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Gabi Fventes Fiber Artist’s 100 Dolls and More

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Gabi lives in monterrey, mexico where she created her stunning 100 dolls series which is her final thesis for her major in art.  I discovered Gabi on Flickr CarftGossip.com Crafty Reviews.  I instantly fell in love with all her fascinating dolls and all her art.  We became friends on Facebook and she is a charming young lady.  The expressions on her dolls faces are captivating.  Gabi creates her doll’s faces from polymer clay and all the clothing is created from recycled fabrics and odds and ends of vintage jewelry.  She not only makes her dolls but does amazing paintings and drawings, t-shirts, photography and creates fabulous purses out of old vinyl records.   She has a clothes brand, mostly t-shirts and handmade toys she  calls them Botargas and the brands name is Sintantosmodales.  Let’s all welcome Gab art to the US and go to Flickr and leave some comments or join her on Facebook.  She also has a MySpace blog if you would like to visit and see her art.

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Knitwear designers can get inspiration from almost anything when it comes to re-creating a color scheme, an image or a texture in stitches. Sometimes the inspiration isn’t always obvious in the finished project, but sometimes it’s more literal. 

That’s the way it is with the Tin Ceiling Blanket from Purl Soho. Not just because the inspiration is in the name, but if you’ve ever seen one of these old ceilings you can see that the design of the blanket is quite similar to the pattern of the tin tiles. 

This is also a good example of the idea that you don’t have to use fancy stitch patterns or lots of color to make a big impact with your knits. This single-color blanket (designed by Gianna Mueller and inspired by a washcloth and towel set designed by Sandi Rosner) is made completely with knits and purls, other than slipped stitches at the beginning of rows to make neater edges. 

The pattern is written out row by row, but there’s also a chart, which means this project is a great opportunity to practice reading a chart where you can check your work against the written pattern if you need to. 

It comes in two sizes, a crib blanket and a throw. The yarn used in the sample is an organic cotton sold by the cone, which is a great way to get a large quantity of yarn and have fewer ends to weave in. In fact, you can knit either size of the blanket with just one cone of yarn, which isn’t inexpensive but makes you a great, sturdy, heirloom quality but still washable blanket you’ll use for years to come. (Of course you can use any sport weight yarn you like to make this blanket.)

Check out all the details and grab the free pattern from Purl Soho. 

[Photo: Purl Soho]