#8demarzoandoliando 2021

This is the name of an unplanned initiative that arose completely by accident. You already know that I am a real fan of all Lang Yarns mohair, well, one of the particularities of this fiber is its light nature and weight. Just like in the orders we do not use units of balls, but of weight and also in kg (a ball of mohair Lace is 0.025 gr). This, combined with the rush to place an order before picking up my kid from school… The question is that I needed to order 3 skeins of purple mohair (beautiful, by the way) and I got “a little bit” confused with the stitch, instead of ordering 0.075 gr I ordered 0.750 gr. This meant that I received 30 balls instead of 3. I also discovered there that no returns were permitted. A disastrous move. I’ll contnue telling you how my lilac mohair “mountain” got fixed. When I told the workshop about my blunder as a funny story, they all quickly started to say: “we could all make a sweater in the same color”, “it looks beautiful to me for such and such pattern”, “I want that other one”, and then my dear Ali (@alimaravillas), with her quick mind, suggested, “we can make it for Women’s Day”, because of the color, and I said, “I’ll make it cheaper for you”. And that’s how, little by little, we gave shape to #8demarzoandoliando. Soon, more “andolianders” joined in. We started in January 2021. The color purple is the absolute main feature of the designs, and each of us chose the pattern that we liked the most for the occasion. I will show you the pictures of each one of them with the name of the pattern chosen, each one more beautiful, and as I get more (some still have not been able to finish yet) I will upload them, so if you are curious, stop by from time to time! In fact, many people who later found out are planning to knit it for next year, so if you like the idea, all you have to do is knit yourself something in this color and write to me when you have it ready.

Pepa with the Duality Sweater by Juana Román, with Lang Yarns Jawoll and Lang Yarns Lace

Ysa with the Cumulus Blouse by PetiteKnit, with Lang Yarns Jawoll and Lang Yarns Lace

Luisa with the Heliotropo by Juana Román, with Lang Yarns Merino 120 and Lang Yarns Lace

Esther with the Cumulus Blouse by PetiteKnit, with Lang Yarns Jawoll and Lang Yarns Lace

Elo with Eri Shimizu’s Veer with Lang Yarns Jawoll and Lang Yarns Lace

Ana with the Sunday Sweater by PetiteKnit, with Lang Yarns Jawoll and Lang Yarns Lace

Maria Luisa with the Sunday Sweater by PetiteKnit, with Lang Yarns Merino 120 and Lang Yarns Lace

Maria José with the Elton by Joji Locatelli, with Norne Yarns

Maite with the Lita Cabellut by Juana Román, with Raval by Greta and the Fibers

Leo with the Pink Fizz by Andrea Mowry, with Lang Yarns Jawoll and Lang Yarns Lace

María with the Holiday Slipover by PetiteKnit

Juana with the Sweater No. 1 by My Favourite Things, with Lang Yarns Lace

More pics that I love!!!

Thank you so much Ruth Maya, I love this steal!

Our little women-to-be had a great time with the adorable Nata

Those of us who love knitting, besides getting a wonderful garment, what we really enjoy the most is the journey, just like on a bicycle trip. Although sometimes the incline gets really steep, the satisfaction of overcoming obstacles, and the pleasure of the leisurely activities that occupy our mind is something constructive and beautiful. At the end of the day, the goal is to be happy together and to enrich each and every one of us in our diversity. Oh! By the way, in the end I had to order even more lilac mohair, taking a lot of care with the decimal place, of course… I was immensely grateful for your time, girls!!!! ¡¡¡¡I LOVE YOU LOADS!!!!