I was born in Brazil and came to this country in 1991. Since then I’ve had two children and have been knitting avidly. I started teaching knitting in a local shop 5 years ago and now I travel this country and Canada doing what I love the most!
I was born in Brazil and came to this country in 1991. Since then I’ve had two children and have been knitting avidly. I started teaching knitting in a local shop 5 years ago and now I travel this country and Canada doing what I love the most!
I love this way of knitting. I am having problems with 2 stiches . k-b and p-b ( knit in back and pearl in back). That does not seem to be on your DVD. Do you have a DVD that covers stich techniques?
Dear Sharon,
I sent you an email as well today. Please refer to my DVD “The Portuguese Style of Knitting” where I show the SSK decrease. It’s just like I knit in the back.
To purl in the back will be a suggestion for my next DVD but if you cannot figure it out, please let me know and I will try to call you and explain to you.
Thank you,
Andrea
I wondered the same thing and tried just as you suggested to Sharon. However, it was difficult to insert the needle without snagging. The pattern called for 230 stitches done this way.
What I did was turn the work to RS, in my case as I was doing k-b on the wrong side to make a turned hymn, and then purled in the Portuguese way left-handed. Strange at first but in about 10 stitches I was moving right along.
I’m Portuguese, born in the Azores, and have been knitting with the yarn around my neck all my life. My grandmother and mother taught me to knit when I was a child. I get lots of comments from people who see me knit and are unaware of this style of knitting. Even though I can knit using the American style, I perfer the Portuguese Style since my stitches are much more even and uniform ,It’s so much easier to keep a steady tension in the yarn.
It’s a good style of knitting to learn!
Hi there. I was just looking up portuguese knitting in wikipedia and found the word andrea in the search results because of language origins of the name, so I followed the link and found this: “In Romania Andreea is a feminine name and it is written with an extra “e” to avoid confusion with the Romanian word “andrea” meaning knitting needle.” How about that!
Hi Eric! Thank you so much for letting me know. I am very happy to learn that! I will copy and paste your comment as a post if you don’t mind.
Andrea
Hi, Andrea…we are going to Lisbon Dec. 31, and as I love to knit, I’d like to find some yarn stores there. I looked on the net, but haven’t found any, but I read that you had found some. Could you tell me where they are located? Thanks very m uch
Dear Susan,
I am sorry I did not get this email before you left. I was away for the Holidays myself with very limited access to the internet. I found the following shops:
Adriano Coelho
Rua da Conceicao, 121
Lisboa
Tricots Brancal
Rua dos Franqueiros 254
Lisboa
Alexandre Bento Retrosaria
Rua da Conceicao, 67
Lisboa
I hope you check your email. Enjoy Lisbon
Andrea
Querida como é bom ver voce fazendo sucesso com o teu trico. tenho muito orgulho de voce
sera que agulha de trico na romwnia é andrea?
Beijos
Dante
Obrigada Dante! Logo meu livro estara ai. A gente se ve na semana que vem!
Um beijo,
Andrea
Hi Andrea
I took your class in east lansing and mentioned a book–the author is jared diamond, esp his book guns, germs, & steel. I am practicing and getting better–enjoyed the class a lot. when you come for a book signing, could you bring your beginner’s handout? See you–sharon albert
Thank you for the author’s name Sharon. I am proud of you that you are practicing this style. When I come to book signing i will be glad to bring another handout, but you will have to remind me when it gets close.
Oi Andrea tudo bem? Moro em NY e na semana passada eu estava na Lion Brand Yarn Studio fui ter uma aula, comecei a fzer trico há pouco tempo (eu sei tricotar há muitos anos aprendi no Brasil e na epoca eu fazia algumas coisinhas) e ñ tenho muitas tecnicas, como costurar o trabalho enfim eu preciso aprender muitas coisas e eu estava nesta loja numa aula, fazendo meu trico (como se faz no Brasil com a lã em volta do pescoço) e de repente chegou uma garota que trabalha na loja e me falou dos Pins, ela estava usando 1, mas ñ tive tempo de entrar em detalhes com ela, havia muita gente e hoje eu fui novamente na loja e perguntei p/ ela onde ela havia comprado pq eu gostaria de comprar um, aí ela me deu seu site, mas eu nem imaginava que vc seria brasileira, qdo cheguei em casa fui entrar no site p/ ver os pins e fazer meu pedido, qdo li sobre vc e fiquei + feliz em saber que vc é Brasileira e que seus pins fazem sucesso em NY, só que ñ consegui visualizar as fotos dos pins poristo ainda ñ pude fazer meu pedido. Andrea parabéns por este trabalho e que bom fazla em portugues e eu gostaria de ter seus livros e DVDs, ja tem alguma coisa sua no Brasil? Lá tem muitas tricoteiras!!!! Sucesso sempre….
Bjs,
Wilma.