Designing a new dress

25 Friday May 2012

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You have already seen two dresses (and I still have some new designs to make public), but there’s also a third one, which I haven’t finished yet.
I’m not good at sketching, and I usually don’t sketch at all, but this time my boyfriend wanted to understand what I have in mind and I drew something together. You can see it on the photo, but I’m not very optimistic about how understandable it is :)
This is probably one reason why I don’t submit to magazines very often. I can’t draw, so I prefer to finish the item first and see if it turned out like I was thinking. But I can’t make EVERY item before the submission deadline. So I just don’t submit.
Does it make any sense?

New photos of romantic lace gloves

23 Wednesday May 2012

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I knitted those Romantic Lace gloves in last winter, but didn’t have an opportunity to make good photos.
This time I used Debbie Bliss Rialto 4ply and fell in love with this yarn! So soft and comfortable, perfect for a project like this.

And Amy, who bought those gloves from me last year, just commented on my Facebook fan page how much she likes them!  It’s always so nice to receive a feedback like this :)

Also, Amy asked how Kaisu is doing. If you have read my blog before, then you know that Kaisu is my little 3-year-old niece who fights with blood cancer. If you don’t know, then here’s a topic about it.
Kaisu is in the hospital at the moment, having her next chemo treatment. If all goes well this time, they probably have to go back in every other month, not every months like until now. So in general things are getting better! We all hope…

Another summer dress

22 Tuesday May 2012

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I promised to show one more dress and here it is. Actually it was finished just a few days ago, but the journey to the result was very long.
Green crocheted motifs were first part of something else, which looked like this.
I was never really satisfied with the result, so I decided to unravel it.  But I liked the motifs and they deserved to have a new life.
For knitting I used same unravelled yarn, it took about 200g of Novita Kotiväki, 100% cotton.

Kirke – the perfect summer dress

21 Monday May 2012

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Since I quit my full time marketing job more than a month ago, I’ve been knitting more and more.
Summer is coming and it inspires to make more light weather designs, like this cotton summer dress on the photo.

Yarn: Titan Wool Egitto, 6 skeins
Needles: 3,5mm
Size made: S/M

The yarn is quite stretchy, so I’m thinking of designing 2 different sizes – S/M and L/XL, with different cup sizes, so everyone can choose perfect for them. Yes, correct – it means I plan to write a pattern for this dress! It probably takes a few weeks, but it’s no 1 on my “to-do” list.

I have more new stuff to show off, they will be posted a bit later.

You must wear a dress this summer!

21 Monday May 2012

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Today, on 21st May, we have +20C outside. For the first time this spring, I believe.  You may be surprised, but it even in cold Nordic country like Estonia is, it is unusual.
For example, I remember that last year on May 13th  I wore shorts and a T-shirt. This season I haven’t done it yet. So it’s hard to take those stories about climate warming very seriously :)

This knit dress with crocheted details is taken from Alberta Ferretti’s spring/summer 2012 collection. Reason why I posted it, is because I’ve been knitting summer dresses for a while now and hopefully this week we can do a photo-shoot, so I can share them with you too.

June 1st should be an international “wear-a-dress” day, so we all have 2 weeks to prepare for the big event. And why not wear a knit dress? At least once this summer.

Best of knitwear fall/winter 2012, no 2

20 Sunday May 2012

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I don’t know how I missed some photos on my first post, but now they’re here :)

Helmut Lang fall/winter 2012 collection:

Just Cavalli cute orange sweater:

Another Just Cavalli sweater: 

Anna Sui owl hat and gloves:

All photos are taken from Style.com, where you can see more collections and probably discover more great items.

Best of knitwear fall/winter 2012

15 Tuesday May 2012

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Like every year, I want to share some photos of world’s best fashion designers ready-to-wear collections. Of course they are all about knitwear!

In fall/winter 2012 Moshino Cheap and Chick definitely rocks! I love the colors and this grandma-style.


Sonia Rykiel is a knitwear queen, but it seems like every year there are less and less knitted items on her collection. But I managed to find some:

Spanish designer Paco Rabanne surprises with this sweater:

and Pringle of Scotland – probably the best luxury knitwear company in the world (at least if you care about my opinion)!

Koigu magazine number 3 published

04 Friday May 2012

Lilu by me

I’m happy to announce that Koigu magazine number 3, where you will also find one of my designs (on the photo), is published now!

You can’t imagine how happy I am! A big work was done, and I like the result, but for me it was first time to design something so big and ambitions. It wasn’t easy at all, so I’m very thankful to Maie and Taiu from Koigu who helped me with pattern writing and everything else.

I haven’t got the magazine myself yet, but receiving the published photo was motivating enough for starting new projects. My Koigu lace mittens and Koigu cable dress will hopefully published in next issues of the magazine, plus I got an offer from a local craft magazine to work for them, too! It’s something I always dreamed of, but never expected to happen.

I’m currently officially unemployed, so I have plenty of time to knit and work on new ideas. Too bad it doesn’t pay the bills (yet), I have nothing against a life like this :)
I also experimented with yarn dyeing, but didn’t have much success. My fist intention was to paint with plants, but there was nothing suitable on our garden, so I took a few bottles of red wine :) The yarn turned out light pink, not something I imagined. But I probably do my second test painting next week, because the trees have cute green buds now and it hopefully works better than the wine.

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BLACK FRIDAY & CYBER MONDAY DEALS on Woolmint

22 Tuesday Nov 2011

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Dear friends,

America knows what Black Friday is, although in Europe it’s pretty unknown shopping holiday.

I decided to publicize my Black Friday & Cyber Monday deals earlier this time, because then you don’t have to rush to get a bargain and I can plan my working schedule better.

HERE THEY ARE:

1) White lace fingerless gloves - 20% off: was €21.50, now €17.50!

Please note that I can offer only white gloves with this price.

2) Cable knit fingerless gloves - 20% off: was €21, now €17!

 3) Chocolate berry merino neck warmer - FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING (registered airmail, worth €4.50) and -1.50€ = 28€ (original price €29.50)

Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale prices are valid until Tuesday November 29th.

See you at my shop!

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