting one. Stash dive for the perfect

Sleepless Heart

2013-11-18T19:30:00.004+00:00

Sleepless Heart is finally ready and available as part of my new e-book Ar. This was quite an endeavor! For a long time (definitely years) that I wanted to create a shawl with hearts but wasn’t sure about the lace stitch, shape and other important details and the idea was kind of present but not clear enough to carry on. This project was greatly inspired by the wonderful music Sleepless Heart