klakladesigns
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23/05/2023
A new batch of Easing Flow beanies is ready and can be purchased at https://www.klakladesigns.com/shop/p/easing-flow-adult-hat
I hope you like the new colours as much as I do! All proceeds will help me to fundraise for BHF for which I signed up Bournemouth Pier to Pier challenge!
Thanks for your support and for sharing if you like!
02/05/2023
Hi all! Here is the reason why I'm swimming a lot! I signed up for Bournemouth Pier to Pier for supporting BHF's team! Read my story to know more about it and how I'm going to fundraise this challenge! Thanks for any help and moral support you may give me!
Claudia's page Help Claudia Fiocchetti raise money to support British Heart Foundation
01/04/2023
SEAGULLET- Beanie
A new design just released!
The seagullet motif was inspired by a seagull that I saw in September 2019 during a trip to Shetland. The cute bird was following me while walking on Norwick beach in Unst and I took several photos of it. When back home I drew the chart and knitted a swatch, which I left in a drawer for over 3 years. Then suddenly I resumed it refining the colour combination and ta-daaaaa, a new slightly slouchy beanie was born!
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01/04/2023
A new pattern has just been released! It is called Seagullet and to me has a springtime feeling!
The instructions on pdf can be purchased on Klakladesings shop
https://www.klakladesigns.com/shop/p/onlv0xfucw5r4d3kioot6n98fdnii0
or on Ravelry following this link:
https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/seagullet---beanie
SEAGULLET - Beanie — Klakla Designs You will get a PDF file
25/02/2023
Yesterday I went to and it was amazing to see how buzzing it was! In the pics are my purchases for knitting custom socks for my square-ish small feet! I always struggle to find a pattern that includes my size (UK4), they often result too big and buggy, so I decided to make my own pattern. I’m trying also to buy as much as possible from independent dyers. The 2 skeins on blue/green (cool shades) are from , a very exciting discovery for me. The third skein (warm shades) is from who also has very exciting colourways.
17/02/2023
Gradient Mesh Sweater and beanie are perfect to wear on a gloomy grey day! Their colourful gradient brings joy!
The new sweater design is now available to purchase at Klakladesigns’ shop and on Ravelry.
01/02/2023
GRADIENT MESH - Sweater
I've just released a new design today! You can read more about it in my blog!
https://www.klakladesigns.com/blog/gradient-mesh-1
The Pdf for the pattern's instructions can be purchased in my shop
https://www.klakladesigns.com/shop/p/gradient-mesh-sweater
or on Ravelry
29/01/2023
New post in my blog and a few more items added in the Unique Items section of my shop.
Breaking a long silence — Klakla Designs Writing again on this blog after a very long silence is not easy! But here I’m attempting it! I disappeared from the knitting scene for a while, but that doesn’t mean that I stopped to knit! I have been very busy with my main work, and obviously, my knitting slowed a bit, but never got to a comp...
15/12/2022
My last two designs!
If you are a swimmer and a knitter you may enjoy making this hat I recently designed. It is called EASING FLOW - Tam & Beanie.
I designed this pattern to mark my first wonderful experience of open-water swimming in the winter season! Asking my swimming buddies to suggest a name for this design, Patrick, a legendary swimmer of the local lakes I swim to, suggested the name of Easing flow, which perfectly describes the effect that open water swimming has on us that are practising it! The design has 2 options for the motif repeat: in one option the swimmers go in one direction in one band and they are mirrored in the next band, going in the opposite direction. In the other option two different phases of crawl stroke are shown, one in each band, but the swimmers are orientated in the same direction. You have a few combinations to play with!
Pattern instructions for Easing flow are on sale at: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/easing-flow
or at: https://www.klakladesigns.com/.../eg1f15xhwueyo6bbiux0335...
If you prefer a TRIATHLETES - Beanie here is another pattern for you! After designing Easing Flow, the idea to knit a slouchy beanie with a triathlon theme came naturally. I’m not a triathlete, nor an athlete, just an amateur! This year I turned 50 and not only I’ve resumed swimming (indoors and in open waters) but I started to run 5k on Saturday ParkRun. I’m not a regular participant but I’m enjoying it. Now with bikes I don’t have an incredible feeling, I used to cycle a bit as a child and teenager, but growing up I always preferred motorbikes/ scooters, less tiring, but who knows maybe in my 60s I will pick up a bike!
These activities led me to meet many lovely people and great athletes that compete in Duathlon and/or Triathlon; the community around the lakes I go swimming for example are so supportive and fun people to be around. I wanted to include this experience in one hat that can be worn during waiting time at sports events or on a relaxing day.
Pattern instructions for Triathletes beanie are on sale at: https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/triathletes---beanie
or at: https://www.klakladesigns.com/.../235rhp25ky6t204yfbavpqc...
04/12/2022
I designed this pattern to mark my first wonderful experience of open-water swimming in the winter season! Asking my swimming buddies to suggest a name for this design, Patrick, a legendary swimmer of the local lakes I swim to, suggested the name of Easing flow, which perfectly describes the effect that open water swimming has on us that are practising it! The design has 2 options for the motif repeat: in one option the swimmers go in one direction in one band and they are mirrored in the next band, going in the opposite direction. In the other option two different phases of crawl stroke are shown, one in each band, but the swimmers are orientated in the same direction. You have a few combinations to play with! Pattern on sale on (klakla)
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18/11/2022
03/01/2021
Hand-knitted samples now available to purchase at klakladesigns shop - uniquei tems
https://www.klakladesigns.com/shop/unique-items
29/10/2020
Just released Transumanza design. It is a poncho and you can discover here the inspiration behind the pattern! https://www.klakladesigns.com/blog/what-ive-been-up-to
https://www.klakladesigns.com/shop/p/transumanza-poncho
Transumanza - poncho — Klakla Designs You will get a PDF file
20/10/2020
Preorder now the new Festive Cards! Pack of 6 designs are available at Klakladesigns shop!
Hope you like them!
https://klakladesigns.com/shop/cards
17/10/2020
Just launched the preorder for new Festive Cards! Pack of 6 designs are available at Klakladesigns shop! Here a couple of them with yarn balls under snow!
Hope you like them!
https://klakladesigns.com/shop/cards
01/09/2020
It is time to knit some warm accessories! Why not treat yourself to a copy of Colour Moves?
https://www.klakladesigns.com/blog/colour-moves-especially-in-autumn
Colour Moves … especially in Autumn! — Klakla Designs Hello everyone! Hope you are all well and resilient Here in the UK, Autumn feelings are starting to take over the Summer ones. Every year, I found myself incredibly amazed at how this season suddenly surprises me! And I reckon that no season as the Autumnal one makes the colours genuinely move an
05/08/2020
https://www.klakladesigns.com/blog/new-beanie-and-more
New beanie and more — Klakla Designs Having been quiet for a while, I wanted to say ‘hello’ introducing a new design, just launched today! It is a two-shade beanie, which has my name because it turned out exactly as I wanted it and it fits very comfy on my head! I have been playing with stitches for sculptural effects, and this is ...
23/07/2020
Patterns now available also on Klakladesigns shop!
https://www.klakladesigns.com/shop?category=patterns
02/06/2020
What I've been up to
https://www.klakladesigns.com/blog/what-ive-been-up-to
What I've been up to — Klakla Designs Hello everyone! Hope you are all well and still keeping up your spirit in these long, challenging times. I've been quiet for a while, busy with various activities. Being my very small business a one-woman business, I found myself very often with my hands in too many pies! Drawing, charting, swatch
02/06/2020
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30/05/2020
Transumanza -poncho
This is my first submission for My Place competition organised by &co
I was busy with two other projects (one is for this competition too) when the idea of this design struck my mind, and I felt the urgency to knit it immediately!
Transumanza is the Italian term for transhumance that means ‘crossing the land’. It is a traditional migration of sheep and cows from the highlands to the lowlands, and back which happens twice a year.
Transumanza is an ancient tradition vital in Abruzzo, but not exclusive of Abruzzo. People would move with their livestock to higher pastures in spring/summer time and to lower valleys in Autumn time. The paths along where they moved are called tratturi, and they represent important elements of our heritage still now. I am going to write more about the inspiration behind this design in my blog in the next few days.
The shepherds would wear traditional capes or blankets worn as ponchos. To my poncho, I applied a bold rhomboidal geometrical motif (I consider geometry my place too in a non-geographical sense, of course!). It is a motif that comes with some twists and rotations from the same sketch from which Gradient mesh originated.
As the motif has a large repeat, I found that a poncho was the perfect garment that would enhance the pattern; on the other hand, the pattern is giving a modern feature to an old traditional cape.
I chose to knit Transumanza with five shade of Milarrochy Tweed: Hirst, Garth, Ardlui, Tarbet and Lochan, which reflect the colours seen by the shepherds and sheep in springtime migration.
I planned another palette with autumnal colours too, to reflect the second yearly transumanza; I will knit a swatch of this second version, but I couldn’t wait any longer to post it today!
It is constructed with two identical rectangular panels, each of them are knitted in the round and steeked.
https://www.ravelry.com/projects/klakla/transumanza
If ‘Transumanza’ won’t be chosen for it will be released later.
30/05/2020
While in the UK we are having the sunniest spring since record began, in Abruzzo is snowing! The pic of Velino mountain has been shot and sent to me by my sister this morning.
This is the mountain that inspired me to design Velino set (a slouch and a matching pair of mitts) included in Colour Moves collection! klakladesigns.com/blog/velino
07/05/2020
Adorable!
05/05/2020
Northern Light KAL Final Projects! Deadline gone. Now a few days for voting you favourite garment and your favourite accessory! My Shetland Mirry Dancers Night tam is among the accessories!
Northern Light KAL progetti finali! Qualche giorno per votare il vostro indumento preferito e accessorio preferito. Il mio berretto Shetland Mirry Dancers Night e tra gli accessori.
https://jamiesonandsmith.wordpress.com/2020/05/04/northern-light-kal-final-projects/
Northern Light KAL Final Projects! Hello everyone, we have reached the end of our Northern Lights KAL! today I’m going to share the projects which have been finished during the KAL, the rules were that the item had to be inspi…
22/04/2020
Being busy...
https://www.klakladesigns.com/blog/not-only-knitting
Not only knitting — Klakla Designs Hi everyone, I hope you are all keeping safe and well in this challenging time. I have been silent for a while as I was busy making some homemade facial masks with fabrics. I want to share with you the result of this activity, in case some of you would find …
11/04/2020
Taighean - Child Mittens.
New pattern release!
https://www.klakladesigns.com/blog/introducing-two-new-designs
Introducing two new designs — Klakla Designs Hello everyone! Hope you are all well and safe in this extended lockdown. I am keeping busy with knitting, of course, new design releases and some cooking! Today I published on Ravelry, a new pattern for children…
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