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07/05/2026

After months of pale winter light, spring feels like permission to live in color again. 🌿
I found myself craving for colors, but the ones that don’t shout—colors that are gentle, muted, and timeless. Colors that inspire and allows to play without demanding anything.
I went back to the dye pots with this feeling in mind. This past month I’ve also spent quite some time swatching and watching how these gradients evolve while knitting and crocheting, letting hidden undertones emerge.
This process has been a reflection of my creative space right now: a mix of calculated order and free-spirited chaos. 🐌
This selection of Spring inspired Gradient colors are back in the shop.
In the coming weeks, I’ll share a deeper dive into each colorway, the swatches I did, the techniques I used, and how they can ‘speak’ to each other in your projects.
For now, they are here. 🐌
Which of these shades feels more like spring to you? 🌿

26/03/2026

The yarn choice for the Lounge Hat ☁️✨

When I decided to knit the first Lounge Hat — my "comfort hat" for Paolo — there was only one base I could think of: Baby Alpaca + Merino DK.

I wanted something that would be a relief to wear. This yarn has a magical balance: the Merino provides elasticity and bounce, while the Baby Alpaca adds a silky hand and a gentle "halo"—a soft cloud of fiber that wraps you in warmth and comfort.

It’s an authentic yarn, dyed in a palette of muted, dusty tones, to which I’ve added a small selection of special "one-off" single skeins.

Do you ever choose a yarn starting not from the pattern, but from the feeling you want to give to the person who will wear it?

🔗 Free pattern and all the skeins at the link in bio.

24/03/2026

🎁 FREE PATTERN: The Lounge Hat is here! ☁️✨

To me simple doesn’t mean banal or meaningless. Even the simplest of things have a story, and this hat is about comfort, warmth, and love.

It was born to replace Paolo’s favorite "comfort hat", lost during a getaway. I decided to rework the idea: no purls, no ribbing, just stockinette stitch for maximum comfort—to knit and to wear.

For the original version, I chose my soft-as-a-cloud Baby Alpaca + Merino DK, it’s pure gentleness against the skin.
But the simplicity of the Lounge Hat makes it the perfect canvas to play with colors. I’m already working on several colorful versions, including a sock yarn one, and a guide on how to use mini-skein sets or your precious scraps! 🌈

PS: Swipe to the end to see Torakiki's essential contribution... as always, the most precious (and fluffy) help during the shoot! 🐱🐾

🔗 Download the free pattern & read the full story (Link in Bio!)

🇮🇹 PATTERN GRATUITO: Il Lounge Hat è arrivato! ☁️✨

Per me "semplice" non significa banale. Anche le cose più essenziali hanno una storia, e questo cappello racconta di comfort, calore e amore.

È nato per rimpiazzare il vecchio "cappello del comfort" di Paolo, perso durante un weekend fuori. Ho deciso di rielaborare l’idea: niente purl, niente coste, solo maglia rasata per il massimo comfort (sia nel realizzarlo che nell'indossarlo).

Per la versione base, ho scelto la mia Baby Alpaca + Merino DK, soffice come una nuvola. Ma la semplicità del Lounge Hat lo rende la tela perfetta per giocare. Sto già lavorando a versioni colorate (anche in filato sock!) e a una guida su come usare mini-matasse o scarti. 🌈

PS: Scorrete fino alla fine per vedere il contributo fondamentale di Torakiki... come al solito, l'aiuto più prezioso (e soffice) durante lo shooting! 🐱

🔗 Scarica il pattern gratuito e leggi la storia sul blog (Link in Bio!)

03/04/2025

Eucalipto + Viola Gradient Duo 💚💜 is in the shop!
What will you knit with them? These teeny tiny Gradient bundles are such a pleasure to make, and inspire me all kind of colorwork knits! 😌

01/04/2025

It might be April Fools, but why can’t I dye some Winter colourways, while calendar says Spring, and weather tells another whole story? 🙃
Winter Blues & Winter Mist are two new mini skein sets, and are in the shop, also as a bundle with all of them in teeny tiny 10 grams micro skeins. Mini skein sets are a great stash addiction, to add to scrap blankets, to add contrast heel and toe to your socks, to add a nice color accent for your not ordinary one color stripes, or just to have another beautiful pair of stripey socks 🧦
Find these and more in the shop 🤗

22/03/2025

What are your plans on this first Spring weekend? I’m hoping to finish my 🌸😌
I’ve added some kits in the shop, if you want to knit your own Gradient version of Alpine Bloom, swipe to see all the color combo 🔛
I’m also craving for some cake, as always 😂🙊 any ideas or recipe recommendations?

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17/03/2025

Dusty Palette on the softest Baby Alpaca + Merino DK, and some pattern inspo ✨

Do you like some subtle dusty hues? Those almost neutrals yet still colored ones, the colors that stay, that survive fashion trends, that never get old nor bore, that you’ll always come back to. I do absolutely love them, especially if paired with simple and timeless knits.

Some of my favourites: (scroll for pics)

• Zafferano Sweater, my very first design, I still love it!
• a second, oversized and sleeveless version of Zafferano sweater
• Douglas cardi by 1 or 2 skeins per color in all those five colors, and you’ll end up with a dreamy cardigan!
• Mushroom cowl by what’s not to love in simple textures and subtle colors?
• an oldie but oh so goodie, Duotone cowl by
• talking about oldie and free patterns, Rikke Hat, I know the trend now is for ribbed hats, but I do love me some squishy garter stitch (I should be knitting a new one for the man, since he lost my old one 🙈)

10/03/2025

Alpine blooms have bloomed 🌸🌼😍 If a finished yoke doesn’t qualify as a finished sweater, it surely is as much satisfying! The stitch pattern paired with these colors makes me dream of a basket filled with pansies! 💜💛 I’m using my Gradient sets in the colorways Viola and Senape, and I’ll be fading the gradient back to dark for the rest of the body, can’t wait to show you more, and I’ll put together some yarn kits soon! 😌

I keep picking up all my projects on and off for no specific reason, maybe just taking things very slowly (quite usual for me 😅) but I’m hoping to turn this into a beautiful finished project, so that I’ll feel less guilty casting on for a new one 😁

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24/02/2025

A late winter sunny saturday spent outside. Still Winter, but Spring is on its way. We feel so lucky to have such beautiful places so close to home, even if we live just outside the big city

20/02/2025

How do you choose color placement for multicolored projects? I love to use many colors, but I can’t always easily envision a finished project in them. And I find hard to start a project if I’m not sure it’ll work as I want (hello perfectionism 👋🏼). I’ve learnt that some quick colored sketches helps me envision my finished project, and give me confidence it will be as I want it. I know I can always unravel and re knit, but it takes time, and I prefer spending this time playing with colors, rather than unraveling 🙈

For my mismatched second sock I decided to start from the color used in the middle of first sock. This Wisteria fade is designed so that all the colors connect seamlessly, whichever color you start with, and I love it! I’m dreaming at all the color combinations to dye more fades like that! Any color combination you’d like to see?

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