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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? 🌿

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! 😌

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 🙈)

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