2020

 What a year!... Everything is different... plans had to be changed, works ...recycled.

 

 

Every Summer my craft studio was turned into airbnb apartment. But in 2020 everything had to be changed because of quarantine. Tourists couldn't come because of safety of my old neighbours. My studio is situated in a beautiful part of Vilnius - Žvėrynas. In old times it was forest over the river for Lithuanian Dukes to hunt. Later it turned into district of wooden villas. 

Now it is an upscale green residential neighbourhood of Vilnius. My studio is in one of such villas - about 100 years old. My neighbours - old lovely sisters, whose grandfather's brother built this villa before the WW2. 

So, as almost all the world had to stay home, I had to beautify the households :) Lots of rugs, placemats, chair cushions, hammocks were made and flied to all over the world.

One of the items I made - was Chair cushions from recycled sheets  from airbnb times:

Most of the items were made from recycled cotton ropes. Vig crochet rugs :

 And Smaller swirly rugs :

 Colourful crochet chair pads :

 Crochet pillows in Granny squares style :

Hammocks

One year ago I had a knee surgery and had to spend few weeks in bed. That was perfect opportunity to crochet big laces for big thing - Hammock with crochet lace:

Now I finally found perfect yarn for such hudge crochets and made better version of it - hammock with lace and tassels :

My son 3D printed me a toy - tassel maker:

New old crafts

There was a big break in my craft life. Caused by an allergy to my biggest passion - wool... I can't work with it, wear it nor touch it anymore.
Sooo. new searches and discoveries! 
Recycling - crochet from old clothers:

Crochet rugs from recycled cotton rope:

And latest new passion - silk painting:

Doily rug

Vintage pattern of doily reborn as a romantic big thick wool fet rug:

Oversized doily rug:

A bit of ethno

I love ethno motives, a bit transformed traditional crafts. Doilies turned into thick soft rugs or big heavy tablecloths:

Big thick round woolen rugs:

Heavy cotton oversized doily for round table:

Oversized doily suitable for Summer table:

Ethno style placemats for Summer table:

Crochet slippers

I can't stop using felt. It is too good for feet :) This time - felted insoles, used as soles for crochet slippers

Creative surroundings

It is such a gift to be surrounded by beautiful creative people - it inspires to move on, boosts your own creativity.
In my shop www.knitted.lt we work together with my Mother in Law Delida, ideas of new creations pops up every spare moment :) And our customers from all over the world gives the best inspiration.

 These convertible mittens became real bestsellers during last Christmas, they were also inspared by a customer who asked if one of our fingerless gloves could be converted into mittens. Such mittens flew to all over the world under the Christmas trees in Europe, America and Australia.

These long fingerless gloves for Winter Wedding knitted of luxurious baby alpaca yarn were created together with Lolita from www.adorique.com as an addition to her beautiful dresses
Just read the reviews of her shop, they tell everything!












I can't walk by, when I see something beautiful made by hands. I guess some new project will be born soon for them. The World must see those creations and should be able to reach and get. At this moment I just invited some of them into my Etsy shop of Lithuanian knittings. Beaded knitted and crochet items - they takes lots of time, needs a lot of thoroughness and looks like adornment not only a crochet cell phone case


or beaded wrist warmers