Lovely new mittens and beanie designs in Kutova Kika webshop

 

These new lovely Lintunen mittens are made out of 100% alpaca and are supersoft and comfy to wear. I improved the shape of the design because of some feedback I got from customers that my first mittens felt too big. The way I make these mitens now take almost double the time but I think it is worth the effort, they look and feel much better now.

Lintunen mittens in the webshop

  

This new line of beanies I call the Bedazzle version of the Lintunen pattern. I have added more colors and embroidered some glass beads and highlighted one bird from the pattern to give the design more texture.  I like how one pattern and idea can be transformed into something very different by using more colors and adding small details.

Lintunen Bedazzle beanie in the webshop

 

This set of beanie and mittens in charcoal and titatnium is 15 % silk and 85% alpaca, it is super luxurious and I think this color combo will be a hit :)

Lintunen Bedazzle beanie in charcoal in the webshop 

 Lintunen mittens in charcoal in the webshop

Check out more of my stuff in my Kutova KiKa webshop  

Kutova KiKa Knitwear webshop

Drop a comment below, would love to hear what you think om these new designs :)

Kutova KiKa knitwear webshop is open!

 My webshop is finally open! Check it out at  Kutova KiKa  

 All pieces are designed and hand made by me in my little knit studio in Stockholm.

 Kutova means Knitting in Finnish and Kika is my childhood nickname, the name Kutova Kika reminds me of how my Grandmother Gulle taught me how to knit when I was a little girl. We would sit out in the cabin in the snow covered Finnish archipelago and knit furry animals with pompom tails and fuzzy manes. 

 All the pieces have delicate details, many in special techniques with crochet and embroidery. I use the soft alpaca yarn for its warmth, luxuriousness and beautiful natural luster.

Broderad tunika

Jag sydde en klänning/tunika i blått linnetyg och broderade blommor i olika röda nyanser på överdelen.

Det här var första gången som det kändes att jag lyckades med mina broderier, förut har det bara blivit ojämnt och sett slarvigt ut. 

När man jämför med att sticka gick arbetet väldigt fort. Jag hade en ganska klar bild av vilken modell jag ville ha på plagget och blommönstret var lätt att brodera.

Inspiration och tips fick jag ur Karin Holmbergs bok Karins broderier. Jag använde tavelkrita för att skissa upp mönster på tyget och broderade sedan med moulinégarn.