• Aprender Algo Nuevo

  Para aprender algo nuevo neceistas 3 cosas: - Los materiales (en el caso de aprender a tejer, sería el hilado) - Las herramientas (palillos, crochets, tijeras, aguja...) Y sobre todo... las GANAS Las ganas son muy importantes, porque sin ellas, da lo mismo que el material sea una alpaca maravillosa de Perú o lana merino recién traída de Nueva Zelanda,...

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• Tejer en los tiempos del cólera

  Hubo una época en que sólo las abuelitas tejían. Y cuando yo decía que tejía me miraban como si fuera un bicho raro, traído de otra época. No voy a negar que a veces todavía me pasa pero cada vez menos. Cuando me preguntan “pero quien teje en estos tiempos?” yo, muy orgullosa, cuento que no sólo tejo yo, sino...

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• ¿Por qué tejer?

  Cuando iba pasando este año y le iba a contando a más personas que estábamos escribiendo un libro de tejido, me pasó que muchas veces recibía preguntas tipo “¿quién teje a estas alturas de la vida?” o “¿pero tu libro es como para abuelitas o no?”. Lejos de ofenderme, que es lo que me pasaba antes, me doy cuenta de...

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• Community Knitting

  The process of learning to knit is not always easy... some of us learned when we were little, some of us tried to learn at school, hated it there and then happily took it up again, some of us had to re-learn and some of us simply started when we were older, with no one to teach us when we...

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• Knitting with children

  Many times when I knit a children's pattern most people comment to me "how lucky your little girls must have been when they were little, with all those cute vests they must have had" and I think... I knit them very, very little!!!! Most of the vests they had were made by my mom, aunts or my friends' moms. And...

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• Jacquard Frequently Asked Questions

  I love Jacquard weaving because I feel that it is a very versatile technique that allows us to design unique and very expressive woven garments. For me personally, it helps me to be able to capture all the ideas and color inspirations I have in my mind. But I know that for many people Jacquard weaving can be or sound...

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• The Origin of Textile Fibers

  Many times we knit something and we love the yarn we are knitting... it may be because of the color, how well the sticks run or maybe because of the drape of the finished garment. Generally the origin of the textile fibers we use is going to be what defines many of these characteristics and, without a doubt, they change...

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• Measurement Tables

  Some of us knit tighter or looser, with thick or thin yarns and with different stitches or techniques. So, many times when we are told the number of stitches or runs for a knitting project, it doesn't fit exactly the size we were thinking of. This can happen for knitting projects for adults or children, for projects with chopsticks or...

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• Yarn Thickness

  How many times have we asked ourselves, with what thickness of yarn should I knit this project? will it be too thin? too coarse? with what number of crochet hook or crochet hook should I knit it? will the amount of yarn I have be enough? so many questions for which we don't always have the answers! That's why I...

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