How nicely @gretaandthefibers ‘s Ave del Paraíso colorway knits! I felt in love with this skein several months ago in @all_you_knit_is_love, but it hasn’t been until I knitted it that I realized how “me” these colors are. I think that I need it in cardigan quantities now 😻 #knitting #sockknitting #yarnporn #yarn
One year ago (more or less) I learnt to knit with circular needles, and it was a complete game changer for me. I had lots of long straight needles (mine, from my mother and grandmothers) that since then have made a good bouquet (they don’t die as easily as flowers!). Today I found a box with my grandmother’s old needles. They aren’t as colorful as the other ones: rusty, bended and not useful for me now, but aren’t they lovely? And who knows, when a vampire visits me it will be handy to have this stakes near me... hope Dracula is vaccinated with tetanus 😹 #knitting #knittersofinstagram #knittingneedles #vintage #vintageknitting
I missed lots of bobbin lace classes lately (travels, holidays, uninteresting things to explain here,...). I probably haven’t touched the pillow since 2 months ago, and I remember undoing a good portion from the previous class... some day before Christmas 😅 So I’m progressing veeeeer slowly, but today has been a good day. At this pace in 2 years I will have a rug! 🤣 #bobbinlace #boixets #bolillos #lacemaking #lace
It’s easy to make me happy. Thanks bro, @jodubatidor! #tools #tooladdict #berthelet #plaster #stuccomarmo #newprojects
It’s all fun and laughs... until the gauge is wrong 😿 I was so concentrated in knitting two socks at a time that I didn’t noticed how gigantic the socks were becoming until I take my time to really look at them 😅 I’ve rechecked my calculations and I just assume that an elf stole my notebook and made up the numbers, it’s the only reasonable conclussion... 🤣 #sockknitting #taatsocks #knittersofinstagram #knitting
Hubby has seen me embroider the Sant Pau Hospital piece that I began last Saturday with @thetravellingartists and was impressed by @petronella.art and @_charleshenry_ embroideries. Today he took his sketchbook and the hoop and began this #embroidery of Notre Dame des Anges in Collioure that he drew a few years ago. Proud of him :) #urbansketch #threadpainting #menwhoembroider
Pattern drafting a new shirt for my hubby. Today I’m following the instructions of my mum’s old enciclopaedia of dressmaking. I really love its clear and common sense directions (though I freakened with the “wear make up, clean the house and have dinner ready for your husband or he will leave you and it will be your fault, bad wife” part...), but the men’s wardrobe chapter is very short (the shirt pattern drafting is explained in 3 pages). So I’m complementing the sleeve instructions with another book... with a completely different method of drafting... my brain is going to explode! I’ll better go knit and continue tomorrow with a clear head! #patterndrafting #sewing #shirt #sewingformen
This weekend I had the oportunity to “desvirtualize” @thetravellingartists. What a lovely couple and how much I enjoyed embroidering with them! Although I was going with the clear idea to embroider their Casa Batlló, one of my favourite buildings in the world and a wonderful piece by @petronella.art, as soon as I saw @_charleshenry_ ‘s take on Hospital de Sant Pau of Barcelona, I knew I had to embroider it. If you still don’t know them, go check their embroideries! It has not been until now, while taking this picture, that I noticed that I placed the pattern too centered in the fabric, so I will not be able to make the sky as gorgeous as the one Charles did, which impressed me so much... but that will make my piece my own, different from his, and that’s what I like from crafts in general and their particular aproach to embroidery. Hope to see you again in real life, guys! #embroidery #architecture #modernisme #threadpainting
Feast your eyes with some of the yarns at #EYF #yarnporn #knittersofinstagram #eyf2018
