Thanks Ikea...

...But now is my turn.
Yes, i bought almost everything for my new home at Ikea: there i found all i need at a very reasonable price, and, while i was holding one of those crocheted things, i asked myself: "Why spend a lot of time and energy to make a thing that i can buy at Ikea for this ridiculous price?".

I fell in the "i'm useless" mood. This is the reason i haven't updated the blog for so much time.

But just some days ago i passed an evening on Etsy, and i felt that special itch on my hands: i HAVE to make something! It's too much hot to crochet, so i calmed my itch making two little turk's head to display two of my grandpà works. The grandfather used to work the wood and to make beautiful one-of-a-kind pieces, and these two pieces are perfect to embellish my Ikea kitchen.

Returned to knot

I asked myself: why i call all this internet activity "Knots Me...Knots Me Not!" if i'm not making knots? So i bought a super soft cotton rope, and made a try with dyeing...

The dyeing process was a little tricky: i don't know why, while drying, all the dye came up, leaving the wrong side white! XD
I will give it a second chance, hoping to make it work also on the wrong side!

I love knots

Just returned from a trip to Genova, i instantly knotted a new bracelet for me, with a special button i bought there:

The button is from a country that i don't really remember, and it really captured my attention when i saw it: i knew i need that little object, don't ask me why XD
I used a lanyard i had in my stash (my stash is always full of various materials, i don't want to think about an occasion when i have/need to create and i don't have materials!), and the easier, stronger and faster knot to make a bracelet, the cobra stitch/Solomon bar/Portuguese sinnet (thanks Stormdrane!)

Button knots are conquering the world!

I love chinese button knots: with a single lanyard you can knot all the loops that you want, and the knot itself is beautiful. Now, you know that my mother is pasting wallpaper all over the house...during this (insane) work, the mom had the possibility to redistribute all the things that we have hung on the walls. First was this cross point work that she realized years ago...
"Erika, with this lanyard can you make a loop here? But how can we knot the lanyard on the stick?"
10 minutes after...

Mom is so fascinated by this knot (that we call "la meletta", the little apple), that almost every day she breaks into my room and wants a "meletta" here and there XD
The result? I now can knot chinese buttons in every conditions XD

Experimenting fibers...

The physiotherapist that is taking care of my shoulders is attracted by the celtic world, and asked me a little commission.
"Erika" she said "can you knot me something like that?" pointing at the little celtic knot that i have on my bag "Think about me and make me that knot." Ok!

I used a lanyard that my mother go wrong in buying (the white one), and a wool rasta (the green one).
(At home, with my mother we starred at the rasta, we touched it, we examined it, and we haven't already found a use of that rasta, apart of being a rasta, and being knotted XD Someone out there can tell me a different use of it? )

To close the knot i used a double connection knot and a chinese button knot, hiding all the ends in the last one.
The physiotherapist is really happy of her new celtic knot, and my mother now wants a knot for herself XD

How to make a dreamcatcher

For the native americans, the dream catcher is a handmade object based on a willow hoop, on which is woven a loose net or web. The dreamcatcher is then decorated with personal and sacred items such as feathers and beads. Hung above the bed, is used as a charm to protect sleeping people from nightmares. (by Wikipedia)
Have you ever wanted to make your personal dreamcatcher, but the netting work scared you?
No problems, now you have a tutorial! ^^

Featured on Cuteable!

That's incredible, i'm very happy!

Go and see!

Unique Knots

This is the name of my new collection!

Why "Unique"?
Well, my new melange yarns will make unique all my new works: you'll never find another piece like these all over the world!

The colors are:

* Purple
* Pink
* Light blue
* Red
* Yellow, on the tones of brown or on the tones of orange




The items are made-to-order, so don't be shy and contact me ^^

New colors in my world!

Hi folks!

Much time passed since i wrote an article...excuse me, i'm very busy for the university exams, but i'm still producing my knots!

A great news is that now i have much more cotton colors and i'm very excited about the possibility i have! ^^

These are 6 marvellous colors of melange cotton: i've used one of these to do a star, and the final result is very beautiful ^^
I plan to use these colors to make star earrings...stay tuned on my blog or shop, because i'll list my first star earring, made with "macramed" stars and Swarovsky cristals: very loveable!

A little taste:

The melange star

Various sizes of stars ^^


I will begin to knot more colors (and then more earrings) only if i'll receive positive feedbacks from YOU! The colors are the ones in the first photo, so if you want to custom your earring, just contact me ^^

Gabriel and hearts!

From my stock, an image of the earrings that i'm selling in my DaWanda Shop



I call the earring with the heart "Hear your heart": sometimes we need to stop, to close the world out of our mind, and to listen what our heart wants.

The photo has been done with the natural light, so you can see the true color of the cotton i used.