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Diseñar con dignidad un llamado a valorar a los diseñadores de tejido latinoamericanos El Patrón Tras el Patrón. En los últimos años, un número creciente de empresas globales de hilado y tintoreros independientes han contactado con diseñadores latinoamericanos para colaborar. A primera vista, esto parece un cambio prometedor hacia la inclusión. Sin embargo, un análisis más detallado revela una tendencia preocupante: muchas de estas colaboraciones ofrecen remuneraciones inferiores a la media, utilizando la mano de obra latinoamericana como nuevo parámetro para reducir costos. Este artículo busca crear conciencia, ofrecer orientación y fomentar la unidad en nuestras comunidades creativas, especialmente entre los diseñadores emergentes de Latinoamérica. Lo que se ofrece a los diseñadores en Latinoamérica Los pagos por diseños de tejido con derechos completos suelen tener un límite de entre 300 y 800 dólares estadounidenses. Estas cifras pueden parecer generosas en algunas regiones, pero n...

I have been MIA for a while, enjoying everything that is outside of the cyber world, this was not to be forever but as a vacation to enjoy the holidays and of course the family that had time off from school and work. Starting this year I have modified a bit the blog to start afresh and also to give me motivation to create and tell you a bit more about it with a new atmosphere. Things that changed are: 1.- Blog theme 2.- Blogs I go to, to learn, to entertain & to discover. Also this year my word to live by came super late, just the weekend before New Year's,  •••embrace yourself••• •••this is an amazing challenging one••• FOCUS To be FOCUS is super challenging, I have so much to learn from this.  I have pride myself to be organize but now that this word came to challenge me, I see that there is so much to learn and improve. Things I want to accomplish... 1.- Involve myself a bit more with this new Volunteer job I started ( I have already finished all my studies...

our conversation started with...             me : are you ok? you look a bit pale             firstborn : I feel I can't breath             me : why? are you stress?            firstborn : I still can't come to terms seen you unraveling something you            have worked so hard all these past evenings.  I have seen you doing this            a hundred of times but it gives me anxiety just all the wasted work.             me : you are cute!, go make yourself a tea, maybe one for me too! This conversation we have had a whole bunch of times with my firstborn, she finds it uncomfortable seeing me unraveling a project that I have knitted and do not like the result I'm getting.  I'm a bit of a control freak and perfectionist.  I cannot see errors on my knits, I ...

I usually proclaim Mondays to be the day where we discover everything the goblins do through the weekend at the office when no one is looking.  It is the only explanation that makes sense since every Friday office people leave their desks clean. But today, home is the best place to be! To recharge, to place order in my mind and to organize what is coming and how to tackle the spring cleaning that we absolutely need. So far I have cleaned and organized the desk and all of its pen goodness, to the point that my laptop can be set on top to write this post.  Neat right? I have started a sweater for my sister's benjamin (meaning the last born) And finaly  have also cooked.  Chili is a comfy food that makes us happy at home - you can find the recipe HERE Quedandome en Casa un Lunes Por lo general, proclamo que los lunes es el día en que descubrimos todo lo que hacen los duendes durante el fin de semana en la oficina cuando nadie está mirando. E...

...I bet you are so busted on this one! A lot of people make resolutions at the beginning of the year in hopes to keep them and make a change for that year and on.  It is a bit sad to see those resolutions go to the garbage right after January or if you are a bit more committed in February. I personally choose to live by a word as I said back on this instagram post , but although I do not choose a resolution, I do try my very best to make a change on something. This year I wanted to do more of what I like in terms of knitting and crocheting, just to enjoy it and not really for commitment or because someone order something. Resoluciones/propositos... ... ¡Apuesto a que fallaste en esto! Mucha gente hace propósitos a principios de año con la esperanza de mantenerlos y hacer el cambio durante año.  Es un poco triste ver que esas resoluciones van al bote de basura justo después de enero o si estás un poco más comprometido, en febrero.   Personalmente, elijo vivir b...

I have a whatsapp group of knitter friends that we communicate for many years now.  Some of us still knit but others stopped a while back.   One thing we have in common is that we support each other each and every day with regular daily life outside the screen. They are my biggest cheerleaders and we laugh at anything and everything. One of the many things that we laugh about all the time is the autocorrect on our phones that correct us the most funnies things when we write in a hurry.  Funny things like trying to write knitting and it writes knotting or sky to sly, food to fools etc. So on my part I enjoy every bit of the fun and do let my autocorrect correct me for other words,  sometimes more likely horror embarrassment. I still laugh with no considerations to anyone around me when I talk to them.  My kids often wonder why my friends are so funny, I actually do not explain that is not totally them but the autocorrect that makes our days much mor...

                    • Grace :    the free and unmerited favor of God, as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the   bestowal of blessings. Dignify, Honor, Favor. Grace is such a beautiful concept, it has such a strong meaning, that I absolutely love but where I totally fail. When my sister was pregnant with my niece, she knew her name was going to be Gabriela but she was in need of a middle name.  (all her kids have two middles names, one for the day of the week they were born in  Swahili and a regular middle name that means something special) So we all started looking for middle names before the baby was born.  To my delight she chose my suggestion, Grace and it rhymes beautifully - Gabriela Grace.  I have always find the meaning of Grace so beautiful, I was giving Salvation by Grace only, I did not deserve it and trust me, I know I did not deserve it.  ( yes I'm a Christian, if you a...