Choosing colors for stranded colorwork knitting is challenge, but not a rocket science. I wrote several tips how to choose colors. The example is my design Wintering cap, which I knitted in different yarns and colors.
A short tribute to the wonderful, enigmatic artist Sirkka Könönen. She is a cult figure in textile design world. Woody Allen, Bill Clinton, Carlos Santana and many other celebrities purchased her colorful sweaters.
This is the third version of the cap I designed using the principle of traditional Finno-Ugric textiles. It looks more like an Art Deco cap, my daughter told me. Free pattern.
The diagonal patterns based on Finno-Ugric textile traditions offer such a great opportunities for the designers. Here is another cap with instructions. For the community use.
Rare full-color photographs taken by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky in 1906-1910 documented the luxurious and modest textiles worn by the inhabitants of Bukhara and Samarkand at the turn of the 20th century.
Inspirational for all fiber artists! “Beyond the loom” was an exhibition within the large exhibition of women’s art WOMEN TAKE THE FLOOR (opened until May 3, 2021) in Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, MA. The exhibition features the groundbreaking fiber works from the 1950s to 2000s by female artists.
Of yarn and cloth 