2021 Progress, Hope, & Happiness
2017-2021 5th Year Anniversary
Celebration + Reimagination
2021 Progress, Hope, & Happiness
2017-2021 5th Year Anniversary
Celebration + Reimagination
This, our 5th Collection! I cannot believe this collection has hit this milestone. It started out as a way to remain connected and counteract contraction – and those aims have only been magnified tenfold during the last 15 months. The changes we all have experienced continually make me shake my head in consternation, wonder, and no small amount of exhaustion. As I hear many in the United States express excitement at getting back “to normal” now that COVID-19 vaccinations are widespread, I want to remind all my fellow makers that this is not the case around the world. In fact, some continents will not see widespread vaccinations for several (yes, several!) years. As I write this, India is recovering from one of the nastiest waves this pandemic has seen. All of the above has had a direct impact on many of my fellow designers whose designs you are about to view. To each of them: my heartfelt shout out at your individual and collective perseverance. To every parent who has juggled home schooling via zoom, every health care worker who has faced unimaginable loss and impossible working conditions, every person who has survived this trickster virus: I salute you. There is a lot of play with light and dark and shadow, as well as a healthy dose of nature, in these photos. Underscored by our two-cover look book, we do not really know the complete impact this past year’s struggles will have on our individual and collective paths moving forward, yet the artistic connection between longing and landscape is well documented. I do not want “normal;” I long for an upgrade: more fairness, more care, more kindness for all of us as well as the planet, less focus on competition and ruthless profit. Please be generous with your making. Nurture your own longings for something better; manifest beauty and goodness. There is no better time to start than right this very minute.
Denise Vie de Vie 1
June 14, 2021
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A Hundred Ravens
Colorways: Alpenglow, Claire Marie Hodges, Kibo ni Michita, Sea Glass
Rebecca Purdin/United States 5
Waves of Lightness
Paola Albergamo
Italy 6
7
Sideways Summer
Christina Loman
United States 8
9
10
Pools of Serenity
Tanja Osswald
11
Germany
12
Artesanitarium
Sandstorm in an Hourglass 13
Designs
Finland
14
15
Yellowstone Stars Revisited
Denise Voie de Vie
United States 16
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18
Lana Jois
Alai India
19
ModeKnit Yarns
Colorways: August’s Humid Decline, Chrysis, Saturn Spring
Kathleen Pascuzzi/United States 20
Transversal
Antonia Cavaliere
Italy 21
22
Lana Jois
Matsya India
23
24
25
Oh Top
Cheryl Chow
United States 26
27
Denise Voie de Vie
United States
Around The Block 28
29
Lana Jois
Mayil India
30
Mulberry Cottage Yarns Colorway: Blue Dragon
Franziska Aigner/Germany 31
32
Entangled
Tanja Osswald
Germany 33
Pipa Yarns
Colorways: Mermaid Hair, Mermaid Tail
Petra Machová Kouřilová /Czech Republic
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35
Denise Voie de Vie
Chisana Shori
United States 36
Sweet Paprika Colorway: Spring
Deborah + Elizabeth Sullivan/Canada
37
38
Elitza Chernaeva
Formal Garden 39
Bulgaria
Voie de Vie Yarns
Colorways: Backyard Party, Chartreuse-ish, Impressionist Pie, Southwest Bauble
Denise Voie de Vie/USA
40
Connections 1
Paola Albergamo
Italy 41
Connections 2
42
43
Connections 3
44
45
Backyard Block Party Scarf
Janet Clare
New Zealand 46
47
Artesanitarium
Poison Ivy
Designs
Finland
48
Elitza Chernaeva
Bulgaria 49
Vihren
50
51
Tidewater Twist
Christina Loman
United States
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Kaleidoscope Top
Creations by Courtney LLC
United States 54
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Jalsa
Lana Jois
India 56
Network
Paola Albergamo
Italy 57
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Our 5th Anniversary Celebratory Walk Down Memory Lane At the beginning of 2021, I contacted each designer and dyer who had been a part of our previous four collections and asked two questions: (1) would they want to be a part of this 5th anniversary celebration collection; and (2) what design would they choose to include in the retrospective part of the collection? What you see in this next section, by year, are the designers’ and dyers’ respective choices. A few in both groups didn’t respond (sniff!); other designers responded with choice(s), but could not submit new designs or otherwise participate this year due to time constraints; the lion’s share happily chose from their past work and submitted wonderful new designs for this year’s celebration. All the designs that follow are also eligible to be made during the 2021 maker even, so our making celebration is overflowing with wonderful patterns! My sincere appreciation goes out to each dyer and designer. Their creative efforts have truly nourished my spirit.
Denise Vie de Vie
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2017 61
Breeze of Happiness Tanja Osswald - Germany
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Chiguru Lana Jois – India 63
Excitement Cowl Kristina Vilimaite – Hungary
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Hope Shell Julie Desjardins/ ACCROchet Canada
65
Komfort Stole Cheryl Chow United States
66
Sprouts Shawlette Artesanitarium Designs Finland
67
Stars Fell on Yellowstone Denise Voie de Vie United States
68
2018 69
Coastline Elitza Chernaeva/Bulgaria 70
Lake Anna Christina Loman United States
71
Lake Ontario Shimmer Denise Voie de Vie United States
72
Nereid Paola Albergamo - Italy
73
Rising to the Occasion
Lana Jois/India 74
Seaglass Christina Loman United States
75
Vitamin Sea Sabrina Schumacher/Switzerland
76
2019 77
Top Secret Antonia Cavaliere/Italy 78
Dare to be Seen Elitza Chernaeva/Bulgaria
79
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Taming The Hues Lana Jois/India
80
It’s a Wrap Denae Merrill/United States 81
2020 82
Kuroyuri Janet Clare New Zealand 83
Warrior Mitts Tanja Osswald Germany
84
Yokohama Lace Kim Davidson Canada
+ 85
(Stole Version)
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Photography Credits
Courtney
Julie Desjardins Pages: 65
Kim Davidson:
Franziska Aigner
Whitehead:
Pages: 85, 86
Pages: 31
Pages: 53, 54, 59 top right, 90
Kristina Vilimaite:
Antonia Cavaliere: Denae Merrill:
Pages: 64
Pages: 21, 22, 78, 93 bottom left
Pages: 81
Artesanitarium
Denise
Designs:
Voie de Vie:
Pages: front cover 1, 13, 14, 47,
Pages: 5, 15-17, 20, 27, 28, 34-
48, 59 top left, 67
Paola Albergamo:
37, 40, 59 bottom,68, 72, 89 top + bottom right, 92 top, 94
Pages: 6, 7, 41-44, 57, 58, 78
Cheryl Chow: Pages:3, 25, 26, 66, 93, bottom right
Christina Loman: Pages: 8, 9, 51, 52, 71, 75 bottom left, 95
Elitza Chernaeva: Pages: front cover 2,38, 39,49, 50, 70, 79, 91
Lana Jois: Pages: 2, 4, 18, 19, 23, 24, 29, 30, 55, 56, 62, 74, 80, 81, back cover
Sabrina Schumacher Pages: 76
Janet Clare:
Tanja Osswald:
Pages: 45, 46, 83
Pages: 10-12, 32, 33, 62, 84, 88
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Each of these designers has a presence on Ravelry, but given the site’s accessibility issues, we all have additional design shops and prominently link to them on our social media platforms. Please generously support indie designers + dyers. Together, we remain the creative lifeblood of the hand knit and crochet community.
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Progress, Hope, & Happiness Collection 2021
5th Anniversary Celebration & Reimagination