Con motivo de su tema «Magic in the making» la emblemática tienda de Neva York, Bergdorf Goodman organizó junto a Gabriela Hearst una muestra del trabajo artesanal de Manos del Uruguay. Dos artesanas de Manos: Gabriela Cabrera (presidenta de Manos del Uruguay y artesana de la cooperativa de Egaña) y Mabel Bargas (tejedora de la…
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New Yarn: Alpaca Heather
(español abajo) When developing new yarns there are some ideas that take some time before they materialize, Alpaca Heather is one of them. The starting points for the creation of this yarn were some concepts that we love: -the image of a good lambswool sweater in melange gray, a timeless classic with that brings all…
Fall 2020 New Colors
The purpose of this post is to show you our new colors for Fall 2020 and tell you a little bit about the development process. For Fall we introduce new colors in our more «winterly» yarns: Franca, Maxima, Silk Blend, Alegría, Alegría Grande, Serpentina. Each yarn has a «personality» and accordingly the color development process…
Distributor profile: Schmeichel -Partner
We are pleased to start this new column that showcases our international distributors with Shcmeichel Partner, our exclusive distributor for Germany, Austria and Switzerland since 2014. For this post we talked with our friend Britta Kremke, Schmeichel’s founder and director, a pasionate and energetic business woman, with a great eye for special yarns. Estamos muy…
Designer Profile: Paula Pereira
For this fall Collection we collaborated with Paula Pereira, a brazilian handknit designer, that has us delighted with her charming design and her sweet and warm ways. We have a special connection with Paula, not just because she is a fellow latinamerican designer which we always celebrate, but also because of how she connects with…
Cabrito and its circle of friends
We had fun trying our yarn Cabrito by itself and paying with friends.
Nuevos colores de Verano 2017 – New colors for Spring 2017
Les presentamos los nuevos colores que desarrollamos los nuevos colores para nuestros hilados Serena, Alegría y Marina. We are introducing the newest colors that we have developed in our qualities Alegría, Serena and Marina. Alegría, nuestro popular hilado «sock» acaba de recibir una cantidad de nuevos colores. Agregamos 10 nuevos semi sólidos en tonos frescos, intensos…
Desde el taller: Pez de color
En esta ocasión queremos contarles sobre otro taller que forma parte de la familia de Manos del Uruguay: Pez de color. On this opportunity we want to tell you about another atelier that is part of Manos del Uruguay’s family: Pez de color (color fish). Primero, cuéntenos un poco sobre ustedes. Me llamo Federico López, tengo…
Desde el taller: Lana y Cuero
En este espacio del blog que tenemos para contarles sobre quienes trabajan junto a Manos, esta vez le toca el turno a Lana y Cuero, joven marca de diseño nacional de accesorios. In this blog space where we talk about the brands and ateliers that work with Manos, it is Lana y Cuero turn, a…
Viva la Lana Design Submission
Queremos compartir con ustedes los proyectos seleccionados para Viva la Lana, nuestra convocatoria de diseño. Recibimos muchos hermosos diseños y estos son los que seleccionamos. We want to share with you the designs that we have selected from our design submission: Nana Seijlhouwer (Naantjeknit), de Holanda. Nana Seijlhouwer (Naantjeknit), from Holland. Esto es lo que Nana dijo…
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