Text by Marina D. Bárcenas
Now that winter is coming (you just thought about Game Of Thrones, I know it) it is the perfect moment for the lost sheeps to return to the path and get back to work, let's say for example, with The Blanket Project. Some of you can proudly say that the mission has been accomplished (I offer to those my warmest congratulations for that) and some others are in that acclimatization process where you make eyes at the sofa and you don´t think about going out so often.
Ahora que se acerca el invierno (acabas de pensar en Juego de Tronos, lo sé) es el momento perfecto para que las ovejas descarriadas vuelvan al redil y retomen sus labores, digamos por ejemplo, con el Proyecto Colcha. Algun@s de vosotros podéis estar orgullos@s de decir que ya es misión cumplida (mis más sinceras felicitaciones por ello) y otr@s estáis en ese proceso de aclimatación en el que se le hacen ojitos al sofá y no se piensa salir de casa tan a menudo.
To ease the arduous task of sitting nice and warm we are going to review the "Compendium of Crochet Techniques" by Jan Eaton.
Call it a book, call it the bible. And I mean it, because you need to have the manual where you can find all kind of technical explanations and ideas.
Jan Eaton, internationally known by her needlework and textile design has published plenty of books. This particulary is not quite new as it was published a couple of years ago, but it is so useful that it will always help you to find all you need for any kind of project you have in mind, and why not, to give you some other ideas of what to do now and how to make it.
Jan Eaton, conocida internacionalmente por su manejo de las agujas y diseños textiles, tiene una barbaridad de libros. Este en particular ya tiene unos años, pero es tan útil que siempre encontrarás lo que necesites para cualquier tipo de proyecto que tengas en mente, y por qué no, para darte ideas sobre qué puedes empezar y cómo hacerlo.
This book is divided in several sections and contains (take a good breath): step-by-step photos, diagrams and instructions to guide you through the whole process. From how to choose the needle, the yarn, how to read patterns or charts, all about tension, how to block, how to design scarfs or shawls, explanations of all kind of stitches, intarsia patterns, how to join yarns, how to work in rounds, how to group colours, how to dye yarns, how to fit blocks together... everything. In short, seven chapters that will surely help you to understand how to make everything you can imagine. In addition, there is a section in almost all the chapters called “try it” or “fix it” where you can practice what you've´ve learnt adding some variations.
MY PROJECT
Having said that, if you were looking for a new source of inspiration, there you go. Worst case scenario is that you find yourself planning how to make another blanket :)
Now you have the chance of joining the Blanket Project saga with the Blanket Project, the origin!
Unleash your imagination and add personalized applications choosing between all the possibilities that Maria will show you, increasing, if you feel like, the size of your own blanket. Mine is already in process. Come on and join!
¡Ahora tienes la oportunidad de unirte a la saga del Proyecto Colcha con el Proyecto Colcha, el origen! Dale rienda suelta a tu imaginación y añade aplicaciones personalizadas eligiendo entre todas las posibilidades que Maria os irá enseñando, ampliando, si te ves con ganas, el tamaño de tu propia colcha.La mía ya está en proceso, ¡únete!
I will see you here from now on with more books, reviews and projects!
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