Collane tricot / Spool knitting necklaces

Un post rapido per condividere con voi un genere di lavoro di cui non vi ho mai parlato: le collane realizzate con la tecnica del tricotino. Il mio fidanzato ha la pazienza necessaria per creare le catenelle, più o meno lunghe, scegliamo insieme gli charm con cui abbellirle e poi io mi diverto ad assemblarle.

Cosa ne dite di queste nostre piccole creazioni?

Quello che mi piace di queste collane è che grazie alla maglia tubolare restano molto morbide e leggerissime, ideali da indossare anche nelle giornate più calde.

Per oggi vi mostro solo queste due bianche, ma ne abbiamo realizzate tante altre, e le trovate tutte sul nostro shop.

A quick post to share with you something I've never written about before: our spool knitting necklaces. My boyfriend's got the patience to make the tubes, then we choose the charms with which adorn them, and my job is the fun to put them together.

What do you think of these little creations?

What I like about these necklaces is that thanks to the tube they're very soft and they weigh almost nothing, so they're ideal to wear on hot days, too.

Today I'll show just a couple of them, but we've made a lot more, and you can find them all on our shop.

December / Dicembre

Just a quick post to wish you all a merry month of December, full of coziness and warm thoughts while waiting for Yule (or Xmas, or however you like to call this happy holiday! : )). As some of you may have noticed there have been changes in my blog, first of all my name: yes, I'm called Valentina. Melatia was just a username I chose for the web, but in the end I grew tired of it and decided to use my real name. So, not much of a change, is it? Another thing, from now on I'll write in English first and then in Italian. Might sound strange, but when I first learnt English I felt such a love for the language, as if I had found something I lost once again... my love hasn't diminished through the years, and I know I'm not perfect writing and speaking it, but words flow much more easily in English, I have much more fun when I use it, so... tough decision? Not really, and I'm happy with it! : ) Talking 'bout creative stuff, I'm... busy, to say the least. ...

Bye, Blogger

I'll write on my WordPress blog only, from now on, so if you want to follow me you'll find me there. I won't delete this blog, as I'm attached to it and it reminds me of the road I travelled so far, but at least for now I won't update it anymore.

Tunisian crochet hooks, pt. 1 / Uncinetti tunisini, parte 1

When it comes to Tunisian crochet, one of the first issues people face is: which hooks should I choose? I decided to write about my own experience in 2 or 3 posts, and hopefully help some of you. When I first wanted to try Tunisian crochet, I only had a couple of long hooks at home, and they were definitely too thin for a newbie, like 2,5 mm or such. So I headed to a local store and bought me a nice 5 mm one. It was the classic long, straight aluminium hook with a plastic stopper at one end and a pretty rounded tip at the other end , branded Pony. I practiced a bit with it, and I struggled because of the rounded tip . I didn't give up, though: I purchased some bigger sizes by the same brand, which were double-ended and all plastic . I couldn't use those to save my life . The yarn didn't glide on them, and using them hurt my wrist terribly. Silly newbie I was, I blamed it all on the technique itself and took a pause from it, even though I did enjoy it...

Weaving Olden Patterns

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