Barcelona Knits 2018
The first edition of Barcelona Knits was held on November 17 and 18, 2018
in the CREC Poble Sec and FUGA Fotografia.
Workshops
In Barcelona Knits, more than 20 knitting and crochet workshops were given by internationally renowned designers such as Joji Locatelli, Molla Mills, Nancy Marchant, Pica Pau and Santa Pazienzia, among others.
Exhibitors
More than 40 small producers, indie dyers, artisans, publishers and sponsors met on an unforgettable weekend to celebrate the wool festival. Without you, 1st edition of Barcelona Knits would not have been possible. Thank you for trusting us!
Visitors
In the 1st edition of Barcelona Knits, more than 2,800 people from all over the world visited us in search of high quality of yarns and accessories.
Barcelona Knits 2018
Exhibitors
- 7Oczek
- All you knit is love
- Barruntando
- Bellota Knits
- Bilum
- Candela Canela
- ChileKnitz
- Dama Patch
- Dlana
- Editorial Gustavo Gili
- El Robledal de la Santa Mohair
- Greta and the Fibers
- Irish Fairytale yarns
- La Bien Aimée
- La Fée Fil
- Lanas Katia
- Lanivendole
- Les Petits Points Parisiens
- Lilou
- Live or Dye Yarn
- Lovebug’s Yarns
- Malabrigo
- Marañuela Fibers
- Norne Yarn
- Olann
- Open Studio 79
- Ovejita Be!
- Paca la Alpaca
- Pascuali Filati Yarns
- Pontelana
- Q-Lana
- Rauwerk
- Rosa Pomar
- Rosários 4
- Sóc una Troca!!!
- Textile Garden
- The Little Grey Sheep
- Townhouse Yarns
- Trap-Art
- Tréliz
- Tricotar en Casa
- Urth Yarns
- Yarnitas
Workshops facilitor
- Gallimelmas
- Isabell Kraemer
- Joji Locatelli
- Julie Knits in Paris
- MmammaDIY
- Molla Mills
- Nancy Marchant
- Pica Pau
- Santa Pacienzia
- Veera Välimäki
More than 2,800 people from 18 nationalities.
More than 400 people attended crochet and knit workshops and participated in the wool tasting.
BARCELONA KNITS PATTERN
During the first edition of Barcelona Knits, when presenting your ticket at the box office, we gave the pattern of the Vicens shawl designed by @luymou. Download it for free here.
Lucia Ruiz de Aguirre Rodríguez, AKA @luymou, is a crochet designer from A Coruña. She has designed an exclusive pattern only for this fair, crocheted with La Bien Aimée Merino Singles in a special color, also created exclusively for Barcelona Knits. We just want to see millions of Vicens’ Shawls all over the world!
About Vicens’ Shawl
When I was asked to design this commemorative shawl for the yarn festival, I saw it clear that it had to be a garment that represented the city, and there is nothing more representative of Barcelona than modernism, and no one represents it as internationally as Gaudi does. So I resorted to my favourite piece by the architect, which happens to be one of his less well-known ones, the Vicens House, as I rediscovered its triangle-shaped ceramic veneering, that reminded me of the lotus flowers.
I also figured that the shawl should be apt for all kinds of knitters, experienced and not, and that it should be able to grow in case anyone opted to use more yarn than it was originally designed for. And that’s how the Barcelona Shawl was born, a simple and enjoyable shawl, with a modernist twist that I hope you enjoy knitting.
Lucía.
