4 shawls in a year...

A shawl each trimester (approximately)...

I need designers, NOW! 

I had already planned to work with Christelle Nihoul during my visit in France in July, so I immediately contacted her and she liked the idea (the pattern is the first one to be released, and I can only say it is magnificent!) 

Next, I called Maria Zilakou, she was hooked - which I was sure she would love to be a part of it, and loves a challenge.

As all people who loves their work, I want this adventure to be a success, not only for me but for the designers as well, so I tried to contact either designers that I had already worked in the past and where wonderful professionals (believe me or not there are designers that won't even promote their own work... which is frustrating). I am confident that all artists need their time to create and be free to play with their ideas, so I never tell them what to do and rarely see a sketch of the finished item to approve, so it might be risky for me if the designer doesn't really puts himself to the design. In the end it is my belief that someone must be allowed to create from his soul, it is the only way it will then speak to others.

So I am thinking all this... I need someone who is serious, friendly and that I like working with... No need to think a lot, Meiju is one of my favorite designers to collaborate. We had talked about doing something in the future, and here I was with a plan... she said yes! 

HURRAY! One more to go...

Who is gonna be lucky number 4? My mind traveled in Zug, Switzerland 2015 to the most friendly and smiling person.. Romi! So I wrote her an e-mail (hoping and praying)... and she said yes! YES!!!! I should dye her yarn now and send it to her :P 

So 4 shawls for 4 colorways for 4 sunflower paintings.

I am happy, but restless.

Color Is Power, and believe me those 4 (colorways) are POWERFUL but they can be LETHAL together.

A fifth shawl has to come, using all 4 colorways to create the final piece in this collection... a colorful masterpiece of Van Gogh's Sunflowers.

Who can come after Romi, that loves color as much as I do? Van Gogh was Dutch... maybe a dutch designer? or someone that lives in Holland? It was a start a few names came up: Stephen West (Overbooked of course but I had to try :P life is for those who dare lol), Nancy Marchant (sweetly declined to work on her other designs...love you Nancy) and others... so when Susanne Sommer aka Sosu said "That does sound like a very exciting project! Thank you for thinking of me.. I'm always up for a challenge, I'd love to be a part of it" I was over the moon!

Finally, I am satisfied 5 shawls over a year with 5 wonderful designers, KALs and prizes.

You have the opportunity to buy all 5 of them right NOW with a 15% discount and FREE shipment. You will get the yarn base that was originally (11 Zeus skeins, 2 Apollon skeins and 1 Poseidon skein) used for the pattern and you will be able to choose your colorways when the shawls will launch.

You can wait for each of the shawls to be released as pre-orders and sign-up then for the KALs.

I can not wait to for this new adventure to begin!

Van Gogh was at the top of my list to create a colorway, but who says Van Gogh says Sunflowers (which is also my favorite flower)... but which painting? 

Did you know there are 4 versions of "Sunflowers"? And I am only referring to the most famous set, the ones in a vase (4 earlier ones depict sunflowers lying on the ground, and 3 later ones called "repetitions"). The year is 1888, Van Gogh wants to impress Gaughin with those paintings as decorations for their shared studio in Arles.

Four Paintings - Sunflowers in a vase

1. Turquoise Backround

2. Royal blue Backround, destroyed by fire in WWII

3. Blue green Backround

4. Yellow Backround

I was intrigued and started researching and reading more about them. I was fascinated even more and couldn't choose one of them. It was like separating family... So why not make an colorway for each? "VAN" "GOGH" "VINCENT" "SUNFLOWERS". Yeah!

BUT, (told you there is always a but) I wanted them to be celebrated, and be honored in a way... and then a brilliant idea came to me, I wonder sometimes how my brain works but I got to say that sitting alone in a summer night with a long dress, cocktail at hand makes my grey cells make magic (well... not always lol)... Eureka moment, laughing and jumping up and down... friends looking at me like "oh who knows what she has in mind this time" lol

Let's do a shawl collection inspired by those four colorways inspired by those four paintings....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Let the knitting begin!

I am happy to present to you with my first kit that features the brand new design by Maria Zilakou!

The kit includes:

   * 1 skein of luxurious hand dyed sock weight yarn 50% Superwash Merino 50% Silk, with an option from 4 different colorways
        100g (3,5 oz) 400m (437 yards)
        EU Needles 2,25- 4,5 (US: 1-7)

   * Pattern instructions

   * 1 silkscreen printed Project Bag; the printing technique makes each bag unique.

   * 1 set of Cubic interchangeable knitting needles 4.5 mm (US 7)

   * 1 tapestry needle

If you choose the option: "Without needles" you will not receive the Cubic interchangeable needles.

The pre-orders will be running until the 12th of October, then you will give me some more time to prepare them.... and, following that, we ‘ll be having a KAL, starting on the 16th of November until the 16th of December!

The ones that will finish their knitting before the KAL ends they will have the chance to win the next upcoming kit, in the colorway of their choosing!

SO, PRE ORDER YOURS AND STAY TUNED!

Hello everyone! 

I hope you enjoyed your summer vacation!

So as you can see I did not do much on the holidays,,, but I worked like mad to prepare you knitting kits!

Each kit will be a NEW design that the designer and I have worked on, it will be first available as a pre-order and then I will have to dye the yarns and ship them to you for a big KAL!!! Isn't it that exciting??? 

The first kit is ready! You can pre-order! NOW! OVER HERE!!!

This beautiful ponchette, named Cyclades, was designed by a Greek designer Maria Zilakou! I loved the design immediately as you can wear it with everything and for any occasion: either at home, for a walk, over your little black dress at a party! 

After the kits are sold as pre-orders, there will be a few on the website to purchase... but then the kit will disappear and won't be returning as a kit. SO GET YOURS! 

You can choose over 4 colorways and make yours! As the yarn is hand dyed each skein is unique and so will be your ponchette! The kit will include the pattern, cubic needles 4,5 mm (US 7), a tapestry needle and a project bag.

The project bag is a simple Tote bag, but it is silkscreen printed and each has a slight different color as the dye isn't setting the same way to all of them, exactly like my yarns! 

TréLiz is a celebration of color, of texture, of creativity. 

#colorispower people!

Hello everyone! 

I hope you enjoyed your summer vacation!

So as you can see I did not do much on the holidays,,, but I worked like mad to prepare you knitting kits!

Each kit will be a NEW design that the designer and I have worked on, it will be first available as a pre-order and then I will have to dye the yarns and ship them to you for a big KAL!!! Isn't it that exciting??? 

The first kit is ready! You can pre-order! NOW! OVER HERE!!!

This beautiful ponchette, named Cyclades, was designed by a Greek designer Maria Zilakou! I loved the design immediately as you can wear it with everything and for any occasion: either at home, for a walk, over your little black dress at a party! 

After the kits are sold as pre-orders, there will be a few on the website to purchase... but then the kit will disappear and won't be returning as a kit. SO GET YOURS! 

You can choose over 4 colorways and make yours! As the yarn is hand dyed each skein is unique and so will be your ponchette! The kit will include the pattern, cubic needles 4,5 mm (US 7), a tapestry needle and a project bag.

The project bag is a simple Tote bag, but it is silkscreen printed and each has a slight different color as the dye isn't setting the same way to all of them, exactly like my yarns! 

TréLiz is a celebration of color, of texture, of creativity. 

#colorispower people!