Fashion crochet or Crochet Fashion

Si todavía te encuentras resistiéndote a tejer, tal vez éste post te abra un poco más la mente.
El tejido del crochet permaneció por muchos años debajo de la luz pública por que sus patrones, puntos y productos parecían sacados de cuentos de abuelita.
No sé cómo pasó o qué fue exactamente lo que motivó el renacimiento del crochet, pero ahora está en todas partes.
Tejer crochet se ha convertido en el nuevo yoga de celebridades, diseñadores y de gente común como tú y yo.
En la última VOGUE que compré, la edición Marzo 2011 con Lady Gaga en la portada (si, soy una VOGUE-ELLE-junkie) me sorprendió e inspiró la nueva colección de Dolce & Gabbana para este año.
Yep, muchísimas prendas crochet, ambientadas en una publicidad que parecen escenas de cualquier película de la Dolce Vita (amo esa estética, by the way). Todo empezó con Madonna, y ahora el renacimiento de las nonne y sus tradiciones están de vuelta en las pasarelas.
Cada prenda puede costar más de $1,000 USD fácilmente, ¿por qué no aprender a hacerlas tú misma? :p

La imagen de Dolce & Gabbana:

 

algunas de las prendas y accesorios de esta colección (D&G 2011):

Y si todavía no te queda claro:

Un post sobre la inspiración del crochet en las últimas pasarelas.

Chanel, Marni, Peter Jensen, Tous también le entran a la inspiración crochetera para sus nuevas temporadas.

Por mi parte, me dedicaré a seguir tejiendo. :p Toodles.

Tejercito Febrero

You can find the Spanish post here.

It's been ages since I posted, but I took some pictures last Tejercito meeting and wanted to share them with you. It's unbelievable what has been achieved by the loyal Tejercito girls in Guadalajara. :) (and by those in Monterrey who gladly keep on without the meetings, thank you girls!) I'm so in love with the project and some true good friendships have grown from crocheting together.
:)

We girls should unite and use all our strenghts to invest in our societies. This is the least we can do, and I'm happy we crochet with a purpose.

To my loveliest girls:

Cancer detection & crochet

If the title alone didn't explain the idea, then read this post.

Yup. A clever girl in Toronto crochets, and decided to give a sex-sexy twist to her crochets. She decided to crochet boobs and penises as little amigurumi projects to (guess what) help teach people on how to explore themselves so they can detect (and prevent) cancer.

Clever, right? :) I just found these today and find them really funny and committed. :)

I just love how people find new uses to old traditions.

To see some more on Shannon and her products, visit her shop on Etsy.

Quieroposh's POPUP SHOP & LITTLE THINGS BY FLAII

:D
Heya!
Lately, I've been busy crocheting for a dear friend of mine organizing a very creative xmas bazaar.
So, here are some of my crocheted things you'll be seeing at her shop. You can also order directly to me :) Some of these crochets would truly make a great seasonal gift! Whaddayathink!

Tejercito keeps going strong!

OK so still not having a lot of time, but Toño a self proclaimed Tejercito fan took this pix of our last meeting and I have to post them back so you know that we've been busy and we've been crocheting :D
Hope you like them!

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Todavía no me he dado tiempo suficiente para postear en este blog, pero Toño, un autoproclamado fan de Tejército, tomó estas fotografías de lo que hemos estado tejiendo, para que se vea que seguimos con el proyecto y que estamos ocupadas crocheteando!
Ojalá les gusten!

Knit for charity!

Ok, so I'm kinda back. A little ashamed to take this long to write a new entry, but belive me, thanks to God and internet courses, my little photography business has been kicking and living and gets me bee-busy all day long, so well... Sorry! :)
(that may be the reason why not so many people read this blog -- just thinking out loud!)

So, this past weekend I decided to give myself a little treat and I manicured and pedicured and bought the latest issue of CROCHET-Today! And it was so surprising to find 2 projects with the same objective as Tejercito: KNIT FOR CHARITY!
:)

One is Knit-A-Square, a very awesome international project. You can decide to participate by just simply knitting granny squares for blankets and send them to SOUTH AFRICA! That's right! And why knit blankets for kids in South Africa if there's so hot in there? Wrong. South Africa is on the southern hemisphere, south south of Africa, which means cold winters-- so, why not give southafrican children a little help with a cozy hand-made blanket? :) You will find more information on the webpage and the exact measures and address to make your part.

The other project (which I couldn't find online) is heartbreaking but also heatwarming at the same time. Africa (once again) is the continent with the highest child mortality rate. Children die by the tons before reaching the age of 5 years. So, a group of international ladies decided to create a project on which they knit little caps for children in Ethiopia. Caps help keep little children warm, even in hot countries, these little handmade treats help diminish the mortality rates by just keeping little lovely heads warm. :)

We're in October, and Tejercito is flowing but still going a little slower than expected. Nevertheless, we shall make it work and by the end of this year I hope it reaches at least 50 children in Guadalajara and Monterrey. By reading the projects I tell you about, I got inspired and I've decided to launch Tejercito in Latin America.
You'll see. Let's dream big.

WWW.KNIT-A-SQUARE.COM

Beto

Aunque normalmente no escribiría sobre mi novio en este blog, dedicaré una pequeña introducción sobre Beto para que conozcan los pormenores y la razón de algunos posts que se avecinan en el futuro próximo. Beto y yo llevamos de novios 3 años y medio y 1 año y medio viviendo bajo el mismo techo. En este tiempo que me he dedicado a trabajar desde casa, me toca la ardua y hermosa tarea de cocinarle diario, esto me ha permitido conocer sus gustos y disgustos de primera mano.
Beto JAMÁS come vegetales, y menos crudos. Si acaso sólo come champiñones, chícharos, cebolla y pimiento verde. Y no come ningún tipo de aderezo, o sea que olviden la mayonesa, la mostaza y la catsup.
Casi cada vez que cocino debo idear alguna manera de ponerle vegetales en la comida -sin que los note- para hacer de su dieta algo más balanceado.
Taggearé las recetas "beto-friendly" en este blog como aquellas recetas que todos los odiadores de verduras y aderezos adorarán y disfrutarán.

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Ok. Normally I would write about corny stuff on another blog and not on my DIY blog, but hey, you have to have the basics so you know exactly why I might start posting on certain things.
Beto is my boyfriend, we've been together for 3 and a half years and 1 and a half years living together under the same roof.
Since I work from home, I dedicate my noons to cooking our meals and I've gotten to meet Beto's need first-hand.
He NEVER eats veggies, only mushrooms, green pepper, onion and peas. Nothing else. He NEVER eats ANY kind of dressing, forget about mustard, mayonaise, ketchup, name it. So, well I being an animal-friendly-carnivore-eat-your-veggies kind of person I have struggled a lot.
Every time I cook is like I have to create a way to present veggies in a non-veggie way, and it is hard.
So, well, I decided to label and tag the recipes I cook for Beto as "beto-friendly" so whenever you read any recipe which is "beto-friendly" it means any man who hates veggies can enjoy. ;)

Photo-inspiration by ANTM.

One of my guiltiest pleasures is crap TV. I'm sorry but I absolutely adore reality shows and find myself submerged in the world of fake reality anytime I have the chance. Yesterday, the show that caught my eye twice the same day was some past season of America's Next Top Model. I have this fascination with the photoshoots they produce on the show. Yesterday it was Mike Rosenthal's chance to put the "models" in front of the ballots posing for the American Obama election. I then became intrigued to know more about this super hip and young photographer directing the models, so I googled him. I loved his work and saved some of his pictures on my hard disk, waiting to someday produce shoots like those (believe me, I will! :p) It's a shame that I couldn't find tons and tons of his work online, but hey... I leave you here with some sources of inspiration for photography and (why not) crafts.

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Uno de mis placeres más culposos en la vida es ver reality shows, siempre me sumerjo en esos mundos de "falsa realidad" por horas, y me encanta la experiencia. Ayer el show que cautivó mi atención una vez en la mañana y otra en la noche fue una edición pasada de America's Next Top Model. Me encanta ese programa por que soy una fashion-closet-junkie y me encantan las sesiones fotográficas que producen para las modelos. En esta ocasión, fue el turno del fotógrafo americano Mike Rosenthal, a quien le tocó producir y dirigir una sesión de las chicas con el tema Elecciones (Obama vs. McCain). Fue así que el trabajo de este chico me intrigó a tal grado de buscarlo en Google. Me encantó su trabajo y guardé algunas de sus -en mi opinión- mejores fotografías en mi disco duro, para servirme de inspiración para próximas sesiones (y prometo hacerlas!) Es una lástima que no encontré más de su trabajo online, pero bueno :) al menos como inspiración sirven para mucho.

ALL IMAGES BY MIKE ROSENTHAL.