As part of our itinerary for each collection, Peru is always a very important stop for us ! Our knitwear designer Aurelie, from NYC studio, meets the peruvian knitters of Puno and works with them to knit new patterns for collection photos and all ready-to-wear pieces ! Here's a little message from her :
Buenos Dias everybody,
Here are some pictures of the future cotton collection !
It is freezing here... but I really enjoy spending time with the knitters. We teach each other new techniques, we laugh and stress at the same time. I enjoy PERU!
Here are the name of all the knitters who I work with everyday, there are so nice and you should see how skillful they are.. Catalina, Segundina, Graciela, Martina, Pelegrina, Esperenza, Edelmira, Efigenia. All the women in Puno learned how to knit when they were really young. As Elena (the knitters gang's chief) said "All the women in Puno know how to knit, if they don't they don't come from Puno".
I hope everyone is well.
It is hard to breath at 3800m. Am I old?
Bisous à tous
A.
Elena and her gang of knitters
Aurelie and Puno's knitters
Aurelie and the gang from Peru
The Selby is in your place
Remember when we talked about Nadège apartment pictured by Todd Selby ? Tonight the man is opening his own exhibition "The Selby is in your Place" at colette (Paris). He's showing a compilation of the exploration work he started in June 2008 about creative friends in their creative environment. From his own friends he started photographing friends of friends from authors to actors, painters, performers and designers.
You'll discover apartments of André, Pierre Hermé, Scott Campbell, Peaches Geldof, Michael Stipe, Ines de la Fressange, Xavier Veihlan, and more... Today his site is garnering up to 30,000 hits a day, and now travelling from New York to Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Mexico, London and Paris in order to satisfy our curiosity !
At the same time Mr Selby gives us as a little gift beautiful pictures of our home sweet New York home, The Smile ! Enjoy the atmosphere !
"The Selby is in your Place"
From march 30th till May 2nd
@ Colette
213 Rue Saint Honoré
75001 Paris
The Smile
26 Bond Street
Between Lafayette and Bowery
New York, NY
When New Yorkers knit crazy
Every sunday at the Smile in New York, knitting parties are going on ! This time was in front of the shop, enjoying the nice weather was so much fun ! Jade was giving tips to start a lula hoop, helped by Graham, a knitting addict surfer from the very first kntting party ! On pictures you'll see an exclusive world premiere.... the tweed grey chunky helmet !! ahah ! Join us next sunday and you'll knit crazy !
The Smile
26 Bond Street
btwn Lafayette and Bowery
New York, NY
Spying on NYC studio girls
Girls in New York, Aurelie and Jade, are working hard to make things happen ! Knitting, sizing, reknitting, prototyping, ..... they don't stop a second working like machines ! You can see on the pictures some details of the next collection, maybe something looking like...... cotton ! Shhhhhh it's still a secret !!
A craving for knitting
When I first met Wool And The Gang co-founder Carolyn Main last December, I wasn't a knitter. And yet, I really wished I had a kit with me on the Eurostar. It actually felt like a craving.
Well I've finally done it. I went to see Caro last weekend and I had, of course, packed my Ultra Violet Crazy Sexy Wool.
I've basically started this project - kind of a tote bag, cause I'm always carrying a lot of stuff all organized in seperate bags - 2 weeks ago when I joined the Gang. I've started with our Video Tutorials and the precious help of the best teacher ever: Chloé. Usually when I get stuck in a knitting drama, I hold it safely and wait for Chloé to fix it.
But when it happened on the Eurosar, I just couldn't face the failure and I had to handle it by myself. Thanks to my mobile phone we managed to exchange photos of the drama and tips to my rescue. Next time, I'll watch the tutorials before getting stuck.
THANK YOU MY TURKISH DELIGHT!
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